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MJIBER 105.
PINCHOT
DEPENDS
POLICIES
Nation Is Warned of
Vital Issues to Be
Decided
CRISIS HAS COME
Future of America's
Government Lies
at Stake
I "pec U to Tho iieraid.j
WASHINGTON, D, C., Jan. 14.—"A
crisis has been reached' in the
history of American politics.
The very future of American govern
ment is at stake.'. Shall the people, to
whom the wealth of the nation's vast
resources are a natural heritage, own
these sources of happiness, comfort
and livelihood, or shall they be cor
nered, controlled and devoured by the
trusts and corporate interests?"
Such, in substance, is the ponderous
question asked today by Gifford Pin
chot, deposed chief forester, of the
American people, for the representation
of whose policies he was summarily
dismissed from office.
Washington tonight is agog over the
first public statement of his case yet
presented by Pinchot. In this state
ment, the deposed forester has spared
no language, minced no words, to
make known to the people, whom he
so faithfully represented, the exact is
sues confronting them, and the vital
principles at stake in the great war
now on between Taft, Aldricn, Cannon
and the trust combination on one side,
and Pinchot, Roosevelt and the Ameri
can people on the other.
"The conservation of natural re
sources and the conservation of pop
ular government are both at stake.
The one needs conservation no less
than the other."
Epitomizes Statement
This statement epitomizes the for
mal announcement made public to
night by Gifford Pinchot, recently re
moTed as chief of the forest service.
"* The former official declares the great
moral Issue that now faces the coun
try is not the loss of natural resources
sn much as whether special interests
or the people shall rule.
The (statement, in part, follows:
"At thia time I have no comment to
make on recent events. Whether in
or out of the government service, I
propose to stay In the flght for con
servation and equal opportunity.
Every movement and measure, from
whatever source, that tonds to advance
conservation and promote government
by men for human welfare, I shall try
to help.
"Every movement and measure, from
whatever source, that hinders conser
vatism and promotes government by
money for profit, I shall endeavor to
oppose. The supreme test of move
ments and measures Is the welfare of
the plain people. I am as ready to
support the administration when it
moves toward this paramount end as
I am to oppose It when it moves
away."
Pinchot's Regret
Mr. Pinchot expresses his profound
regret at leaving the forest service and
pays tribute to the faithfulness and
high quajjty of service rendered by the
men with whom he worked.
Out of the work of the forest service,
lie declares, grew the conservation
movement.
"Today that movement expresses one
of our deepest national convictions,"
he says, "and the principles for which
it stands are received aa axiomatic.
It is only the execution of them which
remains in doubt.
"The great conference of governors
in the White House in Hay, 1908, led
to the appointment of the national
conservation commission, which gave
us a new conception of the value of
our national resources. It told us
what is needed for their prompt and
orderly development and for their
Siifety and perpetuation.
"Together with President Roosevelt's
message transmitting its report, the
recommendations of the committee
furnished a complete statement of the
conservation policy, met our needs
squarely and prescribed thair remedy.
They include definite, practical recom
mendations for the protection of for
ests against fire and for equitable for
est taxation.
Classification Urged
"Tho classification of the public do
main was strongly urged and prin
ciples for its use and disposition were
laid down. The necessity for preserv
ing the fertility of our soils and de
veloping their agricultural value by
drainage and otherwise was covered,
and particular attention was given to
the needs of retaining our phosphate
lands, then in danger of absorption by
a foreign syndicate."
Mr. Pinchot then traced the recom
mendations of tho conference, applaud
ing and indorsing them all.
"In a word," he said, "the report
of the co! mission and the message,
taken together, set forth a compre
hensive, definite statement for the
conservation of our natural resources."
Then he proceeds: "At this critical
period, when the goal was iv sight,
enemies of conservation in congress
not only succeeded in preventing an
appropriation with s which to pursue
the work, but attempted to forbid its
passage by the Tawuey amendment
to the last sundry civil bill. There
upon the work of the national con
servation commission v. as stopped.
"The recommendations of tho commis
sion still wait for action. All wise men
will agree that the situation is serious.
The Tawney amendment was more
than a mistake, it was a deliberate be
trayal of the future.
Dangers Require Action
"The dangers which confront the
conservation movement today must be
met by positive action in congress. No
acHlon will be equivalent to had ac
tion and will have the sams results.
"Unless congress acts, the water
powers will pass into the hands of
special interests without charge and
without limit of time. So with the
'Continued on l'«se tljhO I
LOS ANGELES HERALD
INDEX OF
HERALD'S NEWS
TODAY
<S FORECAST
For Los Angeles and vicinity:
Cloudy, unsettled weather Friday;
brisk southerly wind. Maximum tern,
perature yesterday 62 degrees, mini,
mum 47 degrees.
LOCAL
Fortification Bit* at San Pedro la se
cured In agreement of owners of 101
acres of land near Point Firmln to
sell tract for $249,000 less than ap
propriation. PAGE 9
Plan for shorter hours of work for- - ;,
employes of department stores origi- j
nated with Arthur .Letts of Broadway "
store. I'AOB 10
Boys routed from belt and taken to s
Jail on charge of stealing 300 pairs of
skates. PAGE 9
Daylight burglar keeps busy and several
. robberies showing similar methods of
work are believed to be deeds of one
man. PAGE 9
"David Garrlek" to lie given by noted
reader In his first dramatic recital
In Los Angeles. PAGE 9
New park commission outlines Its poli
cies and the members of the board In
tend to he more aggressive PAOF! ft
Wife use's wooden leg as weapon of de
fense and testimony In divorce suit
shows strenuous scenes* In marriage
relations of couple. PAOE 5
Mayor Alexander censures Fire Chief
Lips for his views on Cregler alarm .
system. PAGE 5
Missionary bishop of Africa returns to
America after passing fourteen years
In teaching; Christianity on the, dark
continent. 'PAQB 11
Suspended sentence and Judge's praise
Is punishment for alleged guilt. PAGE 5
Editorial. Letter Box and Haskln's Let
ter. 1 PAGE 4
Society and Clubs. PAGE 11
Marriage license*, births and deaths.
PAGE 14
News of the court. , PAGE 6
Municipal Affairs. ' PAOE 5
Mines and oil fields. ■ PAGE 10
Markets and financial. PAGE 7
City brevities. PAGE 5
Building permits. PAGE 14
Classified advertising. PAGES 14-15
Automobile. PAGE 13
Sports. PAGE 12
Aviation. PAGES 1. 3 and 6
Music. PAGE 11
Citrus fruit report. PAGE 7
Shipping. PAGE 16
AVIATION
Balloon America makes successful trip,
five persons occupying the basket. Gas
bag travels thirty-ono miles into San
Fernando valley. PAGE 3
Pasadena day at Aviation camp is hon
ored by 8000 , citizens from Crown
City. - PAGE 3
Early fright la diespelled quickly and * „
Dick Ferris enjoys his ride in bi
plane with Aviator Paulhan. PAGE 3
French aviator breaks records by tak
ins two men In flight on biplane. /
PAGE* 1
Florence Stone Ferris, first American
woman to sail In biplane, tells her ;
story. ■ PAGE 1
SOUTH CALIFORNIA
Pomona - man" rearrested on iip-y term
expires on charge of violating liquor
ordinance. PAGE 14
Santa Ana officer overpowered by Mex
ican gang. PAGE 14
Walter D. Wagnei of San Bernardino is
candidate for nomination for secre
tary of state. PAGE 14
Hollywood capitalists confer In regard
to organizing gas company. PAGE 14
Flames destroy Dr. A. I* Allen's $10,000
residence In South Pasadena. PAGE 14
Pasadena physician gives chase to
burglar who escapes. PAGE 14
John Arundel, phosphate king, who was
marooned on South Sea island, arrives In
Pasadena. , ■ ..PAGE 6
Rancher near Santa Ana killed by neighbor
as result of water feud. PAGE 1
COAST
Tragic scenes attend wreck off Coos Bay,
Ore., and night of horror ends in death of
thirty; one man survives hardships. PAGE 1C
Canners' league of California urge state
railroad commissioners to file com
plaint against transcontinental freight
rates of 1909, declaring they are un
just. PAGE 8
EASTERN
Relatives of millionaire whose ' cause .of
death is a mystery say .man suspected of
having killed aged philanthropist i used
germs as vehicle of death. f . „ PAGE 1
Pinchot's policy is (riven support by mem
bers of National Live Stock association,
in convention at Denver. . PAGE 8
Incorporation act proposed by President
Taft is believed to be of but little use,
. and congress will probably make many
amendments. / . » PAGE 2
Champ Clark, leader of minority, in
speech at Daytfln, 0., eltacks Speaker
Cannon and declares ,r popular Rent!- «'
ment is aroused against autocracy of
presiding officer. PAGE 8
Fall of stock prices in New York checked
principally because of further liquidation.
....-, PAGE 7
Ray Lamphere declared to have con
fessed helping Bella Guuness, in atro
cious murder^ at I>a Forte. Ind.
/. PAGE 11
Jacob Schiff retires from directorates of
Harriman lines. PAGE D
Votes big sum to build fortifications am)
congress adopts appropriations bill, PAGE 3
Kansas river near Topeka rises rapidly and
ice gorges cause much loss to bridges and
other property. PAGE 2
FOREIGN
Report (riven out in Berlin that France
and Germany will form coalition. PAGE 8
New kind of Influenza breaks out among
citizens of London and is epidemic.
--' . PAGE 8
MINING AND OIL
Slxteen-to-One mine lawsuit at Nevada City
to be compromised, and work will be re
sumed. PAGE 10
Buyer of Milkmaid group of mines makes
second heavy payment and equipment will
bo enlarged. , PAGE 10
El Paso syndicate buys Ryan property In
A. & C. country mining district and ex
tensive operations are planned. PAGE 10
New companies established in Globe Mining
district of Arizona swells output of that
camp. »„ • PAGE 10
SPORTS
Tom . Jones, manager for Ad Wolgast,
signs articles for fight with Nelson
and demands that Sid Hester post
club s forfeit in cash without further
delay. , PAGE 12
Madman wins Mendota handicap from
classy field of sprinters at Emery
ville after Prejucio. the favorite. Is
■ left V • - . PAGE 12
Aquatic . pursuit race, <new form of
water sports in west to be tried at
Blmin.!, with other races In pros- ■ —
pect. .. ■• ■■■•■;■.- PAGE 12
Princess Industry consistently performs,"
in juvenile feature 'at Juarez, easily ;
beating good Holds. - PAGE til
Frank Picato and Fighting ,Dick Hy-■
land are matched to fight January 23 ft
at New Orleans. ■„ ,•, PAGE 12
Banning golf "cup competition to be re- Pi
vlved next month at Catallna after
lapse of seven years. - I'AGUJ 12
1..0S Angeles Driving club members ar- v
range. tryout matinee meet for to-
•morrow at Agricultural park. PA.OH 12
FRIDAY MORNING, JANUARY 14. 1910.
Mrs, Ferris First American Woman
on Coast to Make Aeroplane Flight
* ■ *
iiisiiiiiffl^^
At the left is Mrs. Dick Ferris, better known by her stage name of Florence Stone, as she alighted from the Farman machine after one of the
most thrilling adventures ever experienced by a woman, In her dizzy circuit, of Aviation field, piloted by Uouls Paulhan, who is shown at the right.
SAYS MAN USED
GERMS TO KILL
MILLIONAIRE BELIEVED VIC
TIM OF MURDER
Attorneys for Late Philanthropist of
Kansas City Allege He and
Nephew Were Slain by
Relatives
[Associated Press]
KANSAS CITY, Jan. 13.— Doubting
that Thomas H. Swope, millionaire
philanthropist who died here October 3,
came to his death by natural causes,
relatives have started an investigation.
It is believed today that Swope's body
was taken from a vault in Forest Hill
cemetery on Wednesday to an under
taking establishment at Independence,
Mo., whtfre a medical examination was
made.
Attorneys'for the Swope estate say
they are convinced a deep-laid plot ex
isted to kill first Col. Swope and then
other members of his family. A person
who hoped to become sole benericiary
of the Swope millions plotted the
deaths, they assert.
Suspicion was aroused when Christian
Swope, a nephew, died on December
22. He was believed to have died from
typhoid fever, but his attorneys aver
both he arnl his uncle were poisoned.
"An arrest in the case probably will
be made in a few days," said John H.
Atwood, one of the. Swope attorneys,
tonisht.
Murder Charged
"There is not a particle of doubt in
my mind that both Thomas and Chris
tian Swope were murdered.".
The man under suspicion 'is said to
have attempted to innoculate the entire
Swope family with typhpid bacteria,
hoping to bring death by this means no
he would not be suspected.,
This failing, however, he resorted to
poison in the case of the two men.
Several members of the Swope family
were stricken with typhoid following
Thomas H. Swope's death. . :
Prior to today the public never sus
pected there was any doubt as to the
cause of Swope"s death. He was ill for
a month before he died. On the morn
ing preceding his death he ate a hearty
breakfast. A relapse followed and he
died at night, after being unconscious
most of , the day. The cause of death
was given ate hemorrhage of the brain.
Mr Swope was perhaps the richest
man' here. His philanthropies were
many. His most magnificent gift was
presented to Kansas City in the shape
of Swope park, of 1346 acres. It is the
second largest park in America.
» »
WIND UPSETS WAGON
WEED, Cal., Jan. 13.—A heavy wind
storm struck this place today, blowing
over small buildings and upsetting a
delivery wagon, causing a runaway, In
which the driver was nearly killed. Tall
buildings at Shastina, a suburb, were
blown out of plumb. .
CONGRESS KEEPS HANDS OFF
WASHINGTON, JM. 13.-—Congress
will not alrect the president to recog
nize Qen. Estrada an president of Nic
aragira. The house committee on for
eign affairs today laid on the table
Representative Sulzer's resolution pro
viding for Estrada ji recognition us the
"legitlmata" praaldent
FLORENCE STONE'S STORY OF HER
TRIP IN PAULHAN'S AEROPLANE
FLORENCE STONE FERRIS
First American Woman on Coast to Make Flight in Heavier Than Air Craft
What was it like? I'll tell you and it
may seem sacrilegous because I'm an
actress, but when those wheels left
the ground this afternoon I felt that
I was God's child.
The other women had told me how
terribly dangerous it was. And when
it came to a question of my going up,
they said I ought not to go, and then
I saw Paulhan go up so high Wednes
day evening and as he went up I
prayed for him. I really did. For
my hosband was interested, and I
wanted to have him make a record for
Los Angeles and I was brought up in
a convent and the first thing that I
thought of was to pray, when I saw
that speck growing smaller and small
er in the sky.
To day it was up to me. The other
women who knew something about the
aviation game said that I'd better not
go. They were afraid that I would be
come frightened and that I'd clutch
the man at the wheel and that might
mean death to both of us.
But I was going. Whan they lifted
me up, I hoped that I woudn't break
tho machine, it looked so frail. Then
came the roar of the propellor. "Will
It ever get off the ground?" was the
thought that came to me.
Then came the start and the sound
of the motor and tho run along the
ground and suddenly—the rise into the
air You don't know what it means
because you've never been there, but
when you leave the earth you feel as
though you had left your jars and
troubles and heartaches and struggles
behind. If I could live in a biplane
I could get away from a lot of troubles
that I have now—l don't mean bill col
lectors, but just mental troubles that
TUOLUMNE WILL NOT
OPPOSE WATER PROJECT
Delegation Receives Assurance That
Miners Will Be Pro.
tected
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 13.—A dele
gation of officials and citizens of iu
olumne county called today on City
Engineer Manson and President Casey
of the board of public works in refer
ence to the Tuolumne water supply for
San Francisco. The delegation dfcsired
to receive the assurance of the city
officials that the rights of the miners
of Tuolumne county would be protected
in case the Tuolumne river was used as
a source of water supply. This was
given, and the visitors then said they
would not oppose the project.
RECEIVED BY MIKADO
TOKIO, Jan. 13.—The emperor gave
an audience today to Rew Francis T.
Clark of Boston, founder of the United
Society of Chrlitian Endeavor, who
was presented by Ambassador O'Brien.
Ur. i'lark has the distinction of being
tin; first person to b« received by the
emperor because of his prominence in
Christian work.
come to every woman that lives aboard
the earth and has a husband.
The only time when I was really
holding on hard to the sticks was at
that awful turn where Paulhan hud to
make the dip and the quick turn just
after passing the grandstand. That's
a bad one.
The flirst time I felt sort of squeam
ish, but I had faith in the man at the
wheel. After taking the dip, I real
ized that there was no danger and then
came the enjoyment.
As we came around the end of the
first lap we could hear the cheers from
the grandstand. They sounded clearer
to us in the air than they did to those
below. I knov/ it because I have heard
the cheering from the box seats and
the field.
Then came the second round. I used
to know Freniu. and my wits had come
back to me. Mr. Paulhan looked back
at me and indicated that my dress was
blowing back. I tucked it under my
legs and he smiled and said "Bravo."
He let out the engine and I let out
some of my French. We were on the
far side of the course and I leaned
over toward Paulhan—not too close
and not sideways—and said "Vite!
Vite!"—and then 1 pointed upwards
and said something in German. I
thought he might understand that, but
I guess that it was the way I tucked
my skirts in that made him think I
was game. Anyway, he went up and
we went out over the fields.
The layman can't understand what a
flight in such a machine means. It
sounds like an automobile before it
starts but, when it gets up in the air,
the humming of the engines is like an
Aeolian harp—honest it is. The en
gine's noise when once we were in the
air seemed to be a song that mingled
with the wind—and then, the cheers.
FIVE UNIDENTIFIED TRAMPS
DIE IN TRAIN WRECK FIRE
Freight Plunged into River by Bridge
Collapsing, Set on Fire by Flames
from Explosion of Acid
WISTER, Okla., Jan. 13.—Five un
identified tramps were burned to death
in a wreck on the Chicago, Rock Island
& Pacific railroad, ten miles east of
here, last night.
"While a freight train for El Reno
was crossing an 80-foot bridge, the
structure collapsed and ten cars were
thrown into the river.
Two cars contained acid and three
oil. The acid exploded, setting fire to
a'l the cars. The tramps were Im
prisoned in the debris.
BELIEVE NATIONS AGREED
TOKIO. Jan. 13.—There is reason to
believe that Japan and Russia have
reached a complete agreement on the
subject of the neutralization of the
Manchurian railways proposed by the
United States. The newspapers here
generally admit the benevolent inten
tions of Secretary Knox, but there is
no evidence of a lessening of the op
position to his plan on the grounds of
sentl.nent and impracticability.
UflUr"l! XT' I V \l>{ • DAILY, 2c: SUNDAY. 5»
OliNljlJ-iJll XsKJrllldn. ON TRAINS. s cents
RANCHER KILLED
IN WATER FEUD
CUTTING OF DIKE LEADS TO
SHOOTING
Sylvester H, Overacker Lays Low
His Neighbor, Gustavus A. Winn,
and Then Gives Him
self Up
[Special to The HeralJ.]
SANTA ANA, Jan. 13.—Firing three
shots with a rifle, each one of which
took effect, Sylvester H. Overacker
killed his neighbor, Gustavus A. Whin,
this mornig as the latter was standing
on his own ranch near Newhope, five
miles south of Santa Ana.
Bar! blood has existed for some time
between the two men over water mat
ters, but the immediate cause of the
shooting was the cutting of a dyke on
Winn's land by Overacker. Winn's
dyke was along the north side of his
place and deflected the water into the
road skirting Overacker's ranch.
When Winn found this morning that
his dyke was cut he left his home for
the scene, some hundred yards from
his home. Overacker, who was stand
ing on his line, ran to his house on
Winn's approach. He reappeared with
his rifle and went over near Winn.
Words passed between them, and Over
acker suddenly aimed his rifle at Winn.
who started to run. Overacker fired,
the shot supposedly entering Winn's
right arm. A second shot at the flee
ing man brought him to his knees.
Struggling to his feet, Winn resumed
liis run for life, but a third shot from
behind ended his futile struggle, and
in sight of his wife and daughter Winn
fell dead.
Three men witnessed the murder.
Overacker was arrested on his way
to Santa Ana to give himself up. The
murderer is a man over 80 years old.
He has a family consisting of a wife,
a daughter and a son.
Winn was 58 years old and leaves a
family of wife and children. He was
a witness against Overacker in a water
suit and there has been enmity be
tween them ever since.
ATLANTIC IS SWEPT
BY SEVERE STORMS
Wireless Reports That Several Yes.
sels Are in Path of the
Gale*
NEW YORK, Jan. 13.—Wireless re
ports received here today indicate that
the Atlantic is swept by severe storms.
The worst sufferer from the weather,
so far as reported, is the Hamburg-
American steamer Kaiserln Auguste
Victoria which, according to the dis
patches, put into Plymouth with her
port rail torn away for a distance of
fifty feet by a wave that caught and
threw down a score of passengers who
were on deck.
Another vessel in the track of the
storm is the Cunard liner Lusitania,
due here tonight, but reported running
through heavy seas and twelve hours
late. The St. Louis of the American
line, due Wednesday evening, is two
days late.
*£ CENTS
PAULHAN
CARRIES 2
IN BIPLANE
Curtiss Establishes a
New Record for 10
Laps on Course
MAY BE PROTEST
Frenchman Flies Over
Field While Rival
Is in Flight
Aviation Wonders
Curtis" muter* 16.11 miles in 34:54 9-8.
Paulhan tries to beat . record *! and
make* same* distance In 21:59 2-5 or Just
five- seconds longer than Curtlss' time, i/,
l'aullian takes Mrs. Dick Ferris for si'
whirl around the course. Her night Is
the first made by an American woman
on the coast. ' . ■ . .
. Panlhon sets mark of 8:19 1-5 for
three-lap flight of the course or a dis
tance of 4.83 miles. ,
Paulhan thrills crowd by carrying
Matwun and tbo Marquis de Pennendreff
as passengers in his Farman biplane. >
tV'illard wins $250 prize for perfect
start and stop.
Balloon Lnn Angeles with .T. C. Marrs
as pilot anil five passengers In the bas
ket drifts for hours, and come- to earth
long after dark at Uurbank. \
Gyroplane Butterfly burns while engine
1* being tested.
International, Aeronautical Federation
wires fo Chairman Bishop of the Judges',
committee that PauUian's altitude record
of 4,165 has been officially recognized.'*:'»
THREE men rose on the frame of a
Farman biplane yesterday after
noon at Dominguez field. It was
the llrst time that such an event ever
has occurred in the united states ami
but twice before in the history of avi
ation.
It was Paulhan who sat with his
hand on the throttle. Behind him,
clinging to the slender rods of the
framework, were Ditmer Masson,
monoplane aviator, and the Marquis
de Pennendreff. It may be possible,
but it is not probable that a Curtiss
biplane may equal the record, for Uw*^»
Curtiss machines arfi built a little too
light and the engines are not quite
powerful enough as now built to carry
more than one passenger and one
aviator.
Speed—that's what the aviators are
after now that the altitude record of
4165 fact has been established by Louis
Paulhan and officially recognize/1 by
the International Aeronautical feder
ation. It was speed that Curtiss and
Paulhan went after yesterday with a.
vengeance, and Curtiss had just five
seconds the best of it in the ten-lap
race around the Dominguez course.
Curtiss Wins Record
Curtiss made the distance of IG.II
miles in 24:54 2-5.
Paulhan in a Fannan biplane nego
tiated the same distance jn 24.59 2-5.
Paulhan, the idol of the spectators,
did just one little thing yesterday aft
ernoon while Curtiss was trying for a
sliced record which brought much crit
icism upon him. However, it will not
be remembered long, for it was more
or less thoughtless on his part, so he
says. He 'cut into the course while
Curtiss was in the air, making it nec
essary for Curtiss to go out of his
beaten path in space, up twenty-five
feet, in order to avoid a collision.
Paulhan had been waiting for soma
time down by his tent, ready to make
a flight with a passenger aboard. He
had not been notified that Curtiss was
trying for a record. All at once Paul
han in his Farman biplane shot into
the air and made for the west. Cur
tiss came on with a rush. Each was
traveling at a forty-mile an hour gait,
with Paulhan some iiOO yards In the
lead, It was a race for a minute or so.
Curtiss opened up his throttle as wide
as It would go. Ho tilted th« forward
control as he nearod Paulhan and,
with a swoop, shot directly under tin-
Farman machine. Paulhan, in a fit oi
pique, cut across the course from under
the brow of a hill at the northwest
corner and came down with a ban^'
almost in front of the grandstand.
Complaint Is Lodged
It took Jerome S. F. .iciulU about
five seconds to get to Chairman
Bishop and lodge a complaint. A for
mal protest probably will be made
against Paulhan'H actions, especially
in view of the fact that there is so
little difference between the time made
by the Curtiss machine and that of
the Farman biplane.
For a long time Farman md Curtisa
have been fighting for speed suprem
acy. As it now stands Curtiss is th»
holder of the world's record for speed.
The showing made by the Farman
biplane seems to show that, with
proptr conditions, the Farman biplane
may equal or better :he great record
made by Curtiss in his racer at
Kheims, France.
If the trials of yesterday are any
criterion something is going to happen
to the speed record today, for Paul
han has vowed he will lower Curtiss'
time and Curtiss has declared he will -
cut several seconds off the best time
the smiling little Frenchman makes.
By carrying first one and then two
passengers Paulhan electrified the 60.
--000 spectators. His flight, while car
rying two passengers was not official,
so he will have to try again. But the
fact that he did carry two passengers
is an earnest of his worth and of th«
great power of his Farman biplane. It
is the third time in the history of
aviation that three men have ridden on
the frame of a biplane speeding
through the air at breakneck pace.
Mrs. Ferris Makes Flight
To Mrs. Pick Ferris belongs the
glory of being the first American
woman on the Pacific coast to make a
biplane Bight. She was taken for a
most exciting ride some 300 feet above
the earth. Whan iba was lifted out of
(Ooatlnuea an rut iumi