Indianapolis Times, Volume 41, Number 113, Indianapolis, Marion County, 20 September 1929 — Page 18

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History Made When Count Zeppelin Met Dr. Hugo Eckener

Life of Dirigible Inventor Completely Changed by Occurrence. k\ NORMS OK PRECEDING CHATTERS Dr. Hugo Ericen<rr. commander of ZrpColins, educated as a scientist and philosopher. established his home at Frledrlchshafen. on Lake Constance, expecting to lead Uic life of a student and Write a booa on economics. Count Ferdinand Zeppelin. German army officer. who as volunteer had Sown free and 'aptlve balloons with tile Union aimy during the American Civil war, also lived on Lake Constance. In spite of the general belief that his ideas were impracticable. Zeppelin was devoting his time, energy aid money In an effort to perfect a rigid balloon, driven by motors. Th*re was little in common between the Student from the north and the army cfTirr who was also a dreamer. But their meeting made history. CHAPTER 111 TWO men meeting in a garden in quiet Friedrichshafen on a spring day in 1906. One a student and scho.ar, the other a retired army officer with a dream of conquering the air. One unknown beyond his local community or through occasional profound articles published in the Frankfurter Zeitung, tinder the signature of "Dr. E.” The other already known about the world as a man with a queer idea of sailing through the air in a rigid balloon propelled by motors, but whose progress had been marked largely by wrecks. And the life of the unknown was completely changed by the meeting. a m a THERE are many legends about the conversion of Dr. Eckener, leading critic of the Zeppelin—the dramatic event which changed him over from a Saul, scourge of the church, to a St. Paul, the great apostle. When Hugo Eckener went to Friedrichshafen to live it was the last thing in his mind that he ever would become associated with Count Zeppelin in building what he himself had tremed the "air castles of an air count.” Friedrichshafen was not yet famuos as cradle of the Zeppelins. It was a quiet little village fronting on the lake with the Austrian and Swiss Alps opposite it. Hugo Eckener, born as far north as he could be born on German soil, had. in selecting his home, gone as far south as one could go and still live in Germany. The warm climate of South Germany was one reason for his decision. The lake itself was the other. Rich as it was in historic memories, scene of many wars running back to tribal days and down through Gustavus Adolphus, since the Rhine, strategic river of Central Europe, ran entirely t hrough the lake, the Bodensee, as it was locally called, would also permit the scholar to go sailing again. n a e THE Eckeners made some little stir in Friedrichshafen when the} arrived there, the man, tall, blonde, distinguished, intellectual, contrasting with the shorter, darker southerners. The curious northern clothes of the children seeming to the village folk strange in contrast to the gayer colors of Bavaria and Wurtemburg. Os these things Hugo Eckener was largely unconscious. Travel, mountain climbing, the lake, his studies, his garden, his writing, these things filled a busy and colorful life. The

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It was decided to dismantle it, and that was quickly done. "Exactly twenty-four hours after this great twenty-ton ship had risen and flown so proudly and majestically over the lake, it had become a scattered heap of aluminum and fabric. “A sad sight for all who knew what hopes and labors had gone into its construction. "And in the midst of it stood the old count himself, calmly giving orders for its destruction. Who can conceive how hard it was on this sleepless night for him to witness that sight, when every hammer blow must have struck the innermost part of his being, and the sound of every rending saw have torn his heart? "Who can conceive what went through his mind when he saw the dream of a lifetime and the arduous iarbors of seven long years going to pieces before him? nun BUT there he stood in full gaze of the silent observing crowd, courageous, unbroken, showing no sign of dismay. “How great is the human heart daring to oppose all the forces of this world, and how v’eak in comparison is the work of the human hand which may be torn into pieces by a breath of air.” This comment by Eckener is much le is severe than earlier ones. But though the faith and fortitude of Count Zeppelin had impressed him he could still see no practical use for so fragile a vehicle. The real story of his conversion to lighter-than-air craft was related by Dr. Eckener himself for the first time in New York at the conclusion of his world flight. (To Be Continued.) NEXT: Dr. Eckener’s own description of his first meeting with Count Zeppelin. Religious Work to Be Discussed Progress of religious' work in Indianapolis churches will be discussed at the second annual laymen’s retreat of the Church Federation of Indianapolis Saturday, Oct. 5. The afternoon and night meeting will be held at the country home of J. K. Lilly, Seventy-first street and College avenue.

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