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?- - 3fe ITt 'V 1 THE WASHINGTON TBEES, SUNDAY, JUIT 30,1911. y EFFORT TO N F T Maine Disaster Inquiry Shows Excursion Was Making High Speed. Vessels Entering New Bed ford Will Be Held for In spection Against Germ. 'Triad Is to Be Sent From Annapolis Here to Join Later Maneuvers. -. "Hi ,.. 4 NAVY HYflRflPI ANF 1 1 Untenant Fllvson. Glenn Curtiss, and Triad in Air, on Land, and on Water I KK CAUSED WHALERS ORDERED UNDER QUARANTINE; CHOLERA FEARED I II II I It I UI1UI I J II I La -.- , j - WILL ulYL I MnlLLu , ssmstS IE 0 IT 0 WA8HINGT0NIANS ' LmStLWLM I EXPERTS - - ,T j-1 ENTHUSIASTIC OVER gMSPpJilip SCHOOL OFAVIATIOH aw!giHaiBBWWliy W?131frsjSaM5ssssBSagglaMBB Mia . . M- BSSSSS 1 MIMIC NAVAL WAR PROMISES NOVELTY Real Shot Will Attempt to Destroy Aeroplanes and Submarines. Washlngtonlans are promised some brand-new aviation thrills. Within the next month Lieutenant Ellyson, aero export of the navy, is expected to fly to this city, along the water courses, from Annapolis. He will make tho night In the Triad, the new navy hydro-aeroplane. The Triad is the Glenn Curtiss inven tion that rises from and alights on the water as easily as the ordinary ma chine takes and leaves the Kround. The Triad will bo the first machine of its kind ever seen in Washington. Its flights heretofore have been confined to. the Curtiss trial course at Ham xnondsport, X. Y. Its scope of opera tions will be enlarged. A navy aviation school, to rival that conducted by the army at College Park, is being installed at the Naval Academy at Annapolis, and will be in operation In the near future. Lieutenant Ellyson will be in charge, and will be instructor in chief. For several months he has been under the tutelage of Glenn Cur tiss, and is expert in the handling of the Triad, as well as land machines. Capt. Washington I. Chambers, In charge of the aeronautical division of the naVy, Is reticent regarding future jjlans of his department, but he ad mitted toady th?y Are rather ambitious, and Include a flight to this city. The flight will be made some time in August, belore the battleship fleet assembles off the Virginia coast for battle practice and record target practice. Will Carry Passenger. Lieutenant Ellyson will pilot the ma chine lr. its flight to Washington, and l:e will cany Knsign Towers as a ras senger The flight will be made In two days, or possibly in one day, if condi tions are favorable. The machine will follow the shore line of Chesapvake bay from the Severn to the mouth of the J'otomac. sailing over Chesapeake Heach and the other seashore resorts on the way. Colonial Beach, here there 13 ample supply of fuel, food, and machine parts, probably will bo tho rirst stop. Jtom there Lieutenant Ellyson will fly up the Potomac river to the Tidal reser voir, where he will alight on the water near the Speedway. From this point the lieutenant probably will sail over the Washington navy yard and other mili tary reservations, to demonstrate tho usefulness of his machine In obtaining Information. The Triad is not necessarily a water machine. It can rise with equal fa cility from land or water, and can alight on either. It Is equipped with wheels, the same as the ordinary Curtis flyer, and between them has the specially designed pontoons that Sennit It to alight on and rise from ae water. From this city. Lieutenant Ellyson and the Triad will sail to Hampton Roads and the Virginia Capes, where the Triad will participate In the an nual summer battle practice of the Heat. The maneuvers this year will be the first in which an aeroplane actually has participated. For sev eral years It has been the custom of the fleet commanders to pretend an airship attack, but this make-believe was not convincing either to officers or to men. In view of the unprece dented success of the Triad, It is ex pected the flyer will play an im portant part In the maneuvers. Double Control Style. The Triad is essentially a two-man machine. Practically all the flights have been made with a passenger, and the control system Is so arranged that it can be shifted in a moment without danger. With the machine In flight. If the pilot should be killed or become hurt, his assistant could assume complete control merely by pulling the steering wheel and the control levers to his side of the ma chine. The mimic naval battle to be held oft tho Virginia Capes In September will be the most spectacular ever planned. Submarines, torpedo boats, destroyers, and aeroplanes, will make a combined attack, upon the fleet of twenty-one great battleships. Con trary to all previous maneuvers of the kind, the battleships will use ac tual shot and shell, and will not be confined to the use of blanks. The use of real shot Is expected to give the proper element of danger to keep the Jackies on the Jump. The battleships will not direct any ton-Inch projectiles at Lieutenant Ellyson, or the torpedo boats either r that matter, but their accuracy of fire will be severely tested, in firing upon and hitting kites towed by the aeroplnne, and representing other aeroplanes, and floating targets tow ed by the torpedo boat destroyers and representing other destroyers The maneuvers will bo tho first In which the fleet has ever fired at "live" tanrets. Great care will be exercised In avoiding accidents, but the maneuvers will have plenty of spice. Thev will afford a great deal of satisfaction to either one of the two factions In tho navy that are divided over the aero plane and smaller craft. There is a division of opinion as to effectiveness or both, and until the present maneu vers were devised none had been held that could be accepted as proving the effectiveness of smaller craft or of air craft. One division of the navy strong ly advocates more torpedoboats and small craft and aeroplanes, while the other maintains they will be power less against a great fleet. Those supporting the small vessels of the torpedo type are Arm In the belief that our great battleship fleet will limp back to Hampton Roads theoretically in a worse condition than some of our ex perts believe possible. Coke Company's Case To Be Heard by McChord Charles C. McChord, of the Interstate Commerce Commission, will end his va cation tomorrow, and conduct a hearing In Boston on the complaint of the New England Coal and Coke Company against the Chesapeake and Ohio rail road. For years the railroad has been charging for trimming coal barges at Norfolk. Recently the railroad Installed machinery for the work of leveling and trimming. The New.England Cdal and Coke Company claims It is now being unjustly charged. Cf ERIE REIGNS AMONG KIDDIES AT CAMP GOOD HILL Dark Clouds Fail to Hinder Sunday Pleasures of Romping Tots. The clouds that shut out tho sunlight dirt not shut out tho cheeriness of Camp Good Will today. The same blithe spirit that prevails on clear days was In evi dence Many of the children went to the Sun day schools In Brightwood this morning, after enjoying a brief slay in the swim mlnc pool. Though none of them has a chance to go to the Sunday schools In Biirhtuood more than two Sundays, because they are at Camp Good 'Will but a fortnight, the Camp Good Willers invariably form a fond attachment for their le.i'-hers there. fto S'indav school came the quiet enjoyment of the woods and in waiting . i nv Waiting on Patsy is a new .u-iitf .t 1'itsj is the piize and pet baby "f tl m When he came there a few days ago he was so wan and pale mat ai'xiety was felt for him. Patsy Is Improved. It must have been the spirit of Camp Good Will, as -well as the good milk thev gave Patsv. that has made a man of him. He h.is improved so much that hl-s old friends hardly know him. Patsv is only nine months old, and therefore can't very well wait on him self. But everybody else in Camp Good V. ill can and do.-s. When everybody olse Is in slnmberland the night watch man takes Ills turn and warms Patsy s rridniirnt milk So he has as constant attendance as If he were a prince which Patsy loul)tles will be when he Is old enouch to select an occupation. The Mount Pleasant Congregational Churrn will sen! a delegation to con duct the religious services at the camp tonight Camp Good Will has become a center of interest, and more and more people are seeing it every day. Most of the visitors make a donation. They also take manv photographs. Camp Is Advertised. The children, as well as the visitors, are advertising the camp. The other dav a woman got on a street car which was carrying a partv of children re turning from Camp Good Will to the city, ut the expiration of their two weeks" stay. One of them gave her a teat next to a child that wept. She pshed the cause of the tears, and was told sobblngly: 1 don't wanner leave Camp Good Will!" .So the woman sympathized and told her husband, and the husband sympa thised. He told his friends at the club, and they sympathized and contributed ror-nev to Camp Good Will. The children of tho carnp enjoyed a trip to tho Zoo yesterday. The First Presbyterian Church Will give them an entertainment next Saturday afternoon. Brewers Coming Here To Tell "What Is Beer" Prominent brewers and their attorneys from many parts of tho United States are arriving In Washington today, pre paratory to the opening tomorrow of the probe on "What is beer?" by Dr. Harvey W. Wiley and his two asso ciates on tho board of food and drug inspection. Realizing that the board room In the Bureau of Chemistry building, in which nearly all the hearings are held, would not be large enough to accommodate all those who will want to attend the in vestigation, arrangements have been made for the use of the large hall In the hew National Museum building. The In quiry will open there tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock. "We propose, among other things, to learn how much alcohol is used in the beer made in this country." sald'Dr. Wiley. "The less the better. I would be glad If wo could get It down to the pronortion found In the German brews about 3 per cent." OLD AEROPLANE IS SOLD AT AUCTION Ancient Machine Brings Five Dollars After Much Effort on the Part of the Eloquent Salesman Charles Baum New Owner. Point to Performances at College Park Yesterday as Proof of Success. The auction of an aeroplane Is an ac complished fact. A biplane that never did get very high was knocked down by the auctioneer's hammer at K. It was all there but the engine. Planes, rudders, steering gear, seat and frames, oil tanks, and guys lay In the storeroom of Adam A Weschler, the auctioneer, who con ducted the sale. He took the prospective buyers and the big crowd that the red flag always draws Into the storeroom and showed them the flying machine. Then he auctioned It off. Charles Baum, of H. Baum & Son, 912 Pennsyl vania avenue, bid It In. He had few competitors. Not many people want a last year's aeroplane or any other kind of an aeroplane. This one was a machine that Dr. W. W. Christmas, of Washington, built about a year ago. He has built new ones since, and it was decided that this one should be sold, for It was costing rent In the Ter minal Storage Company's warehouse, where It had been kept since last Sep tember. It Is said that Its parts could not be utilized in the machine that Dr. Christ mas Is now working on. That fact makes the auction of the aeroplane a remarkable fact. People frequently have their automobiles auctioned off because the machines are out of fashion. Now the Fashion. There has got to be a fashion In fly ing machines, too, and this auction, though it Is probably the flrst ever held, shows that In a little while aviators' wives will be saying: "My dear, we just must have a new machine! That 1910 model is a fright! I am positively ashamed to appear In It!" It wasn't Adam A. Weschler's fault that there was not more bidding. Mr. Weschler used all the alluring arts of the auctioneer to make the competition for the honor of being the highest and best bidder a fierce contest, not only for material gain and personal distinc tion, but also for an escape from the Ignominy of being worsted in the first auction of an aeroplane. Still only half a dozen made offers. Mr. Baum offered a. dollar, when Mr. Weschler, after describing the aeroplane In the most accurate yet attractive language, asked "What do I hear?" Mr. Weschler looked at Mr. Baum as if he couldn't find words to express hl.s scorn for a man that would offer a dollar for an entire aeroplane, so big that it could fly over the Monument If It could fly at all. But Mr. Baum looked on unmoved, while Mr. Weschler cried: "Do I hear two? Did I hear one? An aeroplane, biplane, is it going to be two? Make It a two thank you, brother ! I hear it a two. I hear it a two; make It three, make it a three!" Going, Going, Gone. So Mr. Weschler went on until he did hear a three, and a rour, and. Anally, a five. After which, despite his en treaties, pleas, threats, warnings, and implorlngs, he heard no more. Mr. Weschler, after crying "Going, going," for several seconds, declared that thejaero was "gone" and "sold to the getJeman for five dollars." Mr. Baum took his victory calmly. He felt he had made a gooa Bargain, or course; but not a better than he mlrnt make anotherlday. He laughed at the idea of gol-aloft. "I have'no Idea of using it," he said. "We have a habit of getting the "freak" sales, though. We just seem to buy the queer things. I really bought this ma chine for the wood there Is In it. I'll turn that over to our cabinetmaker, and he will make something out of It. Fine wood, you know, very light and strong. I do not know what we snail do witr the rest of It." Funeral of I. B. Morris Delayed for Relatives Because relatives from California will be unable to arrive here within the next few days, funeral services for Isaac B. Morris, son of Robert Moorls, and a prominent member of the Wash ington bar, who died suddenly at the liome of his daughter, Mrs. Meta Mor ris Evans, 929 Farragut square, will be delayed. Tho body will be placed in the receiving vault at Oak Hill Ceme tery. Mr. Morris was the possesser of a keen and brilliant mind, and was an authority on bl-metalllsm and the ques tion of coinage. He is author of the book "Battle of the Standards," which at the time of Its publication late in the '90's had a Iieavy sale, and he made the first silver speech at the flrst Sil ver convention held In St. Louis, In 1889. The flrst speech on the silver ques tloon, In 1876, Is attributed to him. He was chairman of the Bllver committee in Washington in 1896. Born in Chester county. Pa., Mr. Mor ris comes of the Morris family of Revo lutionary fame. He was honor gradu ate of his class In Miami College, Ox food University, graduating in the same class with HoraTe Mann and Whltelaw Reld. His wife was the daughter of Shepard Loftier. His daughter, Mrs. Meta Morris Evans, and her two children, Meta M. and George M., survive him. Special Dispensation Allows Middie to Wed BALTIMORE, Md., July 30. By spe cial dispensation of the Navy Depart ment, Mldshloman Belrne Saunders Bullard, son of Commander H. G. Bul lard, was last evening married to Miss Margery Wllllar. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harry D. Wllllar, at St Timothy's Protestant Episcopal Church, Catons-vflle. Miss Jane Tayler's Funeral Held Today GRINDSTONE. .Me., July SQ.-That the men In charge of the Bangor and Aroostook railroad excursion train which smashed head on Into a regular train 1,000 feet out of this station, with a loss of eight lives, were making a desperate effort to regain a minute of lost time, appears from the preliminary Investigation In prggre3s. The regular train from Van Buren had the right of way, It Is claimed, and was running on schedule without orders to wait for the northbound excursion at any point. The excursion train could have passed the regular at this station if it had been on time. It was about, a minute behind schedule, and an effort was made to catch up. Under ordinary con- aitions it wouia nave succeeded. But this time weather conditions were ex traordinary and the train was heavy, the result being that the excursion failed to reach the Grindstone siding ana clear the way ror tne regular. The State railroad commissioners are Investigating the wreck. They have made every effort to ascertain the ex act cause of the worst rail disaster the State has had for a dozen years. It Is possible that the Interstate Com merce Commission also will conduct an Investigation. Dies Eating Watermelon. DOVER, Del.. July 30.-George Loat. colored, forty-five years old. while eat ing a piece of watermelon near the ' store or w. y. satterfleld here last night, fell over dead. It was flrst thought he had but fainted, but when a physician arrived he pronounced him dead. NEW BEDFORD. Mass.. July 30. Fearing cholera the board of health issued an order today that all whal ing vessels entering this port shall be detained at quarantine until after a thorough medical inspection had been made. This step was taken at the sugges tion of Dr. Samuel H. Durgln of the Boston board of health. Hitherto It has been customary to detain only those vessels coming from foreign ports. Every summer many New Bedford whalers cruise around the Hatteras grounds. It Is feared that some of them will speak an Italian ship and send aboard a message, buy provisions or In some way come in contact with cholera carriers. Boston Will Increase Immigrant Quarters In Cholera Protection BOSTON, July 30. Boston's faculties for maintaining a guard against the cholera menace are to be enlarged. By August 7, when the Cunarder Cano plc arrives from Italian ports, a wooden dining room and kitchen capable of caring for 1,000 immigrants will have been erected at the quarantine station on Gallups island. .,,, . The cost will be $3,o45. The contract was given yesterday by the board of health. Tha funeral of Miss Jane Tayler was held at the family residence, 1340 Twenty-first street, this afternoon, at 3 o clock, the Rev. George P. Wilson, pas tor of the Northmlnster Presbyterian Church, officiating. The remains are to be taken to Youngstown, Ohio, for Inter rrent. Miss Tayler, who was a daugh ter of former Comptroller of the Treas ury Robert Tayler, died at 7 o'clock last J remarkable feat. Armv aviation exDerts are today clt Inc. th n.rfnrmnnppq nf thn nrmv Avlft- I tlon school pupils at College Park yes terday, as overwhelming proof of Its success. In speaking of the work at the school. Col. George P. Scriven, who In the ab sence of General Allen, Is acting chief signal officer, said: "The work of the officers at the avia tion school Is excellent and Capt. De Forrest Chandler deserves special com mendation and praise for the admirable way he is conducting it. On my first visit yesterday to the field at College Park, I was more than pleased with the work being done there. Captain Beck and Lieutenants Arnold, Milling, and Klrtland are certainly aviators who have perfect control of their machines. I was much pleased at the report of Dr. John P. Kelly that the health of the officers and men at the aviation school was good. I will take great Interest in the work of the Instructors and students at the school." Big Crowd Attends. With hundreds of other visitors. Colonel Scriven. who has Just returned from a three years' stay In the Philip pines, visited the school yesterday. There was the largest crowd that has been on the field for many a day, and the visitors were well repaid by some excellent and spectacular flying. Lieut. H. H. Arnold broke the army altitude record, Glenn H. Curtiss made two beautiful flights, and Lieutenants Arnold and Milling both raced with fast ex press trains. Paul Peck won a pilot's license, and other aeronautic feats were demonstrated by Lieutenant Klrtland. All day long there was a steady stream of visitors to the field and, by' afternoon, the parking space was tilled with automobiles. The spectators' space was all taken up with visitors. Senators, Representatives, diplomats, officers of the army and navy, society, and visitors to the Capital were out In full force. Curtiss naturally attracted much at tention, but to the credit of Lieutenants Arnold. Milling, and Klrtland It must be said they only added to their well known reputations as aviators when their work was compared with Curtiss' flying. Curtiss did not attempt to do any fancy living, but took tip Ms new prac tice machine for two flights, and han dled the flyer admirably. His getaways and landings clearly showed ha had per fect control over his machine. Eugene B. Ely will demonstrate the same aero plane tomorrow morning, and If It groves satisfactory It will be accepted y the Government. Milling's Volplaning Praised. Lieutenant Milling was the first of the officers to take his machine out for an aerial trip, and his spiral glides and volplaning were much appreciated by the spectators. He raced with a train to Branchvllle, a distance of thrao miles, and then flew back with a fast express, winning both contests easily. Lieutenant Arnold then went up for the army altitude record. He flrst cir cled the field, and then began a climb which took him up in the air 4.9S6 feet. He made the climb In 40 minutes and 39 seconds, and came down In a spiral glide. Lieutenant Klrtland also did ome good work with the Wright V1t1;iti. p1 Peck, an aviator of the Rex Smith camp, easily qualified for hisl pilot's license yesterday. George Oak fey Tottcn, Jr., represented tho Aero Club of America. Peck has only been flying ten days. 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