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About The Omaha morning bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 4, 1925)
Los Angeles Crowd Knocks Down Guards to Greet Fliers — ®' 250,000 Surge Out on Field Despite j Fence and Police Great Wall of China Wouldn't Have Stopped Them, Says Ogden in Describing Welcome. By LOWELL THOMAS. Three cities on the Pacific coast were bidding for the honor of being the terminus of the first flight around the world. Al though both the planes and their crews had. actually 1 eircumnavig a t e J the globe, the mo ment they arrived over San Diego the civic organizations • of both Los An geles and Seattle r jg were far from _ Lsteut Lowe ((J asleep. By the Snutfl f time the world • fliers had reached Boston it was evl 1 dent that the 110 __ 000,000 inhabitants of these United States of America were going to give the victorious air men one of the greatest receptions in history, and both Los Angeles and Seattle wanted the fliers back again so they could both say truthfully that the first world flight had started and ended in their city. They also want ed to demonstrate that they could oat do the other cities of America by the warmth of their welcome. As a matter of fact, both Los An geles and Seattle had valid grounds for their claims. Although the fliers had been around the world, the in stant their wheels touched ground at Coronado, It also was true that at Santa Monica, on the outskirts of Los Angeles, was" where the world cruisers were built, and it was there that they first entered the air. Seat tle, on the other hand, had been the point of departure from this country, and there is no denying the fact that all of the fliers looked upon their trip up the coast from southern California to Puget Sound as a mere trial flight to see if the planes were satisfactory. Before the arrival at Seattle their world flight Insignia had not yet been painted on them, and they had not even been named. Seattle Flight Terminus. So the conclusion one comes to Is that the claims of San Diego, Log Angeles and Seattle were about equal. At any rate, General Patrick was big hearted about it and ordered the fliers jo proceed to Seattle, and that city was designated as the official ter minus of the flight. “All night long the mechanics at Rockwell field worked over our planes, installing new engines and tuning them uii for our final dash up the coast.” remarked ^Commander Smith. "And, by the way. we owe a special vote of thanks to the boys at Rockwell, because they built the most of the Liberty motors that carried us around the world, and as mechanics there are none better in the world. “At 1 p. m. on the afternoon of September 23 we circled over North island, and, accompanied by a score of army and navy escort planes, we were on our way to Santa Monica. lhe «ky was sparkling clear. Far below os'the rollers from the Pacific were scattering spume and spindrift along beaches more alluring than any we had seen In the whole wide world Flying all around about us were our friends. So our hearts were light, r never was much given to bursting forth into song, but never had I felt more like singing than on that short 113-mile hop from Coronado to Santa Monica.” Angeles Out In Force. "Almost before we knew it we were | flying over the outskirts of T,ns An gelrs," said Krlk. "As we approach ed Sant-. Monica ami looked down to | see whether Clover Held was still there,” remarked Leigh Wade, “we Kot another kirk of a lifetime. All the j adjoining fields were parked with automobiles. They were lined fender to fender In rows a half mile long ■‘and a half mile deep. There must have been at least 2".000 ears around Plover field, possibly double that num tier and they must have represented perhaps $50,000,000 In motor trans P°”The size of the crowd," added Lieutenant Ogden, "was variously estd mated at from 100.000 to 250.000, I' was by for the largest throng ' ever, assembled at Los Angeles, and cer tainly the greatest crowd we Had ever looked down tipon from the sky. vie •circled around and came gilding down 1nl,o the wind at 2.46 p. m. 1 thought ti. myself, -Boys, you re In for a wild fl;ne. And, believe me, ho, I wasn t far wrong. "A big grandstand had been erected on one side of the field and In front of that was a fenced enclosure which had been filled with truckload after truckload of roses. There must have been an acre of them, and tight Into the midst of those flowers we taxied with Smith In the lead. “All round was a heavy line of guards. But as wo crawled out *of nur cockpits the crowd apparently went wild. With a roar they knocked down the fence. They knocked down the police. They knocked down the soldiers. They knocked ua down. And If the great wall of China had been there they would have knocked It down. ' Crowds Endangered Msnee. "It looked for a hit as though they were going to tear the planes to pieces snd we actually had to fight ..rid I tattle with our own friends to keep them from pulling onr ships apart for souvenirs. It meant noth ing to them that we still had to fly on to Beattie. In fact If any of them had happened to think about that, then there (en’t any doubt hut what they would have pulled them to pieces so ws couldn't, fly to Beattie.” "When wa reached Hants Monica we were supposed to have arrived si the end “f the rainbow," said "Lo Atiinld. "Seve.nl members of the committee. Lieutenants Kenyon and Moseley, lont their caps flfhtinu through the mob to our sides to Is form us that there was a pot of gold waiting over In the grandstand. But when we looked toward the stand and at the seething mob between us. It appeared as though we were going to have about as hard a time getting through to the pot of gold ss the gold seekers had when they crossed Chilkoot pass on their way to the Klondike In '98. "But three bhrly policemen got hold of each of us and started through the crowd. They used us much like the old Roman soldiers used to use a battering ram. People were tearing bits of our clothes for souvenirs. One lady got a piece of the collar of my overalls with a pen knife. Another got hold of my ear hy mistake. Somebody else took a souvenir out. of the seat of my trous ers. The other hoys were faring about as well, some of them worse. The last I saw of Jack he was in the arms of at least a dozen young ladies. At any rate, after 45 minutes of this, we finally arrived at the 'end of the rainbow’ much the worse for wear. More than 10,000 school children were at Clover field to see the world fliers. They saw the planes land, but that was all. The six airmen, from then on, were swallowed up in. the maelstrom. Rabid Souvenir Hunters. Souvenir hunters even ripped the buttons off the tunic of the advance representative for the world flight, who usually landed just ahead of the world cruisers in each city across the American continent. Nearly every One seemed to think that Lieutenant Wright was one of the circumnavi gators. and lie was constantly em barrassed by people making a fuss over him and by young ladies falling on his neck. Owing to the moh at Clover field it was impossible for the fliers to do any work on their planes that night, so they started for Hollywood and the Christie hotel. On the way they were supposed to stop at Beverly Hills where another reception had been arranged especially in honor of Lieutenant Harding, whose moth er had been living there for several, years. But "Smiling Jack" had been made a captive by others and never got to. Beverly Hills to receive the globe of flowers designed for him. An interesting human interest epi sode occurred here with regard to hotels. It seems that weeks before the start of the world flight, when word arrived that a group of pilotsPand me chanics were coming west to super vise the building of the airplanes in which they were to attempt to circum navigate thfe globe, an officer of the air service stationed at Santa Monica took it upon himself to talk to the managers of the various hotels. He realized that the pilots and mechanics who were coming out would not re ceive a big enough allowance to cover their expenses If they stayed at a tlrst class California hotel. So, entirely on his -own responsibility, he tried to ar range a' concession for them. But all to no avail, until a Mr. Christie, proprietor of a hotel in a suburb of Los Angeles, rent word that he would consider It a very great honor to have as his guests any men who had the courage to undertake to fly around the world, So the then unknown fliers stayed at Christie's hotel in Holly wood for a number of weeks,and then one morning they climbed into the cockpits of their planes and started around the globe, a journey from which very few people ever expected to see them return. But when they did eventually get back, and when they landed at Bos ton, after having aehtovrd world fame, the great hotels of Los Angeles both wrote and wired the world fliers generously ottering to place suites at iheir disposal. But the fliers sent their regrets and said that they had arranged to stay at Christie's. Mi Christie had hern their friend' whet, they were unknown and now if there was to be any advantage derived by any one as the result of their stop ping ii any particular place, then they wanted him to have it. When they reached Christie's they found the lobby banked with flowers, and thrn they were ushered lip to the imp rooms they had occupied be fore the flight. On each door Mr. Christie had placed a bronze plate with the following inscription en graved thereon: This room occupied by Lieut. •Lowell If. Smith of the United States army air service upoh the completion of the first circumnavi gation of the world by air. Ever since then each room, marked by a plate hearing the name of one of the six fliers has been in constant demand. "After our experience In Los An geles,” said Commander Smith, "we didn't feel as though we could sur vive many more re- eptlons. We were anxious to get on to Seattle, and get the flight over before anything ftiould happen to mar It. Flying half the ddy, then being welcomed by a hun dred thousand people, enteitalned un til you are ready to go to sleep stand ing up. and then flying the next day. Is almost as trying as attempting to get from Iceland to Greenland or as through ft atandstorm In India. But fortunately our Bight next day was to be over country that I knew as In timately as my own back yard." (Copyright. 1$2Sfc) Branch Poultry Home Opened at Hartington Hartington, Feb. .1.—Alex Getz Poultry company of Chicago ha* e* Itablished a branch houae her# and the farmer* now are receiving about 6 cent* a pound mo^e for their chick ens than formerly. ifggS^H#L No More Dull, Heavy EYES If your EYES sre tired, dull, heavy —use Murine. This harmless lotion soothes away redness and leaves the eyes bright and clear. Use after business, reading, sewing, motoring and all outdoor sports. 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Theodore Roosevelt ran as an in dependent, and defeated Taft, elect ing Wilson. The republican party did not ostracize him. It was afraid of him. It will have cause to regret its cowardly treatment of La Follette. Many voters that would not vote for La Follette, and do not share his views prefer him to some regu lar republicans. they know that La Follette is n courageous and honest man. In Sand Cave, Kentucky, 300 feet from the entrance, Floyd Collins had lain since last Friday morning, pinned down by a huge rock that fell, crushed his leg, and held him fast. His brother has offered $500 to any doctor that will crawl into the cave, chloroform the suffering man, cut off his leg and release him. If you have small worrie' trou jbling you, think of Floyd Collins. and cheer up. And remember that a few years ago, in the childhood of many men living, there was no chloroform or other anesthetis to help surgeons. 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