Indianapolis Times, Volume 41, Number 114, Indianapolis, Marion County, 21 September 1929 — Page 18

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ZEPPELIN WINS ECKENER OVER AT CONFERENCE Doctor Becomes Convinced of Value of Aircraft Invented by Count. SYNOPSIS OF PRECEDING CHAPTERS Dr. Hugo Eckener. educated as a scientist and philosopher, was one of the lending critics of Count Ferdinand Z'PDelin In the early days when Zeppelin first was endeavoring to prove nls theory of the rigid balloon as a successful means of navigation of the air. While Zeppelin was devoting his time to dirigible construction. Dr. Eckener was contributing articles to the Frankfurter Zeltung. manv of which pronounced ZepDellr.'s theories Impracticable He referred to them as the "air castles of an atr count.” But In 1906, aftr the wrecking of Zeppelin s third dirigible, the student and the sky-dream-er met. CHAPTER IV “/''VN a spring morning of the w-/ year 1906, as I was working in the garden of my house in Friedrichshafen, my cook came running towards me and ‘Count Zeppelin is here and wants to talk to you!’ “She was quite excited, for Count Zeppelin already was at that time a well-known personality, perhaps not so famous as considered an original, for he was a cavalry general xvho had got the idea into his head that he wanted to fly, and already had experienced many disappointments.” Thus begins the story of what proved to be a momentous meeting between Dr. Eckener and Count Zeppelin, as it was dictated by Dr. Eckener when he was in New York recently at the close of his round-the-world flight. It was the first meeting between the student with the call of the sea in his blood and the dreamer who would ride the clouds. Dr. Eckener then was more than 40 years old, and had devoted his recent years entirely to the study of economics and writing. His had been the secluded life of the student, Zeppelin's the active life of an army officer. Zeppelin now was the struggling inventor, Eckener the critic. One was silvery-haired and aging, the other in the full vigor of life. a a st IT was a clear spring morning. The waters of Constance, the lake which was to be made famous by these two men, glistened a clear blue in the early sunlight. But, to return to Dr. Eckener’s dictated description of what was said and clone: “I told the cook to bring the count to the house. I quickly made myself a little tidy and went into the room where I found the count writing. “He arose and without further preliminaries, showed me a page of a newspaper and asked: ‘Did you write this?’ ‘‘.lt was an article in the Frankfurter Zeitung. I answer'd in the affirmative, for I had, indeed, made a report in that paper with regard to the latest disaster of Count Zeppelin's airship, the stranding of the same in the Allgeau, in a very objective, and for the person of the count, a very friendly way. “The count continued: ‘I thank you for what you say about me personally in this article. I am glad to have met you at last, since we have been trying to find out for a long time who might be the author of the reports about my flights in the Frankfurter Zeitung that are signed “Dr. E.” “ ‘You rgports are friendly and prove of technical knowledge, but they contain some erroneous conceptions, and I have come to give you some information in this respect.’ “We discussed a few questions, and the count said on leaving: ‘ ‘Do you play chess? If so, I would like to invite you to a game one day when I am in Friedrichshafen; then we can best talk over my affairs.’ “I answered in the affirmative, and, really, a few days later a groom from the hotel came to me, inviting me. in the name of the

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count, to supper and a following game of chess. “This was repeated quite often in the course of the next few weeks and we became good friends. I became more and more interested in the plans of Count Zeppelin. mum ■rpwo or three months later I A happened to meet Count Zeppelin in the early evening on the street in Friedrichshafen. He greeted me, and I soon noticed that he was in a depressed state of mind. He then tol dme that he was in great difficulty, and did not know any way out. “Asa result of the revolution in Russia, where the countess possessed vast estates, he had lost most of his fortune. “He did not know how he would be able to gather enough money for the building of anew airship, as nobody had confidence in his idea, and he was considered irrational to waste the rest of his fortune for such a folly. All official institutions and the public were against him. "I tried to comfort him, conscious of the meaninglessness of my phrases. But, at last I said to him: 'Excellency, I will try to help you at least in one respect, as well as I can, namely in the effort to win public opinion for your cause. “‘i believe the Frankfurter Zeitung, where I have good connections. will be of some significance to your work.’ u u n “ct'HE count thanked me, but I A felt very well that he did not derive any great hopes from the results this support by the press would bring about. “And this showed his whole attitude toward the Importance of public opinion. Later he changed his view’s on the subject. “Thus I became, first of all, the journalistic helper of Count Zeppelin. I report this incident, which is for me one of highly historic meaning, rather in detail because in many quarters the opinion prevails that I was a journalist by profession, and thereby came to the work of Count Zeppelin.” And so w’as established a friendship to be followed by business association which was destined to bring to realization the dreams of Count Zeppelin, transform the student of the northt into a man of action, and life him from his library into the clouds, there to conquer the winds, and lay the foundation for anew vessel of transportation w'hich eventually would circle the globe. (To Be Continued) NEXT: Dr. Exkener makes his first flight in an airship. Enters California School [ln Times Special GREENCASTLE, Ind., Sept. 21. Robert Oxnam, son of G. Bromley Oxnam, De Pauw university president, has enrolled in a California preparatory school at Covina, Cal.

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and so know our way about, we get hold of the tinned stuff and exchange it for things we are short of. What does it matter, anyhow—in a while It will all be blown to pieces. For ourselves we take some chocolate from the depot and eat it in slabs. Almost a fortnight passes thus in eating, drinking and roaming about. No one disturbs us. The town gradually vanishes under the shells and we lead a charmed life. So long as any part of the supply dump still stands we don’t worry; we desire nothing better than to stay here till the end of the war. Tjaden has become so fastidious that he only half smokes his cigars. With his nose in the air he explains to us that he was brought up that way. And Kat is most cheerful. In the morning his first call is: “Emil, bring in the caviare and coffee.” We put on extraordinary airs, every man treats the other as his valet, bounces him and gives him orders. “There is something itching under my foot; Kropp, my man, catch that louse at once,” says Leer, poking out his leg at him like a ballet girl, and Albert drags him up the stairs by the foot, “Tjaden! ’’—“What?”—“Stand at ease, Tjaden; and # what’s more, don’t say ‘What,’ say ‘Yes, Sir,’ — now Tjaden!” Tjaden retorts in the well-known phrase from Goethe’s “Gotz von Berlichigen,’’ with which he is always very free. After eight more days we receive orders to go back. The palmy days are over. Two big motor lorries take us away. They are stacked high with planks. Nevertheless, Albert and I erect on top ou,r four-poster bed complete with blue silk canopy, mattress, and two lace coverlets. And behind it at the head is stowed a bag full of choice edibles. We often dip into i;, and the tough ham sausages, the tins of liver saugages, the conserves, the boxes of cigarets rejoice our hearts. Each man has a bag to himself. Kropp and I have rescued two

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big red arm chairs as well. They stand inside the bed, and we sprawl back in them as in a theater box. Above us swells the silken cover like a baldaquin. Each man has a long cigar in his mouth. And thus from aloft we survey the scene. Between us stands a parrot cage that we found for the cat. She is coming with us, and lies in the cage before her saucer of meat, and purrs. Slowly the lorries roll down the road. We sing. Behind us the sheiis are sending up fountains from the now utterly abandoned town. O St A few days later we are sent out to evacuate a village. On the way we meet the fleeing inhabitants trundling their goods and chattels along with them in wheel-barrows, perambulators and on their backs. Their figures are bent, their faces full of grief, despair, haste and resignation. Their children hold on to their mother’s hands, and often an older girl leads the little ones who stumble onward and are for ever looking back.. A few carry miserable-looking dolls. All are silent as they pass us By. We are marching in column; the French do not fire on a town in which there still are inhabitants. But a few minutes later the air screams, the earth heaves, cries ring out; a shell has landed among the rear squad. We scatter and fling ourselves down on the ground, but at that moment I feel the instinctive alertness leave me which hitherto has always made me do unconsciously the right thing under fire; the thought leaps up with a terrible, throttling fear: “You are lost”—and the next moment a blow sweeps like a whip over my left leg. I hear Albert cry out; he is beside me. “Quick, up, Albert!” I yell, for we are lying unsheltered in the open field. He staggers Up and runs. I keep beside him. We have to get over a hedge; it is higher than we are. Kropp seizes a branch, I heave him up by the leg, he cries out, I give

him a swing and he flies over. With one leap I follow him and fall into a ditch that lies behind the hedge. Our faces are smothered with duck-weed and mud, but the cover is good. So we wade in up to our necks. Whenever a shell whistles we duck our heads under the water. After we hive done this a dozen times, I am exhausted. “Let’s get away, or I’ll fall in anddrown,” groans Albert. “Where has it got you?” I ask him. “In the knee, I thir “Can you run?” “I think ” “Then out!” We make for the ditch beside the toad, and stooping, run along it. The shelling follows us. The road leads toward the munition dump. If that goes up there won’t be a man of us with his head left on his shoulders. So we change our plan and run diagonally across country. Albert begins to drag. “You go, I’ll come on after,” he says, and throws himself down. I seize him by the arm and shake him. “Up, Albert, if once you lie down you’ll never get any farther Quick, I’ll hold you up.” At last we reach a small dugout. Kropp pitches in and I bandage him up. The shot is just a little above his knee. Then I take a look at myself. My trousers are bloody and my arm, too. Albert binds up my wounds with his field dressing. Already he is no longer able to mov6 his leg, and we both wonder how we managed tc get this far. Fear alone made it possible; we would have run even if our feet had been shot off—we would have run on the stumps. I still can crawl a little. I call out to a passing ambulance wagon which picks us up. It is full of wounded. There is is army medical lance-corporal with it who sticks an anti-tetanus needle into our chests. At the dressing station we arrange matters so that we lie side by side. They give us a thin soup which we spoon down greedily and scornfully, because we are accustomed to better time, but are hungry all the same. “Now for home, Albert,” I say.

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“Let’s hope so.” he replies, “I only wish I knew what I’ve got.” The pain increases. The bandages burn like fire. We drink and drink, one glass of water after another. “How far above the knee am I hit?” asks Kropp. (To Be Continued) , Copyright 1929 by Little. Brown ft Cos Distributed by Kin* Features Syndicate. Inc

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