Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1913-04-05 | Page 22 | France Releases German Airship That Went Astray

FRANCE RELEASES GERMAN AIRSHIP THAT WENT ASTRAY Adventure of Zeppelin IV Discloses Discloses Dis Dis- DJs DJs- closes Closely G Guarded Construction Secrets E France nance April 1 Tito Tho Tho LU German air cruiser Zeppelin IV was inflated nn and departed for lor Germany at 3 1 o'clock this afternoon Tile The landing of tho the airship on the parade rounds grounds here lore In the tho midst of cr ofa ofa a brigade of or Trench French riflemen rinemon yesterday yester rda r- r da day was satisfactorily explained to n a French board of Inq Inquiry iry today lh The Tho airship all ship and her crow crew afterward wore were released on payment of 2000 as ns customs customs cus CUB toms duty and the tho Incident was t Il de declared declared de- de closed The crow of or tho the dirigible had boon kept virtually prisoners prisoner throughout the night Tho The Inv Investigation conducted by the military authorities concluded de with the tho following findings The Tho balloon baBoon belonged to the thc Zeppelin lin company compan the tho German officers on onboard onboard board were designated d to test the workings working of the thc dirigible which Is subject sub sub- j ct to acceptation by tho German government government gov gov- tho airship landed landell at Lune- Lune because In charge Mad hall lost their way and md tho the officers on board boar the they were n near ar a French garrison town Captain the tile ranking German officer gave gate his word of honor neither he nor his hh companions had taken any observations of military value alue Thereupon the officers were dismissed and Iho tho police commissary sary of accompanied them to lo the tho I German frontier