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VOL. XL NO. G.
OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING, JULY 24, 1910-SIX SECTIONS FORTY FACES.
SINGLE COIT FIVE CENTS.
Some Disorder
Along Grand
Trunk Road
Seven Men Injured in Outbreak at
Brockville, Ont Freight Block
ade ii Still On.
he Omaha
ONWARD MOVE OF
CHRISTIAN -.FAITH
Cardinal Gibbons Celebrates His Seventy-Sixth
Birthday, Receiving
Many Congratulations.
BELIEVES WORLD GROWS BETTER
Scores Divorces and Those Who Seek
Separation.
Coming and Going in Omaha
CROWDS BEHOLD
CUKT1SS IN AIR
First Day of Aviation Meet Ends with
Spectacular Flights by
Bird-Men.
WIND AN EARLY HINDRANCE
TLT TIME
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DEMOCRATS MOVE
ON ORAM) ISLAND
Advance Scouti Start Today for Scene
of Battle, with Hosts to
Follow Monday.
BRYAN WATTS TILL STAGE IS SET
Peerleti Leader to Make Ilii First
Appearance Tuesday.
PLANS FOR CONVENTION MANY
Some Want to Avoid Open Row Over
Platform.
. MIKE HARRINGTON AS SPOKESMAN
War Horse from Holt Conntr to
Aaslgurd the Job of Wrwklil
the firm Water
Cart.
(From a Staff Correspondent.)
LINCOLN. July 23.-Speclal.)-The move
' ment of democratic tro ps to Grand Island
for the big battle next Tuesday will begin
tomorrow, when a scout or two for the gov
ernor will start out, to be followed Monday
ofby some of the big guns, tha undefeated
champion, Mr. Bryan, bringing In the re
serves Tuesday morning. The big cham-
' plon will stop over In Kansas to take In
a few shekels at an exhibition or chau-
' tauqua the night before the battle.
Hlchard L. Metcalfe will leave Lincoln
' Monday and open headquarters at the
' Koehler hotel, at which place Governor
Shallonberger will hare headquarter,
though he will not arrive until Tuesday.
Mr. Uryan will have his headquarters at
' the Palmer, where It Is reported Mayor
Ji.ihlman has arranged for quarters. Mr.
Hitchcock and Mr. Reed, candidates for
the united mates senate, nava noi nouiwu
V the secretary of the state committee Just
where they will hold forth, but it la likely
they wilt attend the convention. Leo Mat
thews, secretary of the democratic state
committee, will hie himself forth tomor-
row. The populist state committee will have
headquarters at the Palmer.
The Lancaster delegation will leave either
Monday or early Tuesday morning, and It
. will b the "wettest" dry delegation that
ever went forth lo uphold the banner of
prohibition.
Premonitory Symptom of Failure.
The big temperance rallies planned , at
. Lincoln and Grand Island by a bunch of
Llncolnltes, vho have been carrying the
In an effort to force the
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political parties to carry on the campaign
, on the Issue they have raised of county op
tion, will not be the howling success or
rather the succesa that had been antlal
. pated- Mr. Bryan and Richard 1 Metcalfe
.have both declined to speak at tha Grand
, Island meeting and Senator Burkett has an
engagement over In Iowa for that night, so
he will not be present at the Lincoln meet
, Ing. However tha prohlbltlonlats Is
the prohibition party leaders not the so
culled republican and democratic v prohibi
tionists will have a banquet at the Llndell
hotel Monday night early, and It la probable
they will adjourn to the meeting planned
by the Bryant let; and thus there will be
no lack of a crowd. '
Bryan's Supreme Effort.
Regardless of the fact that nearly all of
the delegates to tha democratic convention
who 'are instructed at all are opoied to
county option, there Is still speculation' as
to the outcome of the battle. It Is the talk
now that Mr. Bryan U going on tha mat
.with eupreme confidence In his. ability to
"' whip hie opponents. This example of con-
fldence is taken to mean that he haa some
thing up his aleeve that will at least-make
the convention Keep -talks
and perhaps his facta will be suffl-
' dent to anuf out a few political Uvea.
' It la told that M. F. Harrington Is to de
liver the speech against Bryan and those
who have tallied with the O'Neill lawyer
nay that he will make the effort of hla
life ami that the address la liable to create
something of a aentjatlon.
it la not lmorobable that three different
platforma will be reported having to do
with tha liquor question. Mr. uryan is e
ruut.vi t. brine- In a plank committing tha
., party to county option. The Douglajs dele
"! gaMon. it la supposed, will demand that
county option be condemned, while friends
of Shallenberger in all likelihood, will pro
. pose the Metcalfe suggestion that the con
vention pledge tha governor to algn a
county option bill, It one ia iii4
In the meantime, thei-e are a lot of demo
crats who are trying to get tha delegates
to ait and listen to Bryan's speech, turn
' down county option, endorse tha present
iinunr li and adlourn without any one
n trying to answer tha argument of the
Peerless Leader.
Many Blanks on Ballot.
Secretary of State Junkln has received
from tba prlnteia copies of tha ballot
prepared under tha injunction Issued
asulnvt him ty tha district court of Lan-
catter county. Tha ballots were certified
to the various county clerks this after
noon.
Tha peoples' Indepndent party ballot con
tains only one name, that of H. F. Was
inund, candidate for senator In the Four
teenth district. Mr. Wasinund Is the only
simon pure populiat ulio haa filed his name,
the others having come under the wire as
democrats or democrats and people' In
dttpcnUrnt.
The democratic ballot contains no candi
date for lieutenant governor and only two
candldatea for governor. James C.
XXthlman and William It. Patrick, while
C. H. Whitney, comes under the wire aa
the only democratic candidate for attorney
general. The remainder of the atate ticket
Js blank, no itwl democrat having filed for
United Stale senator, or other state office.
No candidate) fur congress has filed In the
First. Third, Fourth, and Fifth districts.
Tha names uf candidates for stale senator
are Haled In only twelve districts out of
twenty-three districts In which the candi
dates file with the secretaiy of state. Out
uf nineteen representative districts In which
candldatea are compelled to file with the
secretary of state only ten districts are
represented.
Under tha 'Restrained" ballot the pro
hibitionists have no candidate for I'nlted
States senator, Tha Rev. Mr. Birmlnghn.S
having tried to get on four ballots, finds
himself on none. The socialist ballot !a
laurt. none of Its candldatea having tried
to slip up on the blind aide of tha voters.
The republican ballot loaes no candidate,
aa republicans have stick to their party
and not endeavored to secure a nomina
tion at tha asperse of other parties.
It is very evident that the Hitchcock-
iCenUaaed aa flaeoad f MA
MONTREAL. July JJ.-The possible need
of much heavier policing at important
points on the Grand Trunk railway system
took a place today In the list of topics, in
cluding Arbitration and freight paralysis,
discussed aa vitally affecting tha status of
tha strike inaugurated last Monday by the
company's conductors and trainmen.
A mora serious outbreak than had been
previously reported occurred last nfght at
tha company'a station at Brockville, Ont.,
and caused Increased activity at headquar
ters. Seven men were Injured, none of
them seriously, In the trouble which fol
lowed tha arrival of a local passenger train
from Toronto. Stones were thrown and the
agent'a office, was stormed. In it were six
private detectives. The door was battered
down and tha officers driven out. kicked
and buffeted. The dispatcher's office was
then attacked and the men inside expelled.
Two of the Injured were taken to a hos
pital. They Were lavld Corey of Montreal,
a special constable, and Edward Wilcox of
Toronto, conductor of the train. Police
finally finally cleared the platform. No ar
rests wera made.
BUFFALO, July 23,-Messages received at
tha Buffalo offloea of the Wabash railroad
from Detroit today stated that tha com
pany'a striking conductors and trainmen
would resume work immediately. The men
who went out had been employed gn the
company's route over the Grand Trunk
lines between Niagara Falls, Ont., and
Windsor, Ont.
Omaha Plans to
Greet Roosevelt
Committee on Arrangements Sends
Outline for Time Spent in
Omaha.
Tentative plana have been made for the
reception of Colonel Theodore Roosevelt
when ha visits Omaha, September t, and
these plans have been aubmlttedo Colo
nel Roosevelt by John L. Kennedy, sec
retary of the committee. This committee
on arrangements coaiats of Victor Rose
water, G. W. Wattlca. John I.. K.nn.
Charlea H. Pickens, Gould Diets, Charlea
M. Wllhelm, General F. A. Smith Luther
Drake and B. F. Thomas.
Following la the letter sent yesterday
to Colonel .Roosevelt:
"OMAHA, July -S3. 1K110 Cnlnnl Th..
dora Roosevelt, 887 Fourth avenue. New
York, N. Y. Dear Sir: At th. aaugtfe
tlon af Senator Burke tfc Jin i Mi V t -
Rosewater, a citizens' committee haa
been named to arrange for your reten
tion and entertainment at Omaha. Sep
tember 3.- Mr. Rosewater la chairman of
the committee. -
"It la the Intention of the committee
to select a reception committee of at
least zoo made up of representative cltl
tens from all parts of the state. Upon
your arrival in the morning n Is pro
poses, to eacort you to the Omaha club,
wnera you have heretofore been entertained,-and
place it your disposal during
your atay such accommodations aa you
and your party may require. An In
formal breakfast would be provided at the
club. It la planned to have a luncheon
at the Field club, to which the entire re
ception committee and others would be
Invited. Our Auditorium haa been en
gaged for the day, ao that you might
apeak In tha afternooo or evening aa you
prefer. A more or less formal dinner
la proposed In tha evening, probably at
one of the clubs. A visit to tha den of
the Knights of Ak-Sar-Ben la alao planned,
the time to be arranged so aa not to In
terfere with your Auditorium meeting.
"I have been directed by the commit
tee to place these details before you for
your approval, and assure you that the
committee will be very glad Indeed to
modify them to meet your views In every
particular. The citizens of Nebraska
bava always been glad to greet you, and
on thla occasion they will give you a
royal welcome.
"Hoping to hear from you In regard to
these arrangements, I am. very truly
yours. "JOHN L. KENNEDY,
"Secretary of tha Committee."
Church Dignitary Brings
a Message from Sweden
Omaha entertained a nobleman of dem
ocratic proclivities last week in the person
of Rt. Rev. H. G. von Scheele, bishop of
Vlspy In tha island of Gothland, Sweden.
Bishop von Scheele la a nobleman of many,
many generations in descent, but he is a
democrat nonetheless.
He prefer a to be a member of the lower
house of Parliament In Sweden, because
11 is more democratic than the upper house,
and he has ail his adult life been fighting
for reforms of democratic nature, such aa
the extension of the suffrage. He was a
leading figure in tha constitutional revision
of 1865, which pued the way for manhood
suffrage In his country.
When tn Omaha he told the people that
he was a great admirer of American Insti
tutions and American democracy and his
deeds seem to have matched hla words.
It la not strange that Bishop von Scheele
and. Theodore Roosevelt should be Intimate
friends because they are both of aristo
cratic lineage and both warm advocates of
representative government.
When Mr. Roosevelt was In Stockholm
a few months ago, most of his time was
spent in the convoy of the bishop, and.
on arrival in this country the former
president was one of the first men to whom
the distinguished prelate bore the giectinga
of hla king and himself.
The congregation of lmmanuel Lutheran
church haa Just sent a cablegram to King
Quatav, acknowledging the greeting given
through Bishop von Scheele, and assuring
the Swedish king that his welfare and
Sweden's aie dear to the hearta of these
uow American cltlsena.
While here Biahop von Scheele told
frienda that ha had made a will devising
hla private llbiary to Auguataua college
at Rock Uland. the Jubilee of which he
came to atttnd aa a representative of the
Swedish thiunt. Inasmuch aa tils library
is one el tua largest and finest pUval
SOME CONDITIONS ARE APPALLING
Church Must Step in and Diicourage
Present Methods.
Great Bella-lone Htlorni Taking; on
ew Form and Men rfecomlnst
Active In Rellaloua
BALTIMORE. Md.. July 23.-($peclal Tel-egram.)-Cardlnal
Glbbona celebrated his
seventy-sixth birthday quietly today. Al
though the cardinal waa averse to public
demonstration, commemorative services
were held In a number of the Roman Cath
olic churches. Scores of congratulatory tel
egrams came from the United States and
Canada 'and cablegrama from Europe. A
warm message of congratulation and hope
for many more years of happy life and
aervlce waa received from the pope.
Later In the day Cardinal GlbbonB spoke
f th onward movement of Christianity.
He did not confine himself to the progress
of the Catholic church, but included ail ae
nominatlons and praised the men who give
part of their time to the church.
Cardinal Glbbona said ne nopea o uve
to see the time when divorce shall be com
nintoiv discouraged In America and that
other reformB urged by all churches alike
shall be established. Said he:
Aa I look back over the years, I see
much that has been accompliahed and much
that might have been accomplished, but
was not. J '
Much Good Accompliahed.
Rut aa I survey the condition of tba
worldas It obtains today, I erallie, aa do
nther men. that much good has been ac
complished b ythe present generation. The
christian spirit has been awakened into life
In both high and low places. Within the last
three months there haa been certain agita
tion, widespread and conducted by both
men and women, showing that our christian
Ideals are not faltering nor wavering.
"Great rellgioua conventions and public
acclaim for reforms are somewhat differ
ent today than they were thirty years
ago. I believe that the men of affairs-
big, well-to-do and powerful In business
matters are taking a more dominating
part today than ever before In the solution
of moral questions.
"Years ago religious bodies were made up
lar-H!v of women: women fought for, re
forms and it was believed, quite errone
ously, that men did not have time for such
matters. . .
"Obligations- fall upon men and women
alike. In the churoh and : out, we Jiave
out . duties. The awakening which has
called men to a - sense of their duty under
the laws of God, came at a psychological
time in a splendid, progressing age. The
luxury of riches and the power of money
too often makea religion a perfunctory
affair and charity a business-like dlspcn
tarv of money.
"Even now we must deplore the - lack
of observance for the Sabbath ha some
quarters. Sur.dey la a day of rest, but it
shouldl not be turned Into' a day of wild
abandon.
Kcepect Wtahee of O there,
"Thore who get their recreation in
violent, noisy manner should respect the
wishes of .the persons who seek quiet ind
communion on the Sabbath.
"We are facing the gravest question of
civilization Just now the ' divorce. The
church discourages divorce because It Is
discouraged by higher divinity than the in
stitution of the church. Christ, In his ser
mon on the Mount, said that a woman
could have only one husband, and that.
If she vers divorced and married again,
she spent her life In Bin with her second
or third husband, aa tbe case might have
been.
"It Is appalling to think that women of
today marry four or five times. Some
women seem so thoughtless about the
noblest rite that they give more attention
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Local
SHOOTS MAN GUARDING COIN
Employe of Coal Company at Kattan
. lag;, Pa., Killed by Bandit. .
ON WAY TO MINE WITH PAY ROLL
Sfnrdercr flees After Firing; Shot
and Doea Not Try to Molest the
Other Two Men In the
Party.
KITTAN1NG, Pa.. July 23. A masked
highwayman shot and killed Morton Craig,
an office employe ot the Wldnon Coal com
pany near here today, after being re
pulsed In an attempt to take $3,800 in cash
carried by Craig's two- companions. The
holdup took place In a lonely spot near
Pendleton, a mining settlement. Craig
and an office mate drove to Lawsonham,
here they met Superintendent F. M. Brown,
of the company mines, and carried with
him 12,800 In currency In a satchel Mr.
Brown and one of the guards started to
ward the mines, followed by Craig In a
light buggy. As they neared the mines and
ascending a steep hill, Craig waa shot dead
by the highwayman, who then fled.
State constabulary immediately took up
the' pursuit of the bandit.
Cloudburst at
Bisbee, iriz.
Man and Woman Drowned by Flood
and Six Persons Are
Missinj. .' .
BISBEE, Arix., July 23. A cloudburst, re
sulting In a great flood, atruck Blsbea laat
evening. Two persona Mrs. John Baker
and Daniel Murphy were drowned in the
Johnson addition and six persons are miss
ing. Many houses were demolished. The
damage was mora than $100,000.
LOSS OF BET CAUSES SUICIDE
Harry Michaels of Chicago Trlea to
Recoup Gambling Debts and
Company la Bankrupt.
CHICAGO, July 23. (Special Telegram.)
Harry Michaels, secretary of the Michaels
Furniture company, lot Wabash avenue,
bet $10,000 on the Jeffries-Johnson fight at
Reno July 4. He killed himself when he
got a telegram that read:
"You lose; Johnson haa won."
Tha money had been wagered In a last
desperate effort to get back tha fortune
that Michaels la said to have lost in
gambling. He was facing an accounting
of funds Intrusted to his care.
Details leading up to the suicide were
revealed today In bankruptcy proceedings
brought against the company In the fed
eral court. The liabilities of the concern
are .(KO and Its assets $31,000.
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Events as Viewed by The Bee's Artist.
Girl Saves Life .
of Former Premier
Maura of Spain
Man Fires Three Shots at Him, bnt
His Cousin Knocks the
Weapon Aside.
BARCELONA, July 25. Antonio Maura,
leader of the conservative party, and who
aa premier put down the Barcelona riots
and brought about the execution of Dr.
Francisco Ferrer a year ago, owes his
escape from death, perhaps, to the cour
age of his youthful girl cousin, who threw
herself upon tha assailant
It was ahortly before last midnight that
the former prime minister stepped from a
train at tha Francla station, where he ar
rived from Madrid en route to Palama. At
his side waa his cousin. Suddenly from the
crowd the man, Manuel Posa, fired threo
shots. The first bullet pierced Senor Mau
ra's arm and the second found lodgment
in hla leg. As Posa fired again the woman
sprang upon him, spoiling his aim, and
the bullet went wild. Posa, who is but
IS years of age, said today that he did not
intend to ahoot Maura, but desired only
to make demonstration against him. Tha
wounds Inflicted are not regarded as ser
ious. BR0WNSVILLEGR0WS FAST
Cenana Report Shovra Incrc-aee of
Nearly Seventy Per Cent
for Decade.
WASHINGTON. July M-Cenans returns
Issued today show that Brownsville, the
southernmost city in Texas, increased Its
population 6S.3 per cent in the last ten
years. Its population is now 10,517, as com
pared with 6,306 tn I960.
Messenger Boy Who is Now
Western Union Executive
John C. Nelson, who has spent his twenty
two years of service for tha Western Union
Telegraph company in the Omaha offices,
and who is the newly appointed general
superintendent of the Mountain division,
was born In Denmark, December 14, 1K7..
At the age of 13 he was looking about
Omaha for work and applied to the of
fice of the Western Union for anything he
could get. He was taken In as a check boy,
and, by close attention to the duties of
that small position and by Industry and
fidelity, he advanced ateadily through the
grades of check boy, messenger boy, office
boy, secretary to the superintendent, as
sistant superintendent, and general superin
tendent of the Omaha office. He was sec
retary to J. J. Dickey for twelve years,
and in that position he learned his Intimate
knowledge of the details of the business.
Since January 1, 1907, he has been in charge
of the Omaha office.
Mr. Nr-'.son has been appointed to control
a newly organised division of tha Western
Union lines. His territory Includes all the
mountain states and reaches aa far east
as Omaha. To aucceed Mr. Nelson no man
has been chosen yet, although some one
at present In the Omaha blanch will prob
ably get the place,
Mr. Nelson's btislners success his been
attained without any spectacular displays,
but his progress has been surprisingly
rapid considering his start. Hla education
waa In the Omaha public schools, and he
has learned as he could find time for study.
Hla departure from Omaha will be a seri
ous loss to his social acquaintances aa well
as to his buiilneaa associates. His home,
where he has lived for the past three years,
U U It FicU club dlstrlut. Because Una-
TSt. GIRL THRYSfe
THU GIRL, THY
LEFT BEHIND THEM
LA Ej00iiVfi.LT
GERMAN SINGERS LEAVING
Grand Saengerfest of Northwest
Saengerbund is Most Successful.
LOCAL COMMITTEE MAKES MONEY
Indications Are the Magmlflcent Con
certs Will Net the Local A
elation Over $4,000
Money Spent Freely.
Fifty years of activity was finished by
the Saengerbund of the Northwest with the
close of the Saengerfest held In Omaha last
week. And thla last fest waa the most suc
cessful of any yet held, all things consid
ered. The organization itself Is today in a
very flourishing condition and promises
better for the future. -
The local organization formed especially
to promote, arrange for and manage the
Omaha feet comes through With colors fly
ing. It has probably in excess of $4,000 sur
plus, after settling all bills and that, too,
after being as lavish as need be In every
respect. The Omaha committee started out
on the plan of spending money freely,
where necessary to bring results, and the
committee got results in every line.
Noted singers from home and abroad
were secured, and Inducements were such
that the various societies in the Saenger
bund were delighted to send delegations of
singers whose training was shown to be
most excellent by the readiness with which
they fell Into the swing of the choral work
at the Auditorium. When it was adver
tised that 2,000 voices would be heard In a
grand ensemble during the concert, there
were doubters. There are no doublets now,
for the promise was more than made good,
aa to numbers and as to ability to sing in
a way to thrill all hearts and make all peo-
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tory tie will be forced to move there and
take his family with hlin and their loaa
will te felt by a great many Omaha people.
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Breezes Quit.
EARLY FLIGHT DANGEROUS
Sudden Gust All But Upsets New York
Aeronaut
MARS AND ELY ALSO FLYING
Lower-Powered Machines Are Xot
Well Able to Face tha Wind mm -Blgar
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Thrice circling the aviation field. Olenii
H. Curtlss yesterday showed thousands of
spectators what flying Is. Other thousands
who had gone home too early mlsoed thla
chief event of yesterday's exhibition.
The opening day of the midwest avlatiog
meet was a success, but not aa much of a
success as flights to come will be, becausa
for several hours high winds hindered and
even Imperiled the aviators. Curtlss speo
tacular flights yesterday were not accora
plished until betweo :30 and 7. p. m.
Aside from the excitement of seeing Cur
tlss 200 feet high, cutting the corners, tha
spectators got two sharp thrills. J. C.
Mars furnished one of these and Curtlss
the other. Both men came as near nasty
falls as It is possible to come and not bit
the ground,
Curtlss' occurred early in the afternoon.
At 3 p. m. the. first aeroplane hauled out of
the tents went for a little tryout with
Mars In the seat. Then Curtlss also Jumped
the length of the field. Following another
flight of a few hundred feet by Mara, tha
aviators waited around a little, praying for
the winds to go down. At thla time an
otherwise patient crowd showed signs of
becoming restive and Curtlsa overheard Im
patient remarks from the sidelines.
Cnrtlas Takes the Air. '
He took his place In the aero-plane ae
slstants behind, cranked up the propeller
and Curtfsa was off. The machine ran
about fifty feet down the field and then
lifted Into the air. Curtlss flew straight
toward the farther end. the aeroplane
mounted higher and higher. Out ha went
beyond the canvas walls and was then seed
to be attempting to turn. A gust of wind
caught him on one side and half turned tha
aeroplane. To mage It right itself ha
dropped a sheer distance of fifty feet or
so. The aeroplane tourned onto an aven
keer. but Curtlss was now too near tha
ground to attempt a turn, ao- ha Bought a
suitable place to land and dropped into
H. C. Kehren'B wheat field nearll a mil
away from where he had started.
The sudden tilt of the machine which ha
ha ended by his drop waa as far ovar as
an aeroplane can turn without falling, fit
waa a good deal more of a bend than I car a
for,' he said, later. 7
In thla' wheat field Curtlss was forced to
rest for nearly n hour becausa It waa
high on a ridge over which the wind waa
blowing at an impossible speed. When tha
first lull came he sailed back with ease
into the aviation grounds.
Meantime Ely, who started yesterday in
place of McCurdy. waa making jump
flights across the cround. His and tha
other low powered car which Mara ran
showed themselves not nearly so effective
aa Curtlss. which is sixty-horsepower to
their twenly-four.
Mara Trlea for Itecord.
Mara had a little while before tried to
lower his record of 105 feet for distance In
leaving the ground from the starting point.
One flight waa not successful against tha
record, about 150 feet being necessary and
on a second flight a tall weed, of whloh.
the grounds are full, struck tha propeller
of the ueroplane before It left the ground
and stripped off the edge of the blade.
For an hour or more Ely and Curtlsa
took short flighte actosa the field, whlla
they waited for the breeze to weaken.
Finally the wind did go down somewhat!
But by thla time a good many people had
gone home for 0 o'clock had been reached.
Today the meet will not be started untU
4 p. m. and even if the wind la blowing
Ha haid aa yesterday, the Waii ior u lo ai
down aa it generally does at aunaet or
thereabouts, will not be so long.
Curtlss' flight around tha field three
tlinea was well worth waiting for. Ha
gained considerable altitude on hla first
aweep up the course and rose evan on tha
turn. The machine was flying along
without undulatlona or incllnatlona from
the horizontal axis so that It was plain
the air currents and gusta wera not now
bothering the aviator. A great cheer
went up aa Curtias came back again
toward tha stand. He was now flying
about 150 feet above tha heada of tha
crowd, and as he went higher he swept
a larger circle going out of the fiald,
above the lines of people lnaida tha fence.
The cheering Increased aa he mad aeacn
turn and rose to a mighty roar. Whan
coming back on the second lap ha turned
high above everyone's head, seemingly In
not more than the length of the aero
plane. C'urllaa Circles u F ield.
The aviator swooped twice around tha
field txfore he gracefully deacended. A
little later Curtihs went up again and
circled the field twice.
Between theHe two flights Mara had
come out with a denperate Intention of
gcllng hl(,'h up in he air. He started his
machine at the far end and flew down
toward the aland, hut did not get a great
elevation. Ncverhelesa ue tried to make a
turn and when not far from the end put
lils steering wheel hard over. Tha nia
chine listed suddenly and seemed to ba
flying on end. The aviator waa not mora
tlmn forty feet unove the ground at tha
time. Mars, seeing that he was perlously
near, a bad fall, eaue. off the rmlder and
the areoplane righted ltaelf. More people
eaw thla than the similar tilting of Cur
tiaa' machine because tha aviator was
much nearer at hand.
l.VCKY MTItOKK KOIt tl'RTlHg
How A tiator's (ieulna Was A pyrrol
alert on a fnllfornln llravrt.
Concerting the humble beginning of (llenn
Curtlss, the man-bird, Arnold Kruckuian
writes In the AugUNt Outing aa follows:
"On a calm afternoon, ten summers sgo,
it group of skeptical Callfornlana patiently
submitted to a baking sunbath In order to
wltncHk the contortiona of a balky dirigible
balloon, on the frail wooden frame, sus
pnded bclvw tha gaa bag, a motor ooae