t 1 = THE WASEWGfTOX WASHi T GTO T TIMES I RATFRDAY ATrR ATrRt JFLY Y 31 1909 t 909 909Pictorial 3 3C
t C L Pictorial Pictorial Story of Orville Wrights Remarkable Flight Flight in His His Aeroplane AeroplaneOrrille 0 I IOMilJe
Orrille 4 Lieutenant Foulois and Dd Wilbur WilburInspecting I Wilbur Gat G Gets t busy While Orville Takes TakesThings I Oivi OlviJe le Climbs Into His Seat Aloagsiie AloagsiieLieutenant Alon a siie All Set and Ready For Signal Si gaal from fr rm ai aiWibur Final Turn As the t e A Aeroplane Atropla eropane i N416 H a t Far WtfAlexandria 1k
Inspecting = the Aeroplane Things Easy Lieutenant Fouieis I Wilbur 1 Alexandria
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of Machine Operators for forDemonstrations forDemonstra forDemonstrations
Demonstrations DemonstrationsContinual Demonstra DemonstrationsCentIaued tions tionscott
Continual cott from First liratthey Page Pagethey
they hare ha 18 Mme business 8In with the 6 Ger GerILan German r rnan
nan government This Th I trip is I to be bemade bemade
made soon because it is necessary that thatone thatone
one of the aviators be b in Germany in inSeptember Ineptember inSeptember
SeptemberOne September SeptemberOne eptemberOne
One will return to Washington to he behead hehead hehead
head instructor of the Signal SL al Corps col college college
lege of aeroplane operation Since it 1tjsnt itisnt
isnt known which one is going abroad abroadit
it seems probable that it isnt known knownvho knownwho
who is going to come down to Wash Washirgion WashI Washitgton
irgion I gton again to do the instructing
Probably ProbablybQth both th brother broth brothers 1ll will leave leaveft lueashington leaveashington
ft ashington tttr Dayton tonight Cer Certainly Certainly
tainly one of them and Miss Katherine Katharinewill Katherinewill Katherinewill
will go and there will be no flying at atFort atFort
Fort Myer or thereabouts tor several severald
days d ys s at least The brother who stays stayshere stayshere stayshere
here will have as a long us he wants to totake totake totake
take to Instruct the officer and will willhave willhave willhave
have all of each perfectly good day in inwhich inbieh Inwhich
which bieh to do it consequently con equentlJ there thereneednt thereneednt I Ineednt
neednt be any rush ru h about it itp It ItGovernment ItGqvernmOBt
p Government Now Owns OWB Plane PlaneOn PlaneOn PlaneOn
On behalf of the United Unlt8dernment 8t 4 < J ew ewernmentIkig y yermnentBrjg
ermnentBrjg ernment Brig Gail a James J 4I Jfflx Jfflxsignal < isf isfsignal l lsignal
signal offteer 0 af the u army tMfcy Y for forraaly formaly forrnaly
raaly accepted from rom Wilbur and Orville OrvilleWright OrvillVright OrvilleWright
Wright the Wright aeroplane the first firstheavierthanair ftr firstheavierthanair t theaviertbana1r
heavierthanair machine hlne to meet the theGovernment tbeGovernment theGovernment
Government requirements framed over overa overa overa
a a year ear ago 0 The Wright brothers will willreceive wUlrece1ye willreee
receive reee re a check for 330000 30000 3oO i for the mahine ma machine mahine ¬
chine hine representing < < the contract price priceof pricecf priceof
of o 25000 250 0 and a ii00o i WO bonus for a speed speedof apeedJf speedof
of Jf fortytwo miles an hour hourThe hourThe our ourThe
The official time made by Orville Orvn in inhis Int inhis
his t IS tghtaccording flight according nllng to the announcement announcementmade announcementmade announcementmade
made by the aeronautic board of the thesignal thesignal
signal 1 gnal corps at noon noo today was 42581 42581miles 4 4nulls 3563titles
miles an n hour This was the average averageepeed aYera averager e eI
I speed aconttng to contract require requirements requlremnts requirernents ¬
ments with two men and additional additionaldead additionaldead additionaldead
dead weight to make JII e up 300 pounds poundsThe pouDCtaThe poundsThe
The official o < < ictal time according a ing to the theomputations theomputatioaa theomputatfohs
< omputations of the board HM rd from Fort FortMyer FortIver FortMyer
Myer Iver to Shuters Hill was 37735 miles on onhour onJ onour
J hour our ur and the time Uta from from Shuter Sbut 11i Hill Hillt
t Fort Myer on the return 47431 miles milesm milesn milesstn
stn m n hour The great difference in time timern timen
a rn n the two lees is ascribed to the wind windsaid windnJ windrand
said nJ to the fact that Orville ran off offis 0 0is otfiS < <
is course going down and anc had to make makes makelong
s a long wide sweep eep to the westward to toturn toturn toturn
turn the Make balloon from the right rishtOrville rightOrville ht htOrvill
Orville BalM Beaus BoausThe Bolt BoltT BeausThe
The T 1e 1638 bonus earned by the theWrights t thet e eright
Wrights t right in t for the two additional additionaliriles acldlttoaalwiles additionalt
wiles n Iles over forty made on the flight t The Thecontract TIMLontract Thecontract
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contract provided for a bonus of 10 per pertent petumt perc
tent c eat of the contract price of 136040 2O or ore orIz
Iz 25 < e X o > for each mile made qver forty fortyan fortyn fortyan
an n hour No allowance was made for forthe forthe forthe
the fraction of a a mile u the Comptroller Comptrollerof ComptlOl ComptlOlof
o of the Treasury Having decided when whenthe WDeDth whenthe
the th Baldwin dirigible balloon contract contractwas contractWJ
was w WJ a S closed that the Government could couldnot coul4nfJt couldnot
not accirdln according to its contract pay for fora tora fora
a fraction of a mil milWilbur mile mileWilbur milsWilbur
Wilbur Wright called at the War Department De Department DEpartment ¬
partment this thi morning and he was no notified noT1tied notliied ¬
tified by byGeneral General Allen in person that thattiic thatt thattre
tiic t 11 machine had been formally accept aoceted accepted eeet4Ij
ed Ij on the favorable report of the board boardof boardof boardof
of jud judge an the flight flightHarrisf nbtHem flightHerrin
Herrin Harrisf Hem Not fat Cawing CawingAnother CcwiBfAnother Ci CiAnother
Another important portant action taken t bY bYGeneral nyGeneral > y yGeneral
General Allen today was the annulment annulmentf
f the th contract of the Signal Corps Corpswith Corpswith Corpswith
with A M Herring Herrln of New York to todeliver tf tftifl1er toueiiver
deliver a neavtarthanalr machine at atFort atFQrt atFort
Fort Myer My Herring Herrln notified the Signal 131gnaitcrps SignalIcrps I Icrps
Icrps crps today that t t he could not possibly possiblydeliver possiblyloUver OMtblyeHver
deliver his hi machine before September 1 1His 1His 1His
His third extension of contract time ex oxpired expired x xjred ¬
pired jred today and General Allen decided decidedthat decidedthat ecldfoClthat
that he could grant no further renewal
He made this decision on the ground groundthat CIOUhdthat groundthat
that the money tied up in the contract contractdirt contractirl contractuii
dirt irl not belong Ionlt to the Signal Corp but buttt butt buttt
tt t It was part NUt of an appropriation appropriationr
r for the us s eof the board of ordnance ordnanceand orclnancanrt ordnanceand
and fortification rt flcagion This amount will ae ceturned aeturned oet
turned t u med back to the board by General
Allen A Ifn In consequence there will be no
further money IItOIM available for aeronautic aeronauticwork aeroaauticIrk aeronauticwork
work Irk It is the opinion of General Al Allen Alden ¬
len 10 however that another request in inthe n nthe nthe
the board of ordnance and fortification fortificationwould forUncationwoultt fortificationwould
would not meet with refusal if the Slg Sic Sicjial 8i 8iJIlt
jial JIlt I Corps Corp wanted to acquire acqul another anothermachine anothermachin anothernachins
machine It Is probable that u the Signal SignalCorps SignalCorps 1 1Corpa
Corps will eater Into another contractwtth contractwith contract contractwith
with Herring If he can convince the theaeronautic tileMroaa theaeronuttIC
aeronautic Mroaa board that his machine is isworth asworth a aworth
worth while wlilleAside
whileThrilling wbtleT
T Thrilling d1H llipt lliptAelde FUii FUiiAside
Aside from being tit tr mod remarkable remarkableflight remarkableflight markable1Hgh
flight 1Hgh that any an aviator hu ha ever made madeOrville mad madOrvme madeOrville
Orville Wright erosacountry cross country dash dashfrom duhfrom dashfrom
from Fort Myer to Shuters Hill HilIA near nearAlexandria nearAlexandria
Alexandria A last night was by far tbe tbemost tbeU10 themost
U10 most t entertaining to the spectator the themost tbemost themoat
most thrilling thrtlU the most inspiring that thathe thathe thatlie
he has ever made madeMore DiaAIeMore madeMore
More than SWJO person stood atoodlne strain straining straining ¬
ing their eye eyes many standing ataadln on tiptoe tiptojtowerlnj tiptoetowering t1J t ttowem
towering towem op en chain or bench belle benches peer peering peering r ring ¬
ing out Into to the base to tile south southwhere southcc wth wthwhere
cc where here the nearpurple of the evening eveningeky ev evEky eveningekv
eky was smudged SlDude with the tIIeMOt soot oot of Alex Alexandrias Alexandrl Alexandrtas ¬
andrias andrl canuney c3imneya making f Tg a lazy dirty dirtybrownblps < Urtybrownblue lirtybcownblue
brownblue curtain i that not many eyes eyescould eY eyescould lf lfeouid
could pierce pierceMore pSeraeMore pierceMore
More than 6601 M cheered when Orville Orvillecarrying OrvllltaITytn Orvillecarrying
carrying aITytn < < Lieut Benjamin D Foulof as ashis asd8 ashas
his d8 posaenger swung out of the accustomel accus accustomed aCCufItClmel ¬
tomed rut of his circles swung Into an I
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MISS KATHERINE WRIGHT WRIGHTWatching WRIGHTWatchin WRIGHTWatching
Watching Watchin the Aeroplane Disappear DisappearFrom DisappearFrom DisappearFrom
From Sight Si h t
I almost al due north Dorth and south course andswept and amiswept an1wept
swept away y with clacking propeller propellerstraight propel1 Propellersstraight rj rjstraJbt
straight over the starting rUng lineMore line lineMore UneMore
More than SOCO 6 < < 0 spectators cheered cheeredagain rheprEdacain cheeredagain
again when far down the sky lane lanewhere lanewhere lanewhere >
where the green of the tt treetops looked lookedlike lookf lookfWle lookedlike >
like a a far on oft Ivycolored wall against inst
the blubrown blu brown background of the thfsmoke tlwmike thesmke
smoke and sky appeared a little spek speckalmost spekalmost spekalmost
almost indefinable not seeming to tomove toIrue tomove
move but still something 8OD1ethin upon which WlllC WlllCone whichone
I one could fasten ones eyes and hope liopesThe hopeThe isopeThe
The I0W OU saw and believed lleved or if any an anI
didnt see they heard the yells el1 of those thosearound thosearound thosearound
I around and Joined in inThey InTiley InThey
They Cheer Once More MoreAnd MoreAnd MoreAnd
And when the th little speck had grown grownand grownand grownand
and grown wn into a swiftly moving thing thingi thingof thingof
i of long lon white whlt wings W np with a dark blur blurin blurin blurIn
in the center like a body bodywhen when there thereno thereno thereno
no longer was any doubt at all allthe alltheLA6it the theSMi
SMi 1 cheered once on e more When the thedark thedark thedark
dark blur came cameout out of the distance and andresolved andrMOlYed andresolved
resolved Into a man In civilian clothe clotheand clotbelDel clothesand
and Del a cloth cap and another In khaki khakiand khaJdand khakiand
and a service headpiece the 6MO I < < yelled yelledagain yelledagain
again in After that period of cheering
it t was but a few seconds until the ma machine machlne nsachine ¬
chine swept across the line and then thenthe
the 66M a broke out once more moreAnd moreAnd
And all II of those cheers came from frompersons fromperso frompersona
persons perso who felt away down In their
hearts that it was pretty good to be bean 1 bean > 6 6an
an American and see another American Americanlory Americfprrform Amerlcsrs Amerlcsrsperform
perform the most wonderful feat in i he
history lory of heavierthanalr aviation
For part of the Journey journe of Chevalier Chevt ler
Orville and Lieutenant Foulois the thewere 6000
were we not cheering Although the trip
to Shuters Hill and back took only 14 14minutes 14Jftmute 14minutes
minutes and 42 seconds for about two twoor twoor
Or or three 1h minutes at tht time of the
turn at the hill the aeroplane was as with withtut ¬
out the view of most of the crowd A
few with harp s sfetid eyes and others thera with withthe
fetid glasses 1aaaMa saw the aeroplane makesaw make
the tb turn tuoni saw one little 1i tle speck move movethat
wHtwaQ toward another little 8tCk
that had been IM > en there all day daythe the captive
balloon that marked the end of the
journey JOwneysaw saw the moving peck k go
around ar < 1J1Id the other and then straighten
oat ootlt It was the ship coming back backAeroplane backAeroplane backAeroplane
Aeroplane Loet To View ViewOnce ViewOnee ViewOnce
Once again the machine was lost to toview toview toview
view this lb time to every one in the theerowd theerowd theerowd
erowd It Itwu was wheq Mr Wright was waswithin wuwithin waswithin
within two miles of the finish line He Heran Heran Heran
ran into a current of air unexpectedly unexpectedlyand
i and went down looking for air less ad adj adverse adverse
j verse This Th second disappearance caus caused eaused caused ¬
ed more uneasiness than did the first firstThe OrBtThe firstThe
The first time the 8011O 000 expected it they theyknew thfYknew theyknew
knew their own sight was wa at fault but
before the machine went out of the thevision theviston
vision laIon of man n the second time it lad ad
been visible for several minutes The Thecrowd i he hecrowd hecrowd I
crowd was w getting get tin just a bit restless restlesswan restlesswas
wan fidgeting a bit women hoping that thatnothing thatnothln thatnothing I
nothing nothln < < had happened correspondents correspondentsview corre pondenta
Jookl looking nervously at the skyIloe sk line orft o fi ficers I
cers III rldln riding < < about trying to find ftM bette betteview bett r I
view points and Wilbur looking JooItln cool cooland cooland
and digging his ht heels into the thin sod sodA sedA scdA I
A collective sigh h of relief ascended ascendedfrom ascendedfrom
from hundreds when the biplane came cameclimbing camecltmbing cameclimbing
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climbing up over tbe treetops eminent eminently eminently eminently ¬
ly safe t and making its it fortytwomile fortytwomileor
or more Just like te Fiftysixth Cen Century i itury I I Itury
tury Limited or the Keystone Special Specialmake Specialmake
make their eighty or less lessBoth leaBoth lessBoth
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Both Seem Unconcerned UnconcerneeEnginedriver U UnconcernedEnginedelver IICOBUraea
Enginedriver Orville was sitting IIIttt up upIn up1ft upIn I
In his h seat holding onto the throttlewhen throttle throttlewhen throttlewheo
when he closed the line and circled circleddown circled40wn circleddown
down to the yards yarf Fireman Foulois Fouloiswho Foulowwho Fouloiswho
who didnt need to fire because the pat pattent pattent pattent
tent feed was w dding it for him hl va was look lookIng lookIn looking
Ing In at his watch and Aiming the driver driverBoth drlvrBoth drlvarBoth
Both driver and his fireman seemed ut utterly utterly utterly ¬
terly unconcerned as If they had Just Justmade Jutma justmule
made ma e a dash aah from New York to Phlla Ihlladelphia I Idelphla Ielphla
delphla over 100pound rail rails in front of ofsix I Isix I
six Pullmans swinging under signals signalsand 1 1and i iand
and over a roadbed that cost millions of 1
dollars dollarsIn dollsrnIn 1I I
In the fifteen minutes the flight became be became i icame
came an old story to them Not an anold anole anold
old ole story lito In the sense that they wouldnt wouldntenjoy wouldntenjoy wouldntenjoy
enjoy taking takl another not her trip today but butan butan butan
an old story in that the danger dan < < tr if they
thought about it at all disappeared disappearedentirely dl8ap disappeareoentirely aroo arooentirely
entirely and the air lanes the great greatuntrod greatvtrod greatuntrod
untrod ways where future commerce commercemay commercemay commercepay
may go where there are no iOOpoun lOOpounU 100poundrails i irails
rails nU no rock ballast no milliondona
bridges bride no men to blunder and bring brln brlnctath
death and disaster only nature to tf fear fearand f fearand ar arand
and also to depend upon seemed aa
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RETURN OF THE AIRSHIP TO THE FOR FORT MYER PARADE GROUND AMID THE CHEERS OF THE CROWD
naturally the highway hl < < hway of man as does doesthe doeilthe doesthe
the sea to a mariner marinerKethag marinerJfotlme marinerNothiig
Kethag Unusual UaueualThrough UJluuaIThroup UnusualThrough
Through It all the men acted as one onewho onewho onewho
who knew them would expect them to toact toact toact
act Chevalier Wilbur the Great Im Imperturbable Imperturbable Imperturbable ¬
perturbable the Undisturbed didnt didntseem dldntseem didntseem
seem to know that there was 8 anything anythingunusual anyt anythingunusual ln lnunusual < <
unusual in the nights nf < < hts proceedings He Hewas Hew Hewas
was w the moving movln < < spirit in the pontstart pontstarti po poststartlug tstart tstarting
i ing operations operatl na and after that he Just Justsort juatsort justsort
sort of hung hun around waiting walttn to dis discover discover discover ¬
cover whether or not his machine was wasto wasto as asto
to get that extra 5000 Near the finish finishi nnlshwhen finishwhen
i when the aeroplane was plainly visible visibleth vielbleth visiblethe
th the chevalier walked down to the finish finishline ftntahUne finishline
line He carried with him a big signal signalflag algnalflag signatflag
flag on a long pole and might t have havebeen havebeen havebeen
been taken for the starter in some horse horserace hOrNrace horserace
race in the sky skyMias skyflu skyMiss
Miss flu Katherine Kath rlne Wright rIJJht was more excited ex excited excited ¬
cited With Ith two friends she watched watchedclosely watchedclosel7 watchedclosely
closely all U the preflying maneuvers of ofher olher ofher
her brother and Charley Charte Taylor Plain Plainly Plainly Plainly ¬
ly enough she was happy and confident confidenteven eonftdntbut confidentbut
but wanted to have it over anywayeven anyway anrwayeven
even if she was certain that Qrve e Just Justcouldnt JUBtcouldnt justcouldnt
couldnt falL She was the first fi to greet greethim 8reethim greethim
him when he came down downOh downOh downOh
Oh brpther Im so glad and proudof proud pludof proudof
of you she said saidThen saidThen saidThen
Then Miss Wright hurried to the Sig Signal Strnal Signal ¬
nal Corps telephone anl sent nt a messageaeroplaning message messageaeroplaning me a e eaeroplanln
aeroplaning aeroplanln over the telegraph wires to toDayton toDayton toDayton
Dayton informing her father that the theGovernment theGovernmnt theGovernment
Government tests had been completed completedthat eompietedthat commentedthat
that Orville had made the last neces necessary neeeaeary necessary ¬
sary flight and anc that all was well wellThe wellThe ell
The machine was taken out of the theshed theshed theshed I
shed about 630 oclock The two chevaflora cheva chevaliers cbevaI1 ¬
flora I1 n Major Squier Captain Ptaln Chandler ChandlerLieutenant ChandlerLieutenant I
Lieutenant Foulois F ulol a dozen newspaper newspapermen newspapermen I Imen
men and others who knew the brothers brothershad i
had talked abou newspapers Bleriot Bleriotprlxenghty Blerlotprlseflghts I
prlxenghty the tariff the Congressional Congressionalelections CfJn Congressionalele ona11
elections ele Uon8 next year and a dozen other othersubjects othersubjects
subjects all afternoon and everyone everyonewas everyoneW8 everyonewas I
was ready for a diversion diversionWhile dher dIverelonWhile lon lonWhile
While the Signal Corp men took the thebiplane thebiplane thebiplane
biplane up the th field the two aviators and andfew andMia andMiss
Mia Wright remained h the shed A Atew Afew
few minutes later one o Miss 1Ia Wrights Wrightsfriends Wrightsfriends I Ifrtends
friends brought down some chicken ana analettuce analettuee andlettuce
lettuce sandwiches and the most 1no t fa famous famous ¬
mous flyers in the world ate a at totem up upcalmly upcalmly upcalmly
calmly and an dispassionately dl No ones onesappetite onellappetite onesappetite
appetite seemed to be impaired iml > 8ircd either eitherMachine eitherXchine eitherMachine
Machine Spluttered Some SomeTtA SomeT SomeTape
Tape T f aviators and L4tu I Lieutenant tenant Foulois Foulolaeam Fouloiscam
canK cam up the field shortly before 840 840oclock 840oclock JO JOoclock
oclock In a few ew minutes Wilbur ant an4Charley anlCharley antCharley
Charley Taylor had the engine going roinirand roln rolnand goingand
and white whn it spluttered a bit it seemed seemedgood Hamc Hamcgood
good enough The weight was hoisted hoistedin hotstedIn hoistedin
in the derrick while fifty correspondents correspond correspondents corre pond pondnt8 ¬
ents nt8 photographers and others stood stoodabout stoo stooabout stoodabout
about and commented on the perfection perfectionof
of the ev evening eveningAt evnin evninAt + ning
At 6046 64647 4 47 Orville > Lieutenant Foulois Fouloisby Foulolsb Fouloisby
by b his side pulled the starting lever leverthe leverthe leverthe
the aero phot u hot down the track Wilbur Wilburrar Wilburrar VUborTar
rar with lth it for fifty fitt feet and then it itpulled Itpulled itpulled
pulled away from him For 500 feet It Ithugged Ithuglled Ithugged
hugged the ground fining ri ing if at all so soManhattan 80Manhattan soManhattan
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slowly that its added height was Im Imperceptible imperceptiNe Imperceptltle ¬
perceptible The inexperienced in the thecrowd thecrowd thecrowd
crowd thought the machine wouldnt wouldntget wouldntget wouldntget
get up and even those tlo e who had seen seendozens seendoaena seendozens
dozens of flight were ere a little bit du dubious dubious dublous ¬
bious
Climbed At First Turn TurnBy TurnBy
By the time the first turn came jump jumpIng
ing up to meet him however MrWright Mr MrWrl8bt
Wright was climbing He had more moreand mor morand moreand
and more air beneath him all the way wayup
up the th the field toward the crowd and he hecontinued hecontinued hecontinued
continued to go o higher on the next cir circle c1rcle circle ¬
cle By the time he came around to tothe tothe tothe
the north end e d the second time tlm he was wasprqbably wasprqbably wasprobably
prqbably up 160 feet and It took only an aninstant aninstant aninstant
instant for the crowd to see that he in intended intended intended ¬
tended to make a go o this time timeHe timeHe timeHe
He turned to the south when almost almostdlr almostdllllIv almostdire
dllllIv dire dlr tly in front of the middle of the thethe thecrescent thecrescent
crescent crescent of humanity stretching around aroundthe
the north end and then shot hot straight straightdown straightdown
down into the south A roar went ent up upfrom upfrom upfrom
from the 6 6000 000 oo As he continued eontjnu on and andit andit
it was closely seen to be a Tgo go < < 0 the thecrowd thecrowd thecrowd
crowd kept cheering Out over tbe tbefringe thefringe
fringe of the old parade ground round its itsusual itsusual
usual coat of brown and sticky dust dustlaid dutlaid dustlaid
laid for the time being by the rain of ofthe ofthe
the early afternoon aftemoonhe he whirled whirl the thenoise thenoise
noise of the propellers coming back backfainter backfainter backfainter
fainter and nd fainter as a each second sped spedaway spedaway spedaway
away
Over Hidden Farm Houses HOHBMOut He HeOut HousesOut
Out over the dunes of Dixie with their theirtops theirtope theirtops
tops behatted with long green creations creationswhich creationswhich creationswhich
which might be envied by all the Kaisers Kais Kaisera Kalaen
era in the world out over valleys where wherelay wherelay wherelay
lay hidden farmhouses where the cattle cattlealarmed cattleslarmed cattleslarmed
slarmed at the unusual unu ual sound looked lookedabove lookedabove lookedabove
above caught eau ht one glimpse gllml > > e of some somemonster somemonster somemonster
monster flying there and tied to safer saferlands saferlands fer ferJands
lands landsThe JandsThe landsThe
The noise nolI of th propellers ceased the thelong thelone thelong
long white wing inSs disappeared or ware wsrese W3resCU wareseen
se seen n only when the operator op rator struck a acurrent a acurrent acurrent
current of air and dipped or climbed climbedin
in answer anaw r to it Its message me sag The pro propellers popellel propellers ¬
pellers were not nodistinguishable distinguishable exceptas except exceptas
as a little darker blot against qkln t the blue bluesky bI bIsky bluesky
sky faded out of the picture and then thenthe thenthe thenthe
the only thing that was left was as the thejumbled thejumbled thejumbled
jumbled mass the t ti e two two men men apparently apparentlyfloating apparenllYftoaUne apparentlyfloating
floating up there in n the t sky k y alone with without wUhout without ¬
out support like a giant hawk or eagle eagleso
so 0 far away that the rise and fall of ofthe ofthe ofthe
the wings couldnt be seen een at ail ailA aHA allA
A minute passed and then even folded foldedwithin foldedwlthtn foldedwithin
within the smoke of Alexandrias fac factories factories factories ¬
tories or else the aero ero slid down do below belowthe belowthe belowthe
the line of Dixies dune dun It W wea B then thenthat thenthAt thenthat
that 6000 waited with baited breath breathanxiously b breathanxiously ath athanxiously
anxiously every everyone one in all the crowd crowdprobably crowdprobably crowdprobably
probably hoping that nothing had be befallen belallen befallen ¬
fallen or would ould befall befallDisappears betaHDinppean befallDisappears
Disappears Few Seconds SecondsA
A few minutes more which seemed seemedlonger seemedlonger seemedlonger
longer to many and then out of the thehaxe thehaze
haze came the same old blur blurthe the pas passengers pasaengers ¬
sengers sitting up beside be lde the engine and andthe andth andthe
the th tank The crowd knew what hat it itmeant itmeunt itmeant
meant and breathed easily e8JIII once more moreEdmonstons morfEdm morecoons
Edmonstons Edm coons nstons on s sHome < V5 V5Homfc
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Home HomeComfort r rComfort 250 250rt
Comfort rt Shoes ShoesFor oes oesFor = =
For Women WomenSlipperlike WomenSlI WomenSlipperlike
Slipperlike SlI PfrlIke in comfort comfortmore comfortmoreatylish comfortmorestylish more morestylish
stylish than pumps
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The r ucond oond disa disaAfter disappearance was shortonly short lIhortonly
only a few seconds secondsAfter secondsAfter
After that the machine came rapidly
The wings flashed ftah the propellers came cameinto cameinto cameinto
into view a as a whirling whttrling mass the clack clacking clacktng clacking ¬
ing began b n again and then the braces bracescame bracecame bracercame
came into view Over the fringe of tr treys s sdown
I down where here the sleepy old street wars warscrawl carscrawl an anI
crawl CrA wt out to the closein farms of the theOld theOld
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I traight forward like a ship with a alashed aI
I lashed wheel Over the aeroplane shed shedacroag shedacrou shedacross
across the finish ftn lh line and up to th thnorth the thonorth thenorth <
north end and then if one understood understoodI under understoodaeropLanese tood toodaeroplanese
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Mr Wright made one of the prettiest prettiestlanding prettIMtlandine prettiestlanding
landing that has ever been seen at Fort FortMyer FortMyer
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or unloaded unloadeddidnt didnt look go < < 0 d so instead insteadthe ilUlteadthe insteadthe
the 6000 went home and wilt not forget forgetmost forgttmoat forgetmost
most likely that they saw sa w Orville OrvilleWright OrvilleVright OrvilleWright
Wright make the first crosscountry crosscountryflight crosscountryflight
flight of any importance in an aero aeroplane acreplane elO elOplane
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President Taft who arrived late and andsaw andsaw nd
saw only onl part of the flight sent t MajorTreat MajorTreat
Treat to extend his congratulations to tothe tothe tothe
the flyers twain Officers of the Signal SignalCorps SignalCorps
Corps and correspondents rushed in inOne InOne inOne
One of the first women to arrive at the th thI
I shed which gradually < < became the Blue BlueRoom
I Room of the field was Mrs Nicholas NicholasLongworth Nlchol NlcholI NicholasLongworth
I Longworth who is interested Intere teel in aero aeronautics aeroI aeronautics ¬
nautics nauticslmmen Immensely elr and who congratu congratulated
I lated Mi MIN Wright Vrt ht upon having havln such suchremarkable 8uchI suchremarkable
remarkable brothers brothersSignal brothersSipal brothersSignal
I Signal Corps Besieged BesiefedThe BesiegedThe 8eaiereiI
The Signal Corps officers ware re besieged be besieged besletted ¬
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tine counting untlng out the turn at Shuter ShuterJI ShuterJII
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Everybody who had anything to do coowith dowith o owith
with the flight at all was interviewed interviewedand Interviewedanrl Interviewedand
and the crowd trooped homeward most mostof mo mostof t tof
of It happy ha PV some thinking thlnkin how they theywould theywould theywould
would josh friends who hadnt come comeand comeand coot cootand
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aerial buoy mound which the aeroplane aeroplanecircled aeroplJIecircled aeroplanecircled
circled as 8 it i + started on it its return tripto trip tripto tripI
to Fort Myer MyerDisappointed My yr yrDisappointed r rDisappointed
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crowd on the top of the hill was wa notnearly not notnearly notnearly
nearly as large Ia as on the two previous previousdays preYlowldays previousdays
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Orville Wright a a rousing cheer aa he heswung heIIwung heswung
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each for three nights of a Wright ma machine maI machine ¬
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Count Zeppelin landed here at SM this thisafternoon thisafternoon thisafternoon
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afternoon from hi his new Ite airship the theZeppelin theZeppelin theZeppelin
Zeppelin 11 after a splendid Ieadtd flight in the theface theface theface
face of adverse winds wI winds from Frlederloka Frlederlokahafen lIrlederlokshafen Friederlokshafen
hafen 220 miles mil to the t e south southThe lOuthThe southThe
The trip was made in twelve hours hoursThe hoursThe hoursThe
The airship tended in the aerial exhi exhibition exhibition exhibltien ¬
bition grounds rouads and the vast crowd cro d gave gavethe gavethe gavethe
the veteran aeronaut and Ad his sevenguests seven sevenguests ven vengUe8U1
guests a tremendous ovation The big bigairship bigalr bigairship
airship alr hlp maneuvered over the city in a aseries aseries aseries
series of intricate movements for nearly nearlyan
an hour before alighting alightingi alightingSpectators alightingSpectators
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Every house top la the city seemed seemedcrowded seemedcrowded seemedcrowded
crowded with spectators Ilp ettorS tiuns were werei werefired werefired
i fired and nd bell belle rung ruD To guard against againstthe againstthe againstthe
the exces excessive lv enthusiasm ent U8Iaam of the crowds crowdssoldiers crowdssoldien crowdssoldiers
soldiers were ere on guard to protect PrOt6t the theairship thealrshtp theairship
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Count Zeppelin in hi hiM new airship
Zeppelin II and accompanied accotnpan d by seven sevenquests sevenguests severguests
guests left Friedrichshafen on Lake LakeConstance LakeConstance Lakec
Constance c at 330 oclock this morning morningo
10 1 o sail to this city to attend the aerial aerialxhibition aerlalxhlblUon aerialxhibition
xhibition being held here hereAmong hereAmong hereAmong
Among the counts guests were Direc Director Director Director ¬
tor Coleman and Captain George The Theairship Theairship Theairship
airship passed pa ed Ulm at i15 when it en encountered encountttred encountered ¬
countered a heavy wind which carried carriedit 1Tied 1Tiedit
it to tremendous height and over the themountain themountain themountain
mountain range into the Nackar N kar Valle Val ValHere Vaile
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Here a a wind of between fifty and andsixty andsixty andsixty
sixty miles velocity was encountered encounteredbut enqounteredbut
but the ship behaved splendidly splendidlyGreat SplendidlyGreat splendidlyGreat
Great Aeronautic Feat FeatThe FeatTbe FeatThe
The flight over the mountain range was wasone wasone wasone
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The airship passed pu ed GellHnon at 7 7oclock 7oclock 1 1oclock
oclock half way to Frankfort which whichI
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the outset the ship had difficulty In Ingetting ingetting ingetting
getting under way owing to the high highWind highnd highwind
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holding the ship to Its course and for fora fora fora
a time it looked as though she would wouldbe wouldbe wouldbe
be driven over the lake lakeThe lakeThe lakeThe
The Count pointed her upward and andand andftnally andfinally
finally after reaching a a height Of 400feet 400 400feet
feet foued ound the wind more favorble favorbleand favorabl favorabland
and sailed gracefully way wayAt wyAt wayAt
At Geialingen the airship encountered encountereda
a heavy storm of hail and was delayed delayedfor delayedfor delayedfor
for twentyfive minutes after fter which It htresumed Itresumed Itre
resumed re umed its flight without difficulty
At 1046 the ship reached the old town townof townof townof
of Heilbronne where the people gave gavethe gavethe gavethe
the aeronauts a great t ovation Every Everybell Everyben Everybell
bell in the town was wa rung and a great greatshout greatahout greatshout
shout went up as Zeppelin sailed over overthe overtbe overthe
the church dome domeWhile domeWhile domeWhile
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