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V OL 1A\...-N° 23,311 SHE CALLED ON ALL FRENCH LINES Workmen Refuse to Meet Gov ernment's Call on Them as Reserves. FEARS OF FAMINE IN PARIS Military Engineers Taking Posts Troops Guard Stations — Western Railway Em ployes Go Out. Paris, Oct. 12— central strike committee of the National Railroad Unicn .net last ni sht5 ht and deeded to call c the men of a < the railroads to stake immediately. Pari* Oct. | -France again faces a strike situation. The employes or the Northern Railroad went on strike eirly to-day. and to-night the strike spread to the Western Railroad, which -« owr.ed by the state. Indication? are that to-morrow will see a complete tie cp in Northern and Western France. The strikes at the present time involve about eighty thousand men. The strike an the Western road was voted this «.i*n:ng by eight thousand men employed •p Paris and the suburbs. They count on the national unions to tie up the prov inces. U is reported that the movement may possibly also extend to th* Eastern md the Paris. Lyons and Mediterranean railroads. Km Is usual in such circumstances, the ,-:y of Paris is threatened with a sc«r ciry of ffcod supplies. Freight, mail and passenser transportation is partly pros •rated. and th^ vast army of working pexxpfe in the Northwest are unable to r»ach their places of business. Military engineers are taking the ;-a,ccs of the strikers and troops are BtiardlJi* various Stations and important sections of the roads. I^rge military forces were hastily distributed a th« first evidence that a strike had been de •are-J, and additional troops were or ■j<red out to-night. • n im- Lk the ■ •- . Sorthef ■ - a ■ - The tie-un on the Western road af ro'-ts the American mail and passengers d'je by Tram at Cherbourg to-morrow for the steamships Kronrrir.z WUhelm pml Teutonic. Th»* aeronauts Aud<- r.iars. I-terri.-r and Garros, who ar*> to rake part in th<-- aviation meeting at Bei munt Park and are booked sail on the Teutonic, will go tr> Cherbourg by auto mobiles. Grave consequences may follow the action of the Cabinet in calling out the «tnk*»rs as reserves, as the strikers have tnted not i<> respond. They will base th<ir refusal on the ground list the law provides for th^ mobilization of technical employes of the railroads only for the Transportation of troops and materials of war. Th*> srov« ; rnm»-nt is at work on a p\i*n to insure th^ transportation of r^rx^-ssiti^s t>< Paris and other affected districts- . - tas ■ ■ • •••■ ■ ■ . - ■ The ■ I •• ■ ■ I ■ - Strikers Refuse to Yield. The employes met this afternoon and icTf-d to oor.tirvijp tn<o strJk* untjl tneir ri-mand? were acceded to. and th* mili tant members of their organization who had been dismissed during tht- day were 5«-inp;nv-d. Thf conservative newspapers condemn ihe ftrike as indicating a revolutionary OtMTaJ Federation of Labor, trying <o *bsorb the railroad unions, but th<* So ciHiist r.'r<-ss hails it as a commendable *,a:t!e to obtain n^ded redress. By 11 o'clock this rorenoon th»» tie-up of th*» Northern system was prartically conapJete' .At That hour only trains for « alitis and Cnlosrn*- v*-re moving. .^«-vwai a'ts of violence occurred l>e fo-*. daybrrak. At Pt. Qumtin the irarks vi--rt' torn iip, sad two locomo tive* wwre in c-ollislon at Trrgni<-r and obstructed the main tra<-k. There haw !.t-*n ill reeling on the part of the employe* for *om«? ihn~. owine to the refusal of the Northern Railroad to increase wages. Th«^ have been ru more of an imperdir-j? Ftrik<\ bat th^ m.ji oondLj'-tr-d th*<ir i,bns with great s. < rery and not until last evening va rt It realized that thr- fignt probably ww O ul<i i-*- on tu-tiay. Tht demands of th<* employes are aa lollops: First— A general increase in wages to ruwt th^ higher cost .if living. Beooad— A retroactive application of the employes' Tension lav.. Third— A inure tjquitable division of V ork Fourth— The granting «>f on" day oft in ■even for an employes. Fifth— Distinct employment by the runt!: instead of by the day. As soon as the company and the au thorities teamed the situation th^ Paris terminus of the road was occupied by thf military, municipal guards and Use poiic»*. Th* government, it appears, was V ' ii:.i<<] i.ii fuurtli pajr. fair. BRAZIL'S RECOGNITION. Lisbon Hears of the Sanction of the Republic of Portugal. Lisbon. Oct. 11.— The official an nouncement was made to-night that Brazil had recognized the Republic of Portugal. Foreign Minister Mrs chad expressed his thanks on behalf of the government to Dr. da Costa Motta. the Brazilian Minister. A <lispnt- h from Ri<-> de Janeiro on deaaher 1 said hat the government of Brazil had authorized its minister at Lisbon to enter Into relations with the provisional government on eurreni busi ness and the protection of Brazilians In P^rtuga'. The government alaod< that this did not mean the reeonniUoH of th«- estahltshment af the now regime in Portugal. This recognition. N araa pointed out. could not b*> accorded until Brazil was certain that the new rue had the support of the awj'iillj of the Portugtiese p< ople. (Other news of the situation in Portu gal on Page 3. > MAY HAVE DYNAMITER Sacramento Officers Arrest Former Los Angeles Man. Sacramento, Cal.. Oct. 11. — George Wallace nearly collapsed to-day after being arrested at the local postoffiee while receiving letters which it is de clared connect him with "The Los An geles Times" dynamiting. He is sup posed to be a miner and familiar with hich explosives. When arrested Wallace tried to de stroy two letters. Pieced together, one of them shows that Wallace left Los Angeles suddenly on the day following I the dynamiting:, and Intimates that he knows much concerning the affair. The •writer used bitter language in speaking at Harry Chandler, manager, and Har rison <>ra> Otis, owner of "The Times." "If I only could see you. George. I could tell you i whole lot of things, but ore cannot be too careful what he writes !in a letter. ' the letter pays. it , . WON'T HEAR W. J. BRYAN lowa City Cancels His Date to Deliver Speech. Red Oak. lowa. Oct. 11.— At the re quest of the local Democratic campaign committee the state central committee has advised W. .1 Bryan that his speak ing date in Red Oak has been can celled. tee ajivea a.= Its reason for ing the dat^ Mr. Bryan's "bolt of the head of the Nebraska Democrati ■ - ■ - •-.- • ucy on the ■tiOU and his reported inten- HLBsman Walter I. the yth District." THE CHOLERA IN ENGLAND Virulent Case Discovered in — Authorities Busy. ". , n.i.-i Oct. .11. -The first case of Asiatic cholera has appeared In Eng land. a man who lived in one of the Rewton houses, a scries of poor man's hotels.*? died in a public hospital on Fri day. The directors of the hospital ascer tained that It was a virulent case, and are taking all measures to discover the raus<» and to prevent the spread of the dis^asf. Naples. Oct. 12.— Seven new cases of cholera and four deaths have occurred here in th»» ■st twenty-four hours. NEWFOUNDLAND COMMITTEE Members Reported Chosen Un der Terms of Hague Award. JBy Cable to Tin Tribune.] London. Oct. 11-— Part of the award of the Hagu«» arbitration tribunal in the Newfoundland fisheries case consisted in the reference of certain questions to committee experts. These are the ques tions on which the court did not consider itself competent to srive decision with out ■>-. assistance of expert advice. The fisheries convention made last year be tween the British and T'nited States gov ernments contains a provision for the appointment of surh a committee, and 'The Manchester Guardian" understands in accordance with this provision and the award of the Hasruo tribunal the committee has now been nominated. The United States government will be represented by Dr. Hugh H. Smith. Deputy Commissioner of Fisheries. The British representative on the committee will bo Donald M orison. K. <". Minister of Justice in Sir Edward Morris's gov ernment. Mr. Morison do*-? not possess expert knowledge of "i" technical side of the fisheries question, but he knows its legal aspects, and his advice in the matter has already b*-^n of great assistance to th*> Newfoundland government. AERO RECORD FOR WELCH Wright Aviator Up Three Hours, Eleven Minutes. • • ' : » R Wei. n. j n a Wneht biplane to-day <-renteri - n new - ■ • - America of 3 hours. 11 minutes rtnd ."..". seconds. The previ r.ii« record was mad* by Rai|.h John -••n-. »»t Atlanti-- City, N .1. in 3 bours, B mimztf;: aad 4<» seconds v.v-i. h as- I at th»- Ktatoch m.\ Mtj<,n field ai | 4^ a ckx k Moal of the ti;:).- h* Sew ;i» Bfajh aßsti Alfr«-'l L<- Blanc, k PVanch .-iviator. BkrioT inonor.lanr fr^r the first tim«* in An • ■■ I it the local meet tO .;., H<- mad<- two flight?, one f whl^h • ■faruiar TUB BATHING STOPPED Eesidents of Palmer, Mass., Must Con serve Diminishing Water Supply. ralmrr. Mass.. Oct. II Tub bathing is rrohiblt<vS in an order issued by the Pal mer Water Company la day, In an effort t<- cons^rv*- ttit- rapidly diminishing supply which the company's reservoirs hold until ::rtesliin wells « as i ■•• sunk and other fineri,'*-ncy measures taken. AN EARTHSHOCK IN CUBA. ■ ' 11 -A si • ocli this NKW-VOHK. WEDNESDAY, ()( TOBER 1-. >In .-FOI'RTEEX PAGES. uses Bars body us SHIELD FROM BULLET Crowd Sees Prizefighter Kill Youngster in Effort to Murder Enemy. CORNERED. KILLS HiMSELF Unknown Man. Seeing Pistol Pointed at Him. Snatches Up Lad to Cover Himself, and Runs After Shooting. Henr> Greenwald. a pugilist, living in M<-Kinley Square. The Hronx. shot and killed Charles Fischer, ■■>. twelve-year old boy. of No. 14"!» Madison avenue, at Madison avenue anil l<C»d street last evening. The bullet «J-eenwald fired was intended for an unknown man. who held the hoy before him as a shield. When Greenwalri say I esult of his shot he turned and r:tr thrnturti the streets, fol lowed by v mob. untJ way al No. l'J<"'> Fifth avenue. As two detects - xed him Grrenwaid fire.i a bullet Into his own brain, flying al moet immediately. Grepnwald got some small degree of sporting notoriety in the last few months as the sparring partner of Harry Stone, a lightweight pugilist of Baltimore. He was known in the ring as "Biz" Clark, but had not been boring lately. Charles Fischer was walking south in Madison avenue about ."» o'clock, after having done an errand for his mother, while Greenwald was walking north on the same side of the street When the boy was about fifty feet away from Greer.wald another man. whose name is unknown to the police, came up behind him, going In the same direction. Upon catching sight of the man. Greenwald whipped a revolver of large calibre from his hip pocket and pointed it at him. The man dodged behind the boy and suddenly lifted him clear of the ground, holding the youngster before him as r shield. Greenwald began to" circle about, watching for an opening for his bullet. Charley Fischer yelled as he realized Green wald's purpose, but the man who was using him as a shield paid no heed. Crowd Hastens Shooting. While Greenwald awaited his chance to send in a bullet a crowd had collected. Greenwald was afraid of interference, so he stepped in and fired pointblank at bis enemy's head. Th« man dodged the bullet and it struck Charley's temple. As soon as he saw what he had done Gretnwald turned and ran down Bfadi t-un avenue. The unknown man dropped the boy on the sidewalk and ran cast toward Third avenue, disappearing in a hallway. By this time the crowd had been roased to tardy action, some start ing pursuit or the murderer, while others, mostly wumen. ran to the boy's aid. When some of th" women picked the lad up lie was unconscious, and they tailed an ambulance from Harlem Hos pital. Dr. Fulton examined him hastily and then rushed him to the emergency ward Although everything possible was done for hini, the boy died without regaining consciousness, at 7:20 o'clock. The crowd ir. pursuit of Greenwald, kept close at his heels, and at 101 st street was joined by Patrolman Searle. of the East 104 th street station, who. was on post there. Searle Is one of the speediest runners in the department, and soon began to nrain on the murderer. Feeine this Greenwald faced around in his flight and flourished his revolver in the faces of the crowd, threatening to shoot. Although Sr-ar'e was in the van of the avenging mob. he did not fire his revolver at Greenwald, being afraid of injuring some one on the sidewalk. Murderer Pressed by Crowds. The murderer was getting winded, and his breath came in short gasp? as he ran. At 101 st street he turned west &nd ran toward Fifth avenue, the crowd drawing closer all the time. When he reached Fifth avenue the hunted man dashed into a hallway, taking the nine steps with two leaps. As he ran up the steps he knocked aside three or four children who were sitting on the stoop, end continued into the hall. He was evi dently trying to run to the rear of the hall and escape by way of the cellar .stairway. He ran into a trap, however. and brought up in front of a blank wall. Bearta, with two detectives, was right on his heels as he entered the hall. Just ps they reached the front doorway they saw Greenwald raise his revolver again and press the muzzle to his right tem ple. Before they could interfere he had fired a bullet into his head. His body fell to the floor beside a baby carriage in the hall. Dr. Richardson from the Harlem Hos pital came, and said the man had died instantly. The body was taken to the East I<4th street police station. Charles Fischer lived with his mother. a widow, an.l three elder brothers at the Madison avenue house. He was a pupil of Public School 103, at Madison avenue and 119 th street. The police s:iv that while GreenwaJd was in the Blniira Eleformatorj four ,. tried to commit suicide by lumping from a window. He landed on 1 Is h.ad and was aertoaat] hurt ELY. EXASPERATED. QUITS Flies 21 Miles in Three Days, Then Takes a Train. Chicago, Oct 11-— ■najene Kly. nn ex asperated aviator, pave up to-day his attempt to make a flight from Chicago „, New York for the 125.000 prize ottered t, v 'The Chicago Evening Post" and ••The New York Punea." Ely left his aeroplane in a Held near South Chicago, twenty-one miles from Hawtharne Park, when-- he hiar'-d OO Sunday at 4:11 p m.. aud departed by train for Cleve land. The machine will be shipped to N. m York U>-morro« Ely declared that his continued trouble with bis aeroplane was due to the failure of mechanics to arrange the gasolene tank on it- machine properly. He said that the gasolene feed was interrupted by lack at a vent i'" 1 " in the tank. ARCH HOXSEY, WHO TOOK MR. ROOSKVKLT OX HIS FIRST AIR TRIP. Os»enior F"° r of • Xr ' w Jaaanj i- X in the s^at by the aviator whl^h was ocrupled ye»terda> by the "x-PresWent V* — : ; HOXSEY MAKNG ONE OF HIS AIR DIPS. MONORAIL GAR HITS AUTO Smashes It on First Trip Since Accident in July. MOTOR'S OCCUPANTS HURT Passengers of Bifurcated Car Escape Injury — Road's Fran chise Just Restored. A second attempt was made yester day to operate the monorail lino of the Citj Island vV Brtatow Railroad Com pany, and again there wae an accident. Those tn the monorail car were not hurt this time, but Norbert Robillard. a builder, of No. 144.". Zerega avenue. The Bronx, and Charles I>ietz. son of the proprietor of t!^e TaUapooaa Civh. of Weatcneater, occupanta of an auto mobile, owned by Mr. Robillard, which crossed the track near BriatOw station of thf . New York. New Haven ft Hartford Railroad yesterday afternoon, are pain inlly hurt, and the automobile was com pletely wreck, d when it w:u^ struck by one of the cars. The monorail franchise was restored by the Public Service Commission H r lay. h.ivins: l>een revoked after ildent at City Island last July, in which several persons who were riding in one of the cars wer^- injur-.l That was on the first trip on the monorail road, "and the car which struck Mr Robillard'a automobile yesterday was the first that has been run on the rn.nl sin<e th;it day Mr. Robillard was going east on Pel ham Parkway, when the monorail car appeared suddenly out of the p, ihim woods, running north on the >Vw Rochelle road. Mr. Robfliard tried to pass In front, but his automobile was struck by the car and smashed to splinters. Mr. Robillard was thrown out and stunned, and Mr I>«etz. who was in the tonneau, was pinned under the automobile, which turned turtle. Another automobile with three occu pants was close behind Robillard's car. The three men Jumped out and rushed to the assistance of Mr. Dietch. They lifted the wrecked car off him and took him to a nearby hotel. They wanted to get an ambulance, but the injured man ob jected, saying that he preferred to be treated by his own doctor. Mr. Robil lard who recovered consciousness in a short time, also refused medical aid. Neither of the injured men could be seen last night, but it was learned that Mr. i>ict.ti bail both knees badly torn and was unable to walk. Mr. Rot.iHar.d, 11 was said, was badly shaken up. To Quebec Without Change. Conn. River Special carries through shaping «:ar. Lv. 5 -• Term. •"> "- P- In •••■ days; 4 p m flunriava \r y,. i..., I ;i m. next Ami N v N. ii & if. U. U., i.l U'wr.y. N. V. C -Ad'vt PARKER ON ROOSEVELT Sure Ex-President Plans To Be Candidate in 1912. STATE CAMPAIGN HIS TEXT Former Judge Discerns a Pur pose to Deceive People of New York. Former Judge Alton B. Parker gave out an interview at his home. In the Hotel Essex, last night on the state i campaign and Theodore Roosevelt. To the question. "Is it true that you are to take an active interest in the campaign?" Mr. Parker replied: "Yes. It is true. J shall be in Indiana I the last of the week, and am sorry that ; I cannot give all the time requested of me in that state. But I am obliged to return early next week to begin the platform work in the state which the ! committee has assigned to me. ■'I am informed that Mr. Roosevelt has been advised by his friends that in this state the tide has set in so strongly against his "new nationalism.' with him 1 self as the steward of the public welfare i in 1912 and thence on for the balance of his life, that he can only hope to save the situation for himself and his ticket I by announcing that he will not be a can didate in 1912, and further, that he has agreed to make such a statement within the next two or three days. "There «'an be no doubt of the fact of his candidacy in the mind of any man who has watched his course, carefully r*»ad his speeches and noted his almost i brutal treatment of President Taft. From my knowledge of and experience with him I have no hesitation In saying that while the assurance will be given by him that he will not be a candidate in 1012. his purpose Is to deceive the people of this state in the hope that they will elect his ticket. •'Tlvnt done, he will accept the result cs a command by the people, of this state that he be its candidate. Then. I with the political machine under his . control, nothing can prevent him from securing th? delegates from this state. "There is one sure way, and only one. to avoid Moxtcanizing this country, and that is to defeat his ticket now." » JOSEPH CHAMBERLAINS HEALTH : — May Be Enabled to Return to Parlia mentary Work. London. Oct. 12.— According to a corre- Bpondent of 'Th** Daily Chronicle," Joseph Chamberlain's health Is .*» much improved that there Is a !>oßßtbtlity he may again I sit and speak In Parliament. VALE-WEST POINT FOOTBALL CAME $1 ••;, Round Trip. Oct. 15. Special Train Lv [>«sbraaees «t. 12.00; \\'e*t 4-d St. 12:15. \tji \\>st Shore R. r Returning after the game. Pliou* 6.110 Mudiac-n. Advt. ir^-hbTrT A\T rr TWT WW r F In City of New Vnrk. J«-~r City and HoboUe*. * * t HICJb UrVl!i |L(JCii>JL * KLSETTHERK TWO CENTS HQXSEY'S STORY OF FLIGHT Knew He Had Mr Roosevelt When He Saw Him Smile. By ArcH Hoxsey. St. Louis. Oct. 11.— Colonel Roosevelt's and my birthday are on the same date. October 27. which always has given me a friendly feeling toward him and strengthened my determination to take him up. So. when I was introduced to him by Mr Lambert. I said to him, "Our birthdays are on the same date. Colonel, so you can trust yourself with me." After I told him about our birthdays he smiled. As soon as I saw his smile I knew I had him. Mr. Lambert then said something to him about my trip from Springfield, and Colonel Roosevelt said he envied me. Then I said: "Here's your chance." The colonel said, "All right; let's not make too much fuss about it while I am getting into the machine." 2 Before I could step off the step of th" automobile where I was standing, the colonel had his coat off and\ was getting ready to follow m». It Sotted to me I was walking on air as I was crossing the hundred feet to get into the machine. I kept saying to myself. "Now, Hoxsey, no funny business when you get this fellow up. because if you spill him you can never square yourself with any body." Roosevelt beat me to the machine, and was crawling in among the wires when i got there. I had taken m seat and the signal corps boys had started the propellers, when Dwight Perrin, one of the newspaper boys, offered the colonel a cap. he being bareheaded at the time. I slowed the propellers and when the < -i i>->nei said an right I opened her up and we were off. I took th» colonel around the firvt lap v. ith'->u* looking at him We we r » up at cut lnO fed when I felt the machine uiggle a little, and turned around. I paw Roo«ove!t was waving his hat to the crowd in the panrUftoa seats. The no{ge from the propellers was so terrinV i had to yell with all my lungs when I said. "Be careful, colonel; don't pull any of those strings." The valve crrd was directly over his head, and the engine would have stopped had he pulled it a little. He turned to me and smiled broadly, showing his teeth, and said. "Nothing doing." By this time we had circled over toward the Doughnought. and I heard him shout "war," "army," "aeroplane" and "bomb." The rest of the conversa tion I could not catch, but the colonel was eying the smoke curling from the Doughnought with the keen eye of a man who saw the real battleship that could have been put out of business with a bomb. In another minute we were back to the starting point. I had carefully avoided flying over all objects, so that had there been any trouble with the ma chinery I could have glided to the earth without danger to the colonel. When we landed safely I felt as though some one had cut off the high pressure on my heart valve, and I was never so glad of anything in my life as when the signal corps boys' approach s-howed that we had come to a full stop. When the crowd gathered around us the colonel and I were separated for a minute or two, but he reached over the shoulders of several people and said: "Hoxsev. you're all right!" It certainly was the biggest day of rry life. GIRLS TO USERACING STROKE Wellesley College Oarswomen to Train Hard and Row Fast. Boston. Qct 11 -When the Wellesley College oarswomen get into their shells this year there will be no speed limit to wurry them. All objections to the racing stroke have been withdrawn, an-1 the whole thing may end up in Intercolle giate races Between '\arslty crews of women's caUaaja John Hall, for the last seven years as sistant physical director at the college, row has full charge, and he has decided to have ■ a bunch or husky young women" who can trim on real food and row fast instead of a graceful crew which trains on Welsh rarebits. The president of the student government as sociation announced to-day that races between "varsity crews of women's cl leges are banal seriously discussed. Lake Waban has already- been suggested as the place for the races. COLUMBUS DAY. The »en ii J i«> for laV U.\t outlns— AJvc ROOSEVELT GOES UP IN AEROPLANE Circles Aviation Grounds Wear St. Louis Twice in Hoxscy's Machine. ENTHUSIASTIC OVER TRIP _— He Urges Federal Control of Cor porations and Tells How Mur phy Bossed New York Democratic Convention. [Rr T'l'^raph f> The Trifcnne. ] St. Louis. Oct. 11.— Ex- President Roosevelt broke all records for strenu oslty in St. Louis to-day. He made a flight in an airship. laid down th* es pecially applied propositions of his new nationalism to a club of railroad mea and shippers, visited the Country Club. advocated a deeper waterway from tho Qrant Lakra to the Gulf of Mexico t<> * club of St. l>>uis business BBSS rod»» seventy miles in an automobile, through clouds si dust at breakneck speed, maci» a brief speech at Clayton, in Repre sentative Bart ho id district, attended a dinner at the home of i governor Ha<l ley. paid a social call to Mrs. C K. Ei.xby and wound up a "quiet day" with a speech to a. monster audience at the Coliseum, in the course of which fc<* elaborated his views on the tariff, srok* a few thousand kind words for his new nationalism and emphasized th<* impor tance of M sour securing a Repub lican in the Senate wholly free from cor porate control- Ex-Governor David R- Francia and James A Reed, of Kansas City. Democratic candidates for the inn ate, both have records of corporate affiliation peculiarly vulnerable to tha line of Mr Roosevelt's attack. Incidentally he told the business m*n of th« city that Mi greatuncie run the first steamboat on the Mississippi, which, accounted for his Interest in deeper wa terways. This greatuncle. he said, encountered an earthqTiake. which prob ably some of his mends under the shadow of Wall Street would think pe culiarly appropriate when a Roosevelt went West. He discovered a fett former Rough Rider comrades, and altogether nad "a perfectly bully tune."" That la a fact, for he said bo himself. After this afternoon's automobile ride, some cf those accompanying him on this trip are hoping that he will make the sprinkling of city streets and country roads also a | part of his new nationalism in the In . terest of cleanliness and common hu- I manity. g Flight Surprise to AIL It -is on the aviation fteld at Kinlocfr. eighteen miles tvest of St. Louis, that i Mr. Roosevelt made Ma first airship j flight, but from th* enthusiasm which Ihe displayed when it was over it need surprise no or.c if he is up in the air moat of hi 3 leisure Ham in the fixture! IHe had received an invitation to attend ; the aviation meet at Kinkwh. but no one. not even he himself, expected that he would immediately take the er.rre of the stage and assume the chief rale in the afternoon's entertainment. His de cision to do so was so sudden that it fairly took away the breath of all who ' saw him do it. Followed by a string of automobiles extending back for more than a mile, he raced out la Kißloch. being greeted on all sides by cheering: men. women and children. When he ar rived there, instead of permitting' his au tomobile to be guided to the place assigned to It on the side lines, he directed that lt.be driven to the centre of tfce field and stopped alongside of the aeraaaane) of Arch Hoxsey. who had at that mo ment descended from a flight. Hoxsey was introduced and said: "Colonel. Fd like to have you far a pas senger.** "Thanks." laconically replied Mr. Roose velt, as he proceeded to peel off his overcoat. Then he asked for a cap. which was immediately tendered, and before you could say "Jack Robinson" he was seated In the aeroplane. Hosae? took his seat on the other side and started the engine, while ■ group of Missouri National Guardsmen held the aeroplane as it got up speed. The six-cylinder motor barked and spouted smoke. Then the motor was stopped for a moment. After two more tests the motor was allowed to- run. and the machine ran over the ground quietly. The photogra phers who had been snapping Mr. Roose velt In the machine had barely time to step aside before the aeroplane began to run over the grass. Mr. Roosevelt gripped the rail hard and looked straight ahead. The ma chine skidded over the field for a few yards, then lifted its r.o»e into the .-»ir. rising easily. The" aeroplane sped quickly around the* field at a height of less than one hun dred feet. It made the first lap of i mile and a half before news percolated through the crowd that Mr Roosevelt was Hoxsey'a passenger. "When he swept past the grandstand be leaned forward a bit and waved hi* hands. The spectators «»»»em.-d frightened and remained silent watching the aeroplan* Intently. NeaHy a- Mile a Minute. The flytng machine sped by and mad* the turn for the second lap. Hoxsey could be se*>n to bend over and shout M n-.-fhinjc into Mr. Roosevelt's ear The engine cracked regularly, hurling the aeroplane forward at a speed of nearly a mile a minute, but from the ground it looked as though it were travelling much slower because it sailed so evenly and smoothly. There was not a breath of wind, and the engine did not miss ere once. At the end of the second la.p. Hox*ey dipped his planes and the machine de scended easily, striking the ground without a Jar a few rods from the grand stand. The machine glided over the grass a short distance and stopped. Mr. Roosevelt, smiling his most ex pansive smile, barked backward. He became entangled in the wires, but was soon out of them. When the spectators saw that ■ had landed safely, thfy cheered wildly. an<i