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WEATHER
Fair to-day; to-morrow cloudy,
probably showers.
Full Report on Psvce ?0
MAY 19, 1919
Tn-nri?-\T?i!n Greater New York anil
l?u i f,;\r? } within commuting dl?tnnce
THRKF. CENTS
Elsewhere
awker Mops h or Ireland to Outfly American s,
ut i^ nours, nut sends. IN o Word of Progress:
sa
inks, Crew Safe; Concern Felt for NC-3;
orta Bay by Unfavorable Weather
Rantzau S si cl
Quit
Peace Farley
Head of Germai- Envoys
Leaves Versailles uvl
.Is Believed ?o Bave
Returned to B e r l i n
Delegates Differ
Over Signing Pari
? v.
Frene?i Announce_-ie_it
He Went Only to Spa Is
Not Generally Believed
VERSAH.I.;: :. f y 18 i 17; The Asso
clat-'(i Press i.- It i ? quite possii ' ? that
?Count von Brocl ?....:. the
head of the (1er!.mi; peace leleg? tion,
who left here ill not re?
turn to conduct further i bons at
Versailles, acci rding to rep ?" ? r? -
csived here to-day from Sra.
The views of tl
man delegation and those represe!
tives sent from Berli mault with
him diff?re:! so stron?. y ai to th
??her conduct of tl itions, ac?
cording to the., rgports, that '<
von Brockdorff-Rcntzau r quested that
he be replaced at Versail
The special train w I the
Gcrrntn p..:???.? to Spa ight ;< ex?
pected to arrive at ?jne of the suburban
S?-i!7,.i. of Paiis to-morrow afternoon .
;?_ iVs setup, trip. ? t? t'i? ? bo
(ovum positively whether Count von
BrockdoriT-Rantz.iu has abandoned the
?ois.ion or n? t.
Mystery Shrouds Departure
The departure of the Germans from
Versailles wa shrouded . mystery
by the Frene ? nessed by
no one except a rce of de- ,
tectives and .It was as?
sumed in si hat l ?ount
Brockdorff-R; ? ? going direct
to Berlin ar7 ?? Spa, and it was
evident from n he baggage
?eral ho I? ft for the
German capital would not return.
Accord::'.?. I A ncy seri?
?os disagr? n in the
?a.<'. twenty-fo _ th. Ger?
man delega;es including
'?" ?Bjancial exj ? .? aid to be
violently i le treaty,
?hile Count . Rantzau,
W-h the rr:n- - i ?? y out but
<? sign. : , ? ? .. count
U said by be in con
lection with tl ? ? nts.
Decision L'p to Berlin
Those who hi ?'? believe the
wnnans B< rlin ? xpleined
the:r depar'.. ? grounds. It
*as said the of signing the
treity would be
lonrnment, iharp dif?
ference of opinioi i ibject
lltB? the d? ? Non-Socialist
supporters of the government, with the '
?tteption ol Borne leaders of industry,
*? strongly opp? pting the
???ditions ... th?: Elntente.
ws Indepen? o le tl e
J*ftrr't: ,gly in
?tor of i
Scheidemann \v.;?its Report
CwOcellor Scheidemann himself ap
s*'*nt'.y has n< his mind
?i ?s awaiting . i tailed report
**"? '?'-? : rff-R , in the
2** ' m? way open for
?'??r ar affirn - .? gative deci
sn.
"* member of the German delegation
J* lRe r; ... ,.? , oun< ?Ho, 0f |ega.
* wn, who re! ?rned here recently from
/ ion to-day
L all, because we
. -if we return
?
t? ''' wa handed to
j/0,lr;; ' morning. II
t_'tl ' mil lions
WH4.
fontzau Boards
Train in Paris
yiief German Envoy
*o He Absent for
8 Consider ah le T i m e
hit '. May R <iiy Thi A ''?"'
t?,"' '??? '? ['?-?' '
r*?*'.ior,, I ,,.J,y ,.,,,, BroekdorfT
J?"?". ??>??"? to i'ar .. lajtt night, but
?%_, v * t,r"'f ittay- ?" hi* w*y
^* "?'? ??-??:i". to Spa, th<? Count and
!? Continu?e on paye four
rr.tir tkjam,\ i-.s
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"**???>?*/.*?.,.?..*- >ovv O.'i'.N. -A .vi.
400 Killed in Smyrna
As Greeks I'ight Turks
? 'ONSTANTINOPLE, May IS (By
^? The Associai d Press). - In the
righting which took place after the
landing of Greek troops at Smyrna
Thursday to enforce the Greek man?
datary in Asia Minor. 300 Turks,and
luO Greeks were killed.
The fighting took place for the
most part in the Turkish quarter of
the town, where the Greeks were
lei hy lively rifle fire.
"Richest Boy
In. U. S." Killed
By Aiitomobile
Vinson Walsh McLean Rims
in Front of Motor Car
Near Home in Capital;
Had a Mobile Nursery
WASHINGTON. Any 18.?Running
from the gate of Friendship, the subur?
ban mansion of Mr. and Mrs. Edward
Beale McLean, in eager anticipation of
his first ride on a street car, nine-year
old Vinson Walsh McLean, the "richest
boy in the United States," was knocked
down to-day by a passing automobile,
receiving injuries to his head which
caused his death six hours later, in
spite of all efforts of a corps of medical
specialists to save him.
Three women occupied the machine
that struck the lad, and they assisted
him to the house. They departed with
out revealing their identity, and are be
in ft sought by the police.
Th ? tragic news was wired to Mr.
and Mrs. McLean at Louisville, where
they were attending a racing meet.
1 I - v at once chartered a special train
and are expected home to-morrow
morning. Only Mrs. Thomas F. Walsh,
widow of the multi-millionaire gold
miner and Vinson's grandmother, rep?
resented the family at the deathbed.
Was "SI00.000,000 Baby"
Newspapers all over the United
States heralded young McLean as the
gold-cradled and 5100,000.000 baby at
the time of his birth, tlo did have a
gold cradle, a present, from King Leo?
pold of Belgium, who had been a part
-.. r of Walsh in the Camp Bird gold
?nine in Colorado.
Baby McLean, at that time, was the
sole heir to $150,000,000?steadily in?
creasing;?from his two grandfathers,
Mr. Walsh and John R. McLean, owner
of the Washington "Post and "Cincin?
nati Enquirer."
He had five nurseries in five of the
finest mansions in America. One of
them was on the Walsh estate, a few
miles out of Denver, at the gateway of
thi "Garden of the Cods," and another
in the splendid McLean residence in
Washington, where the fatal accident
occurred to-day. Here was the "Bride's
Carden," made by the late Mrs. John R.
McLean for the young mother of the
gold cradle baby, where only white
flowers bloom, and which had always
been Vinson's play garden. Another
was in the Walsh mansion on Massa
chusetti avenue here, and still another
in the wonderful Briar Cliffe, the Bat
Harbor estate which Walsh bought and
gave the young couple jusf before his
death.
Had Automobile Nursery
The boy had an elaborate private
car which carried hirn to Palm Beach
or wherever he desired to go. In his
babyhood he had an automobile
equipped as a nursery. Later he had a
dozen automobiles.
ii" had doctora and nurses and pri
vate detectives. His body guard was
the famous Mike Donovan, Roosevelt's
-purring partner.
During his infancy, and indeed even
after he became old enough to take
Care of himself to a certain extent,
Vinson Walsh McLean was probably
the most carefully guarded baby in
the United State.--. So much was
printed in the newspapers and
magazines about him thai letters
r? ti g to kidnap the child were
rec? ived almost constantly by his
lather and mother.
The Washington home of the Mc?
Leans wan, guarded by a detail of city
policemen to keep the kidnappers away,
and the baby never travelled without
a large entourage of private detectives
and special policemen. When the child
only a few months ol<l bis parents
had constructed for him, as an addi?
tional safeguard against kidnapping, a
steel cage on wheels, or an armored
baby carriage, which was closed and
bolted by locks of special design and
??<? pattern. It was in this that
the baby's nurse, accompanied by half
:-. dozen detectives, took the child for
his morning's rid?-. An?l besides the
detectives ,the McLeans employed
thirty house servants and fifty out
di retainers, all of them especially
instructed to prevent the baby from
being stolon.
Special Peace
Treaty Congres
pens To-da
Session Is Expected To Be
Lively One, First at Which
the President Has Been
Absent From the Country
' Republicans in Control
Billions in Appropriations
To Be Acted Upon and
Paris Terms Discussed
New Tori: Ti tuna
It'(7.-.hin'jfon Bureau
WASHINGTON, May 18.?For the
first time since March 4, 1913, the date
: of the first inauguration of Woodrow
Wilson, the Republicans will take
control of Congress at noon to-morrow,
when the extra session of the Sixty
sixth Congress meets in response to
Presiden! Wilson' call.
This will be the first session of Con
gress to open since President Wilson.
has been in the White House, also,
, which has not been addressed per?
sonally shortly after its opening by the
President.
It will be the first session of Con?
gress in the country's history to con?
vene while the President was outside of
I the United States.
Old timers on Capitol Hill predict that
it will be a busy and lively session, re?
plete with sensations and?the Repub?
licans hope.productive of a vast
amount of constructive legislation. Be?
ing a Republican Congress it is expected
to pay little attention to the White
House. Many clash.es between the
White itousv! and the "Hill" are ex?
pected.
Historically, the greatest business
tefore the session ?the consider?
ation of the treaty of peace and
the ?.agae of nations -will be monopo?
lized by the Senat?'. Whatever dispo
' sition the Senate makes of the work of
the Paris peace conference, it will make
history. As the great document will
! not be formally laid before the Senate
i until the President returns, it will be
several weeks before the Senate will
approach a decision, but'in the mean
time it is expected that Senators, fol?
lowing their easy custom, will debate
the treaty and the covenant of the !
league of nations while considering
everything from a dog tax to the !
future of the railways.
Must Do Work Left *
Over From Last Congress
Because of the failure of the last
session of the Sixty-fifth Congress to
pass much urgently needed legisla?
tion, as well as much important special
legislation, the new Congress will have
to jump into the collar from the start.
It must pass the seven regular appro?
priation bills lost in the shuffle of the
i closing hours of the last Congress be?
fore July 1, or the Federal government
will largely cease to function. These
bills are for:
The army. District of Co
The navy. lumbia.
Department of Deficiency.
Agriculture. Sundry civil.
Indians.
The army appropriation bill may de- ?
termine the future size and nature of I
the United States military establish- !
ment, thus bringing up the questions
of preparedness, universal military !
! training, future status of the National
Guard, etc., or it, may simply provide
? for a temporary establishment and
I leave the question of policy to the first
; regular session. Similarly with the
i navy. This session or the next must
determine whether expansion of th';
navy is to continue or whether it shall
be much restricted in the future.
$275,000,000 Aaked
For Highway Building
The Department of Agriculture bill
tarries with it the question of greatly
augmented Federal aid in the construc?
tion of highways. Along the line? of
the bill that failed to pass the last
Congress, it will provide for the ex?
penditure of $275,000,000 on highways
in the next five years.
The sundry civil appropriations bill
cove is a wide field of governmental ac?
tivities, including shipbuilding. The
fuMire of government shipbuilding, as
well as of the disposition of the emer?
gency fleet, which has already reached
a total of nearly 700 ?hips and a ton?
nage of nearly 5,000,000 deadweight,
may be determined by separate enact?
ment, but the necessary apprecia?
tions will be carried in the sundry
civil bill.
This bill .vill also involve the fate of
the United States Employment Service.
As it stood when Congress ad?
journed March ?1, it carried no appro?
priation? for the Bervico, which has
Continued on paye nine
??Nlavy Confidence in|
Safety of Flagship
Ebbs as Peri Ion s
Gale Sweeps Sea
Lost 40 Hours
Without Trace
Huge Screen of War?
ships Swings in
Half Circle to Aid
LONDON. May 18.?Lloyds reports
? 1 he steamship lona with (he crcv, of
the American seaplane NC-1 aboard,
; arrived at Horta Sunday, and that the
; NC-1 sank 120 miles off the Island of
Flores.
WASHINGTON, May 18. -Apprehen
| sion as to the safety of Commander
John H. Towers and his crew of four,
men, who in the seaplane NC-3 have
been lost at sea for more than forty
hours, had begun to-night to displace .
the feeling of confidence among naval '
officials that the transatlantic fliers
would be found by searching vessels. ;
No word had been received from the !
NC-3 since 5:15 o'clock yesterday;
morning, when Commander Towers re- j
ported that nis 'plane, the flagship of
the squadron, was off her course some :
300 miles from the Island of Fayal,
Azores. Dispatches from Rea'r Admiral
Jackson, aboard the ?. S. S. Melville.
at Ponta Delgada, Azores, to-night said!
a gate was sweeping the seas north- !
west of the Azores and that high waves ;
were running.
The navy, with its vast force of ves?
sels, concentrated to aid in the trans?
atlantic attempt, was bending all of its
energies to the finding of the lost
fliers.
Two battleships, the Florida and
Texas, and nearly a score of destroyers j
were scouring the sea over a wide area
all day to-day and to-night.
DangerouH (?ale Rises
The fog which, it is supposed, forced ?
the NC-1 to the open sea when within j
a few short miles of Corvo Headland, j
the objective point of the aerial argo- :
nauts, had been dissipated by strong
westerly winds this morning which in?
creased to a gale by 9 a. in, and
whipped up a nasty, choppy sea, the
most dangerous condition possible for
a seaplane riding on the surface of the
ocean.
Messages received from Rear Ad- ]
mirai Jackson late to-night telling of
the damage to the NC-1 caused by the
heavy seas running at. the time the
'plane was found served to increase
the apprehension felt for the safety of
the crew of the NC-3. The lower
'planes of the N'C-1 were badly dam?
aged, one pontoon was entirely carried
away, the right wing was badly broken,
the left wing ribs were damaged and
the elevators were smashed.
Naval vessels standing by in an ef?
fort to salvage the big boat reported
that the seas were running so high if
was impossible to save it at this time.
It was pointed out that only good for?
tune could possibly save the NC-3
from even more serious damage, since
i!. is handicapped by the extra weight
of its crew.
Rescue Work Difficult
Using Corvo Island as an operating
base, the screen of battleships and de?
stroyers were sweeping westward in a I
great semicircle in an effort to catch ?
sight of the NC-3 or pick up radio dis
tress signals. The high winds and
heavy seas prevailing made the work
of the rescue party most difficult.
The main element of hope in the situa- j
tion, as viewed by naval officials to- ?
night, was the fact that the weather!
forecasts predict diminishing winds !
and abated seas late in the night and ,
Monday morning. It was thought that ?
if Commander Towers's frail craft '?
could ride out the gale successfully
until morning the probability of rescue
would be greatly increased, since a
veritable swarm of destroyers and
other naval craft, gathered from wide
distances, were being concentrated
over the nrea to the northwest o? the
Az Tres.
Fach of the seaplanes carried suffi?
cient focd ant1 water for six crys when
the squadron left Trepassey Bay.
The condition in which the NC-1 was
found was described in the following j
message to the Navy Department from
the cruiser Columbia:
"NC-1 right wing badly broken, pon?
toon carried away, elevators broken,
fabric left wing ribs badly damaged.
Condition of sea too rough to salvage
'plane. Fairfax standing by awaiting
better conditions. Crew of NC-I in
good shape, now on Columbia. NC-4
in good condition and awaiting favor
able weather before proceeding to
Ponta Delgada. Scouting lines scout?
ing to westward for NC-3. Strong
Continued on next pago
The route followed by Harry G. Hawker and Commander Mackenzie Grieve yesterday in their attempted
night from Newfoundland to Ireland is indicated by a solid line. The course taken by the American NC 'planes
is shown bv a dash line.
U. S. Predicts
Airships That
Lift 200 Tons
Giant Cruisers of 20,000
Mile Radius That Can
Remain Three Weeks in
Air Declared Feasible
?Veto York Tribune
Washington Bureau.
WASHINGTON'. ?May 18..Giant all
metal airships capable of cruising 20,
000 miles and remaining in the air
for three week?, will appear within a?
few years, according to a statement |
issued by the United ?States Army air i
service to-day. The object of the state- i
ment is to urge immediate establish?
ment of municipal landing fields suit?
able for large airships.
"We reasonably may expect in the
near future," the statement says, "to j
have transcontinental airships in the
United ?States capable of carrying j
nearly 200 tons of useful load. Ob- !
viously it will be such airships that
will transport the first-class ma.il and
some passengers. Airplanes will not I
be displaced by these mammoth ships. I
The natural employment of the 'planes |
in great number will be the local dis?
tribution of mail in all directions from!
the main airship stops across the con-j
tinent."
The statement declares the American
public is lacking in proper under?
standing of the development of dirig?
ibles in England and Germany. It also
states that the British will inaugurate
a regular airship service to Paris,
Rome and Canada this year.
Capacity Grows with Size
"Airships having a gas capacity of
2,000,(100 cubic feet are now success-1
fully flying in Europe," says the state-j
ment. "Such ships have a gross lift1
of sixty tons and a useful lift of about
twenty tons available for fuel, passen- ?
gcrs and merchandise. There is a>
fundamental physical principle in?
volved which assures far greater car?
rying efficiency in the future devel
opm'ent. As the si/.e increases it is
found that the lift becomes materially
larger. Furthermore, the length and
diameter of the 10,000,000 ship will be
only J..7 times greater than the exist?
ing 2,000,000 ship with which it is
compared. For the same fundamental
reason the engine power increases
much less rapidly than the volume and ?
lift.
"Now that 2,000,000 size airships
have proved satisfactory, the British
are designing' 1920 models of greater
capacity and constructing shelters
suitable for the accommodation of
probable sizes five years hence.
"Do not be surprised within the pres?
ent year to learn of the Rritish nation j
inaugurating regular airship mail!
service to Paris, Rome and Canada, j
The vast expanse of the United States |
seems exceptionally favorable for the
establishment of similar air routes, in?
cluding service to Alaska, Hawaii,
Porto Rico, Cuba and Panama.
Landing Places Required.
"Large, expensive buildings to com?
pletely house great airships are not re?
quired for each landing field. The need !
is simply a fairly level, clear space
about one mile square, having in the
centre a mooring mast.
"Wo may reasonably expect in the
near future to have transcontinental
airships in the United States capable
of carrying nearly 200 tons of useful
load. Obviously it will be such air?
ships that will transport the first class
mail and some passengers. Airplanes
will not be displaced by these mam?
moth ships the natural employment
of the planes in great number will be
the local distribution of mail in all
directions from the main airship stops
across the continent.
"The tire risk which heretofore has
menaced all hydrogen filled airships
will be eliminated in the future by
using helium, which is not inflam?
mable."
HARRY G. HAWKER
Australian aviator, who started j
across the Atlantic yesterday in j
a Sopwith biplane.
Bridge Blaze
Causes Panic
A fire in the centre of the Williams
burg Bridge between the two elevated ;
tracks tied up all traffic for half an j
hour last night, stopped elevated trains '
for the rest of the night and caused a I
., !
panic among tbc passengers in six :
stalled trains.
When a passenger on a trolley car
noticed the blaze at 9:30 it was just a
sputtering of sparks driving from the
plank pathway which overlies the feed
cables that carry power for the ele?
vated trains. On reaching the Man- ;
hattan side the passenger notified Pa- !
trolman Mannix. A glance toward the
centre of the bridge showed Mannix
that the sparks had blossomed into
flames and he sent a special call for
Hook and Ladder 18 in Attorney
Street.
When the firemen reached the blaze
it had got beyond control of hand ex?
tinguishers and a call was sent for
the fireboat William L. Strong, sta?
tioned at Grand Street. The power?
ful streams of the fireboat were dis?
persed as spray by the wind before
they touched the bridge and an engine
company was called. Finally, how?
ever, a line of hose was dropped to
the fireboat and water pumped on the
blaze.
The fire had halted an elevated train
on either side and under the press of
holiday traffic two more trains piled up
behind each before the train dispatch?
ers could change their orders. They
were Broadway trains, three of them j
bound for Carnarsie, Fast New York 1
or Jamaica and three bound from I
those places to Manhattan.
Benjamin Dolinkle, of 181 Stanton j
Street, was found unconscious on the i
bridge near the Brooklyn end. It is
believed he jumped from one of the '
cars and fractured his skull.
Most of the cars of the Brooklyn
bound trains were almost on a level
with the promenade, and the guards
opened the side doors as soon as rescue
squads of firemen, patrolmen and sol?
diers and sailors, who happened to be
on the bridge, had been organized.
These squads helped the released pas?
sengers over the railing and on to the
promenade.
Passengers in the Manhattan-bound !
trains, however, could get out only ;
by crossing the trolley tracks to the j
vehicular roadway on the north sido of!
the bridge, Those in the Brooklyn-bound I
trains, also those who happened to be
in cars which were considerably below !
the level of the promenade, found it a
difficult feat, even with the assistance
of rescuers, to clamber up to safety,
burdened, as many of them were, with
children. It was nearly midnight be?
fore all six trains had beon emptied
of passenger?*.
British Fliers
Cal? Own Trip
More Perilous
Express Admiral ion for the
American Triumph, but
Say Element of Danger
Virtually Was Lacking
A'?-??? Y orle Tribune
Spcriat Cable Sorvice
(Comriglir. 1910, New York Tribuno Inc.)
ST. JOHN'S, N. F., May 18.?Before
they took the air this afternoon Harry
G., Hawker, o? thf? Supwith biplane, and
Captain Frederick P. Raynham, of the
lUartinsyt.e machine, discussed the suc?
cessful flight of the American NC
'planes to the Azores. Their remarks
embodied admiration for the American
enterprise, but conveyed the idea that
they regarded their own venture as
far more hazardous.
The two British fliers have followed
with interest the reports of the prog?
ress of the United States seaplanes and
s] oke warmly of the spirit of the
crews manning them. At. the same
time, however, they contended that
no comparison could fairly be drawn
between the American venture and
tl eir own attempt at a direct flight
to Ireland in singled-engined machines.
Only Covered Half Distance
They said, first, the American sea?
plane crews have to make only half
the distance at a jump which the trip
to the British Isles involves, and th?:
generous distribution of American
naval ships along fne route robs the
flight of any substantial element ot
personal danger. They argued that
this greatly helped the morale of th \
airmen and also assured them facilities
for repairing their machines, which en?
joy the further advantage of being abl?^
to land on the face of the ocean to
rest and refit. ??
They contended that three machines
flying in concert are able to assist
each other in event of mishap and this
contributes much toward maintaining
the spirit among the airmen which is
a large factor in insuring success.
They said also that in event of any
sudden change of weather the sea?
plane crews could' descend to the near?
est guardship and await cessation of
the storm or abandon the voyage en?
tirely if they thought it necessary,
and also could call to their aid in
event of any mishap these or other
ships which might be in the vicinity. ?
British Have Xo Safeguards
On the other hand, tho British air?
men said, their own venture was some?
thing entirely different. Thev said
this without egotism, arguing merely
that facts justify this contention. They
held that their attempt at a 2,000-mile
flight over the ocean, with no safe?
guards whatever, defies comparison.
They argued that flying across the At?
lantic without facilities for landing on
the ocean or ships for making repairs
involves a strain on the fibre and
physical stamina of the airmen from
which the Americans were virtually
free.
They emphasized the fact that if
any mishap befalls them they are
powerless to save themselves, and that
they lack wireless to summon aid, so
unless Borne ship happens to be in
their immediate vicinity they are lost
beyond recall. They cheerfully agreed
that the American fliers showed
splendid qualities in their undertak?
ing, and the fact of their getting
through without rfxjuiring to descend
to either the ocean surface or to any
guardship is evidence that the ma?
chines were in splendid condition and
well handled. They are probably
equal to a longer flight, and even to
a flight from St. John's to the Irish
coast, the British airmen said.
They contended they are proposing
a flight through an area much further
north and far more stormy than the
route the Americans took; that ships
along tho route are fewer and the
chances of rescue less, and that, where?
as tho American machines can make
certain forms of repairs while in flight,
tho least accident to the British 'planes
means ruin.
Majrtinsyde -Plane
Wrecked in "Take
OfF"; Crew Hurl,
but Not Seriously
Start Watched
As Death Trip
Spectators in Fear
That Daring Flier
Goes to His Doom
ST. JOHN'S, N. F., May 19.?Up to
i 1 o'clock this morning no word had
j been received from Harry G. Hawker.
! the Australian flier, since he started
' on his transatlantic flight. Weather
reports from the Atlantic were favor?
able and indicated improvement in
1 some of the storm areas.
If Hawker's estimated speed of
100 miles an hour were man;; .
, he would have been more
1,400 miles out at -1 o'?
I morning, or about three-foui
i the way to Ireland.
-
ST. JOHN'S. N. F., Maj 1 ?, I
| jaws of almost certain deatl . H
Hawker, the famous Australian i
? drove his slender Sopwith biplan
the eastern horizon a1 1 : ; ?">
New York time, this aftern? on, in an
effort to win for the Britisl
glory of the first trarn>Mitiniit :c. Hight
He hopes to reach In
American NC planes can eff
ing at Lisbon.
With him as navigator w?
ant Commander Macl
the British navy, whose task it v
to guide the tiny plane in a tri
over the 1,900-mile coi : e
| arates Newfoundland from I
of Ireland. They expect, to make 'the
flight in nineteen hours.
Just as the Sopwith macl
across the Martinsyde hang
rific burs' of speed. Captain Fr<
P. Raynham and his on<
navigator, Major C. W.
rivals of the Sopwil h
their machine to race w
across the ocean.
.Martinsyde Plane Wrecked
As the Martinsyde biplane, even
? tinier than the Sopwith,
j across the ground I!
i landing carriage snapped,
| the machine and injuring botl
but apparently not seriously. Cap!
; Raynham collapsed immediately after
1 the crash, but later recovered.
Hawker had his machine in rea
' shortly after 1 o'clock at the- Moui
i Pearl aerodrome. The weath? r cond
! tions were idea!, with a clear
a slight northwest wind, whi?
i greatly favor the machine.
The biplane took the air al
; short run across the field ex;
; 17:45 Greenwicn mean time (1:
New York time). Hawker mai
j in circles until he attained tl
altitude, and then, opening the throttl?
of his engine, he headed at tremendoui
speed for this city, five miles away.
The machine passed directly over St
John's and over the Quidividi aero?
drome, where the Martinsyde biplan?
was being prepared, across the hills ii
the distance and quickly disappearet
from view. Ten minutes later thi
signal station on top of the hill re
ported the machine had passed fron
view. ?
Landing Carriage Dropped
Just after passing the Qui
Hawker released the landing c
of his machine, which dropped
sea, in full sight of the thou ands o
people at the Martinsyde aer<
watching Captain Raynham. Hawke
hoped by doing this to lighten ?
and accelerate t tie natural speed of hi
machine from 100 to 10G miles an
Hawker's start was made in face o
weather conditions which he
ized as "not yet favorable, but pos
sible." He and his navigator
considered the hazards of the a
and decided to stake everything on a
effort to "beat the Americans."
Overnight reports to the meteorologi
cal station had showed increased at
raospheric pressures, smoother se
fair barometer conditions. Althoug
winds and pressures were not all the
hoped for. Hawker and Grieve ordere
their hand satchels packed and mac
ready lor the start.
Hawker considered weight as <
1 utmost importance. Lifting M.
Crieve's bag. he found it heavy, at
inquired solicitously if he couldti
"dispense with pajamas" on the tri
When asked if he thought he wou
have a chance to sleep during the vo
age Hawker replied:
"We'll have a long sleep ,
the nd of it."
i Hawker and thieve, ?n their el?