BIG ZEPPUN TRAVELS
5,060 MILES W 81 HOURS
flight
the Atlantic In
t#lt, m njtS
the fMl tanks of the ZK-8 were one
quarter foil when aha berthed. TSey
held 7 1-2 tana, swaagh to hare car
ried bar 1800 knots farther or a good
ly part of the distance to the Pacific
Each of the 32 paaaongara on tha
J0U3 had hi* story to tell whoa ha
diaemharked wtthtn the Lakohorat
hanerar today. Bot the an oat earn*
plate of thaw all wma tha atory told
V tha di*ry-lor of Captain Goorga
W. Steele, proopoethre rommandar of
tl-l ,|tl.
UM fllrifiDHI.
Ha related bow on October M, tha
date act for Mm fU*ht, aoch crew*
aargotf aft tW gwtaa of the Priodrteh
•hafen all Ji wai that bo waa loot In
tha rruah; bow tba M« ba« failed to
bow the take-off waa poatponed for
two daya.
"Tba 12th of Oetobor eama hi on
• foggy day," Captain Stoolaa record
"Whan tha hangar doora wara open
ad tbara waa a bh»a fog outaida. Bat
things win better. Tba ubip had booa
earrfully trhnmrd and tbe Uiapaia
tare waa hotter; that it, colder. At
t:Zf> the grroond crew atarted to take
tbe ship out and at 8.8R the engines
wera atarted and we were off. There
waa a great cheer from the crowd;
tbe hand played the national air* and
there aa much fluttering of handkor
chiefa.
NIm Ham to Atlantic
"Several thousand people were on
the field but their view of the ship
«n brief. She at one* rooe into the
fog and disappeared from riiht.
"In that manner we penned oat
of Germany. When the clouds at
teat permitted • riew of the ground,
we saw France.
"At:80 we paaaed over the mouth
of the Glronde river to the Bay of
Biscay. It had taken us only nine!
houra to reach the Atlantic, averag
ing owr 60 miles an hour. The ship
felt the effect of the complication of
current* in the air. In addition we
wi near the ground—BOO to 1,000
feet—and the movement of air arroee
the hills earned additional eddies, lite
result was a gentle roll and pitch but
Mt uncomfortable. When we reached
the »< ■* the bumpy motion ceaaed.
"At 4 oclock when the watch was
ratir J fhe men stretched out com
fottiiMy ind began to bank up sleep
a#ai—t * lr r 'irht watches. Rome
of the more energetic ones played a
tune m the phonograph, but this met
with iisapproral. Evening fell ore*
« ealm sea with a clear sky, with Just
enough red In the west to he a "sailor
hidpH— Csaet of flpaia
"The course was kid for Cm*
fhWim, hat darkaeea foil before
IfiOC teat, a tip rtiil two
warn diacorerad h the Invar part of |
one of the caa call*. Thia waa I
iately rtpairad and the
of air finding Ha way into tha eaU to|
Mix with tha hydros— and ntoi i
parity. If how«T«r, tha hola had!
found it* way into tha «afl ta|
for* a dangerooa mixture of gaa and |
alao thf lifting power of tha eaU.
"At a height of 8.0M faat, down to
2,060 faat, wa wara approaching Pieo
ielanda and all wa coold aaa of tha ia
land waa Ha paah, triangular hi oot
lina, prolactin* abort tha elooda.
From 3J0 wa waif paaaing throagh
and aver tha ialand of tha Axoraa.
"Calamity overtook aa aarliar ta|
tha day. Tha waah watar
Wa here joined tha raaha of tha an-|
Tha
tar far a ahaaa Jaat bafora
if wa land aooa enough. Ha la I
akib furnishing goad, hat ma
wa ara at laaat wall fad. Wa ara|
wall ho—«d too, and any «
will aiaha a maple at tripa a day
thmfh tha corridor from tha tip of
tha aaaa hack and dawn to tha depthe
of the lowar fin need net complain of
lack of a»irflaa.
Mm* to MM
"At about half put nine we pass
•d directly above the it(aa«r Robert
Dollar. She hoisted her number in
flat* and ran op the British ensign.
The ZR-S then began to climb and
rose to a height of a boat 8,000 feet.
This waa to lift the safety valves
again. The result waa about flvs par
cent )om of hydrogen from the gaa
cells leaving them bat SO par cent
fall. About half of the fuel supply
still remains, enough far M hours
running with four of the five engines
at 1.260 revolutions per minute, which
give about 67 knots.
"The trip above the cloud* gave
temporary relief from the summer
temperature we have had. It waa 76
degrees in the cabin last sight and
continued warm today. Early in the
afternoon fog was encountered and
for several hoars the ahip ran close
to the surface of the sea, the better
to Judge the direction of force o( the
wind by obeerring the wsvea. Then
she climbed above the fog, which was
only five or sis hundred feet high
snd ran thus until darlcneas obetuied
the surrounding. W* felt a sympathy
for the vessels in the fog; wa have
been there, in surface ships, oar
selves and this fog extended over 400
miles
Sight to Swell Inn
"When I cum mi watch, teat Mid
night. the ZB-i waa ah 111 It tm
aoothaut eoaat of Nora gratia. It
waa a cold, bright night, • heklii
change fr«M tha nigh
1:10 a. m. Zeal hind waa
tha ahip headed acroae tha gaif of|
Main toward 1 eater. Tha
waa eccastooatlr ehecfcad hjr
fn>M radio roMpaai etationa along tha |
"Cape Cod light waa
at III a. m. eastern atandard
afterwarda tha ahip waa
Ma. It waa a eight
to ewefl the hoaoM of a retumh
American, aad one ae^ar, never toj
ha forgotten. Million. of Hghta. If!
I
A food oiaod OmA » •
two or tknt eonniiM hi the wsetssa
part of the State between Morion
and Movaatnti. Tmidiy Um Iml
of water wm within a foot of the
BrMpwiter dam. Two weeks bo.
for* It waa within aim and a half foot
of tho top. So daring tho rahia tho
level wan raised five and a half foot.
la calculating tfco amount of water
checked it waa shown that cloee
to 12,000,000.000 gallons worn hcrknt
up by tho dam.
Thia it on* of tho worst raina, In!
a abort period, that haa ran* in Um- i
history of tho Bridgewater dam to
prnri Ha worth to the countryside in |
tho Catawba ▼alloy. Tho project
waa flmahed about six year* ago at
a coat of (0,000,000. One flood, such
aa might have swept down the valley
last week, would doubtless hare caus
ed daatago ta escoaa of the soot of
building tho Bridgowater dam. it waa
pointed oat.
Tho impoanding dam waa iwlod
by tho pusrsr company to mgalato
the flow of tho Catawba river on
which thin aro a number of hydro
electric |ssin(ls| stationo of tho
Southern Power Company. During
tho winter and opring whoa rain and
snows ar» turning toooa vast qnanti
tioa of water, tho dam holds tho wa
ter, which la released in dry periods
of •ho sumasn. In tho dry aanaono
tho water hi tho riror Is lowered and
then it is tho Bridftwator develops
ment steps In and provides the water
necoooary for the turning of generat
ing turbines. ]
PEACOCK CANNOT BE RE
TURNED; IS SAFE OUT
WEST
State Forced to Abandon At
tempt To Return Escaped
Killer
Raleigh, Oct. 17.—California win
likely be the bom* of Dr. J. W. Pea
cock for the remainder of hia Hfe,
for under the laws of that atate no
appeal can be made, George Roes Pea,
superintendent of the atate'a priaon
■tated yesterday following the letuia
from California of Warden 8. i. Boa
bee, who had gone there aad eecuiod
extradition papers for Peacock who
was a fugitive from joatiee under the
lows of this atate. Mr. Pou explained
thst the bands of the state of North
Carolina were boead so loaf ss Pea
cock remained under the protection
of the decree of the Ban Diego su
perior court Judge who ruled that
"technically Peacock ia not an estab
lished prisoner, as the insane ward
was aot a pan of the priaaa."
Dr. Peacock aacaped from the ia
aaae ward of the atate'a priaoa h
1922 soon after he bad beea placed
there by a Jury hi Dartdsoa eouaty
superior court for murder of the chief
of police of ThomasvOe.
The flsdv of the doetor and his
sttwpi to evade the laws of North
Carolina Mhve bosa varied. He la
aaid to have first (one to Mamlas aad
thea to Flartda whara ho hod hint
self declared saas by ths Florida
courts. However, when H was learn
e^that under the lava of North Oa
brsak Jail, Peaoeek flsd rsther thaa
face a legal battle.
Whea hs was aext haard from ha
was living an a reach hi California.
Wardoa Basbee was ssat to that
stoto aad thh latoot effort, uasaeeaas
fal of t»e North Carolina authorities
eaaeed.
w ..J-. - : »
do not intend
Wa ara not in
m in buainaaa. Wa
to kt drawn into polities.
"Wf Iwn bean and «tttl ara daaply
Intcraatad in Maarle Hhoala aa a
national aaaat. There It mall prem
ium turn that it wiR erar ba a na
tional aaaat—mora likely It will ba
only an expenae. That eonearna
►very on* of ui u ritixena. _ Tn the
Ford bueineaa, onea wa make' op oar
mind* to do anythinc, wa go rhrht
ahaad and do it with the laaat poaalMe
waate of time, enerry ar monay. ft
«a cannot da what we want to in one
aray than wa find another.
CaaMut Walt Lniw
"We *re mortal* an faat and the
•ettlement of Muacle fthoala' future
K*mnl an far away that w» had to
find other mnna to do tha thinr*
w* mid hara accnmpti*hed at * Ba
de Shoal* In fact, wa have paaaad
Muacle fthoala. Pwdmtlw baain*a*
rannot wait on politiea. Therefore, we
ara withdrawing oar bid."
AM if' 0Mt meant withdrawing
abeohitely from Muacle Shoal* and
everything that partalwa to It, Mr.
Ford repHed:
"Yea, wa hare made oar Md; now
let than make oa a hid. And they
will not hara to wait three jratn for
their antwer. Wa can toil them in
fhre mfnotea."
After dlsenaainr the gixamnaent in
vestment in Moacla Shoal* which ha
■aid waa much larrer than It onirht
to h«, hot which could not he helped
hecanae it waa roah work done in war
time for war purpose*, Mr. Ford
Mid:
"Our bid waa intended to develop
a method by which the public'* mon
ey could be made productive and
eventually retained to the pablic
treasury at a profit, while at tha aame
t-me we *hoold produce nitrate* at
a aatiafactory low coat to aril them to
the farmer* at a fraction of what
they now have to pay. Alao, we In
tended to create a plant which would
nut only make oa independent of
Chile for nitrate* for exploaivaa hot
would rive a* an independent supply,
poaaibly e<|aal to that of all tha rest
of tha world pat together."
Widow mi Wyoming Gowmt
Nominated u His Sattwir
Oifycmir, Wyo., Oct. 14.—Mm.
Nellie G. Rom. widow of the late Got.
William B. Ron, waa choeen ntiani
mou*fy today a* Democratic nominee
for Governor by th* Encrftney Dem
ocratic State Convention in aeoaion
here.
Mr*. Rnaa waa nominated by ae
rlamation at the completion of the roll
call of rountiea.
Her naane waa formally placed he
fore the convention by George W.
Pattaraon of Laramie, aptakinf for
Albany Comity. Only one other name
—that of Patrick O'Connor of Caa
fore the rell call had been two-third*
computed, however, O'Connor** name
waa withdrawn at hie own reqeeat.
Although Wyoming, aa a Territory
la IM. hlaaed the way ♦» national
woman anffrag* by riving Ha women
the right of the ballot, Mra. Roee hi
tile ftrat woman ever to ha nominated
for each high office.
Together with Mra.' Mlricm A. Par
gnaon. Democratic nomine* for Gov
ernor of Trraa, Mra. loaa takea her
place aa a wife of a former tmnHn
to ha thna honored. Gov. BoaaV term
w»t>ld not hare expired far two gaava.
Tom Jmmon &
Wrong
was
latad
that 1
vulirmr.
«u
"•cab," •
roune and
I
Darin* the put ;nr 1 have inter
Mtad mynrlf In helpinf to form •
coalition lutwea the wag*-earners
and the farmer* for dinct political
action. It finally lianed la tb* or
ganization which !■ supporting the
candidacy of Senator La Follette, and
I was named aa an elector on the tick
et. To thia many of the brethren of the
conference have taken itronf excep
tion. and mjr presiding older, the Rev.
T. P. Marr, told we the other day that
Bishop Denny waa getting letter*
from varioaa people of the itate pro
trutin? againat my activities in poli
tic*. Dr. Marr advleed me to aak for
a location declaring that aowe par
tin ware prepared to make a motion
to that effect if I did not. On Thura
day night I took the Rev. G. T. Bond
and called on Biahop Denny. He told
me frankly that my political activi
ties made me anacceptahle aa a Meth
odiat pastor, and that there waa no
place la the conference whan he
could send me. Ho intimated that I
could be located on that ground. Dr.
Marr waa cent to ate again on Fri
day morning to know if I would not
aak for a location. I did eo without
any feeling of Mtterneaa.
However, f am thoroughly convinc
ed that hack of all thia la the fact that
I am exporting the wrong ticket to!
politica and am lined op with the
wrong mad to Iwhilif. A few
year* ago the Bar. W. A. Newell raa,
for the letMatm from M eoanty.
He made ipirhw and triad ta get
elected bat felled. He waa an a IB
tie. poor circuit, bat at the
session at the conference he
in the conference who are writing and
•alking for R thia year, and there are
"none to moleat or make them afraid."
It baa been a frequeti ■ ■
for Mathodlat pastor* to thia ^
aa the payroll at the cot*
rrrjrrr.
ijrs He Was
: Side in Politics
or* of Worth
do It now
<•« t*4 at the
tieal machine,
home I wfl! turn
tO the CMfmiKf
from, IinM. I go without uy
'a* of ill-will toward any peraoa rm
earth.
Hm'i a aigrH for those who lor* w,
And a —Hi for thoee who hate.
And whatever nky'i above at*—
Hara'i a heart for every fata.'
TOM f. JtKISOM.
returned Mm. i. H. Vm m praM
Img aider of Mm Mouat Airy dtatrkt;
«n» combined wit* the Mi Ml Airy
Circuit and called Mm Mow* Airy
Circuit, with Rev. W. J. A Walker hi
charge; Bar. K. K Snow, a bell
proehtr aervmc as • supply waa ra
turnad to Rural Hall and ad mitt ad
into tha conference on trial; Pilot
Mountain. Ear. H. M. Wallman; Elk in
L. B. Abemethy; Stokeadale, M. E.
Leftwich; Stirrrvi lie-May odan, M. Q.
Tut tie; Yadkinville, A E. Ward; Ara
rat. J. J. -Eada; Dobaon, J. E. Hippa.
Rev. J. A. Cook goaa to Ranilli—
Rev. T. V. Crouaa, Cam way Manor
ial, Gra—ibni'ii; W. H. Wlllia, Aaha
lx.ro; Rev. J. V. Kirk, Waat Market
Street, Greenaboro; W. F. Wotabia,
1 -»I a| J„ n « j „| .
i rfiKunf riafr urwiuiooro aisvnci,
H. C Sprinkle, P. E. Aabeville dia
trict; J. M. Folpr, Mount Pleaaant;
G. C. Brmkman, Black Mountain;
Rev. W. L. Hutcbens, Tbomasvtfle;
and Rev W. B. Waat, LincohitttL
Wilson's Body is To Bo