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COT,. XXXVII. PK'lf'l'- XC\ PIT.NT 1*! BY CARRIER
NUMBER 108. 1. liH^Hi . li\) illi-> X O PER month
EXPOSITION WAR
IS ON; TWO CITIES
WILL CELEBRATE
San Diego and San Fran
cisco Have Failed to
Reach Agreement
t
NEITHER WILL YIELD
Completion of Canal to Be
Commemorated Twice
in California
BEHIND closed doors a special
meeting of two committees of
three members each, called to dis
cuss the place of holding the Panama
canal exposition or 1916, adjourned
yesterday afternoon at the Hotel Alex
andria after having failed to break the
deadlock.
Neither San Francisco nor San Diego
will concede anything, and delegates
from each city declare that expositions
will he held in their respective cities
In l!il"i to celebrate the opening of the:
Panama canal. From the present'OUt
look, a double attraction in the form
of two expositions will focus the eyei
of the world on the Pacific coast live
yeai s hence.
Although it is believed that yester
day's session was stormy, no statement
was given out by either side. It was
hlnted that San Francisco was willing
to concede a state fair to San Diego
which would not interfere with a larger
exposition and that the northern city
would aid in financing the same. That
the debate was not confined to the
chosterfleldian arguments which char
acterised the public meeting of Satur
day night was apparent from the dis
cussion in the hotel lobby immediately
after the committees adjourned.
Bitter Fight Promised
layman .1. Gage, former secretary of
the United States treasury; Col. D. C.
Collier, director general of the pro
posed San Diego exposition, and I.eroy
A. Wright, state senator, who repre
sented the southern city in yesterday's
■ecret conference, predicted the result
probably would be a bitter tight in the
state legislature of 1911 for an appro
priation," and San Diegan representa
tives are confident tho south will carry*
the day.
Charles C. Moore, M. 11. De Young:
and liOuis Slos represented San Fran-
Cisco at yesterday's conference.
"Just wh<?re the battle' will end I
cannot say," said Col. D. C. Collier,
the man to whom the entire south is
looking to carry the project to a suc
cessful issue.
"I firmly believe the state legisla
ture will .support us in our attempt
to aid not only San Diego, but the en
tire south. San Diego and not San
Francisco is the logical place to hold
an exposition of the South, for tin 1
South and by the South. The great
southwest never has had an exposition.
San Francisco has had her carnivals,
her Portola expositions and other
events. They do not need the fair and
the South does. The South is back of
us and anything that Southern Cali
fornia backs will come pretty near to
being a success."
Northern Optimism Shown
Hut Ban Francisco optimism la as
much in evidence as tlm unbounded
enthusiasm shown by those persona
wearing- the San Dlrgo badges. Charles
C. .Moore and Charles \V. Hornick, men
who took a prominent part in mak
ing the Portola festival a success, ex
pressed no fear as to the outcome as
they made preparations to board their
special for the northern metropolis.
"I. am sorry," said Moore, "that San
Diego is so unwlee and maintains such
a short-sighted policy as to stand In
her own light. Can the citizens of that
very interprising city hope to make,
their western fair ii success with a
great international exposition open in
San Francisco? Any thinking person
ran see the outcome. We are willing to
aid San Diego in holding an exposi
tion any other year, but we can't al
low a city of 50,000 persons to stand
in the way of San Francisco."
"Why," 1 concluded Moore, as ho bit
the end of his cigar, "if we went ha<i<
t,, Ban FranoU»o ami told them we
had conceded to San Diego's unreason
able demands, another committee im
metately would be appointed and we
would be fired."
Conference Game Ended j
No arrangements were made for
holding another conference, and at
present them seems to be no Chance
of breaking the deadlock. Both dele.
gations declare work wll be pushed for
holding their respective expositions,
and that there can bo but one result—
the failure of the other exposition.
That Southern California is backing
San Diego is an unquestioned fact.
That many of the northern counties
do not fool friendly toward San Fran
cisco and the attitude assumed by the
northern city also is admitted. But
not only the south, but every Central
and South American republic is more
than anxious that San Diego shall be
successful, and even Japan has made
known its good intentions.
With $600,000 already raised and' an
other $400,000 in sight, hacked by the
entire southern press and every com
mercial and business organization in
this end of the state, and with many
able and wealthy men back of the
project. San Diego has little fear of
its northern opponent. It is not be
lieved that any sort of compromise
will be reached. What the, result will
be- how far the fight will be felt; what
its' Influence will be on state politics,
neither side will venture an opinion.
Although it was publicly agreed to
allow press representatives -to attend
yesterday's meeting, every member of
both committees, with the exception
of Col. D. Q. Collier, opposed having
any outside person present yesterday.
No explanation for this unlooked-for
action was offered. ¥
Hint at Lively Session j
Hints thai the conference was lively
ami that those pretwit exprcaatd thei*
opinions freely were given In a state-
(Continued on race l'lir"«>
LOS ANGELES HERALD
SPEAKER WHO IS
OBJECT OF ATTACK
"UNCLE JOE" CANNON
INDEX OF
HERALD'S NEWS
TODAY
FORECAST
For Los Angeles and vicinity; Clear.
Ing Monday; light southwest wind.
Maximum temperature yesterday, 65
degrees; minimum temperature, 48
degrees,
LOCAL
Four ore slightly Injured In street car .
collision* tit Alaini'ilii ami North Main
•treets. PAOH 5
Lout In crowd of 80,000 at Aviation
psrli, little (l.yrnr-oiii boy thinks only
of hip mother's nnxloty. PAGE? 3
Ban I'lcKn and Han Francisco each de
clares It will hold exposition In 191.1
to celebrate opening of Panama cnnal.
exam 1
Dregs* of society r scored an vulgar rich
and vulgar poor by Unitarian pastor,
PACE 8
Africa's religious needs discussed by
Bishop J. C, Hartzell. PAGE 8
Vi M. 0, A. shows rapid advance, ac
cording to general secretary's report.
PAGE 5
Loi Aflgelei decides to keep hands off
In Han Francisco-San Diego fight. PAGE 3
Editorial, Letter box and Hask'n's
. letter. PAGE 4
City brevities. • PAGE 5
Churches. ' PAGE 8
Classified advertising. PAGES 10-11
Mines and o'l fields ■ PAGE 9
Sports. PAGES 8-7
Automobiles. PAGE 7
Aviation. , PAGES 1-3
Theaters and dramatic criticism. PAGE *"■
AVIATION
Many auto parties , attend aviation
events deapite Inclement weather. PAGE! 3
Flight from Domingiu-z to San Diego for
$juuu prize planned. PAGE l
Paulhan will attempt to break Farman'a
flight record fur lit miles today. PAGE] 1
Great Sunday crowil of 00,000 persona watch
aviators In the ruin. PAGE 1
SOUTH CALIFORNIA
Mad dog goea on wild rampage In and
about Red land*. PAGE 10
Ovor million dollars' worth of building
planned for Pasadena the present year.
* PAGE 10
COAST
Doom of Republican party predicted by
original Taft man at »San Francisco,
PAGE 2
Telescopes turned toward galley's 1
comet and observatory near Ban Jose
Is watching sky ■ wanderer. PAGE _
Wife of captain of wrecked Ban Buena
ventura forces husband's rescue by
threat of suicide. PAGE 3
Sail Lake road plans welding break
in system through Rood section. PAGE 12
EASTERN
Gat* kilts three In GunnlHon tunnel and
thirty others barely escape. page 2
Lack of demand for stocks causes dull
ness in speculation. PAGE 2
Insurgents to wage bitter war against
Cannon and a favorable arrangement
for selection of joint committee to
Investigate Ballinger-Pinclfol contro
versy will not check struggle. PAGE 1
Woman killed and ten Injured in col
lision between Chicago, Milwaukee &
st. Paul passenger trains, , page i-
Four killed and three Injured In Colo
rado when air fails,to work on freight
on mountain railroad; train ran at
terrific speed down road ami plunged
into steep declivity. PAGE 12
Freight backs Into fas speeding pas
senger rain near Pinokneyville, 111.,
and one- man killed and ten persons
. injured. PAGE 12
'foreign
Great Britain conservatives admit de
feat and abandon hope that they will
form next government; Unionists pre
dict victory for Liberals, ' PAGE 2
China opens doors of two towns on the
Korean border to International trade
and question of tariffs will be settled
loon with Japan: PAQH 2
Hubert Latham will try to wrest honors
from Paul ban. who now holds record for
altitude attained In an aeroplane. PAGE 1
Col. Roosevelt Is guest of hoWir at lion
chase In Kast Africa, in which kins of
beasts is put to death with spears by
halt-naked warriors. PAGE l
Enfcland Is believed to have given' V. S.
a covert slap in forbidding any fisrht
inn at Greytown. PAGE 3
MINING AND OIL
American Mining congress convention
for 1910 Is assured Los Angeles. PAGE: 9
Camp of Luntng enters new era with
rich strike at depth and entrance of
capital. ' PAGE 0
Alliance OH company applies for wharf
age. ■ page 9
Associated Oil look to North Midway
for new contract. PAGE 9
SPORTS
Hester must make good today in order
to secure scrap between Ad Wolgast
and Battling Nelson, ■ , PAG I
Olympics accept challenge of i. a. A. ..
l*-. to contest for championship hand
ball title. „. PAGE 6
Picked team from City Baseball league
save game by fast fielding. PAGE 6
Jeffries and Johnson must name loca
tion for their fight. , PAGE I
Eastern and western tannii players at
war. PAGE c
Right Bass smashes records ■" Juarez
race track. • ull'; ';
A. i; Douglass makes highest si ore
with revolver at annual shoot. PAGE 6
■ - ■ ''.'■•• i'
MONDAY MORNING, JANUARY 17, L9lO.
INSURGENTS TO
WAGE A BITTER
WARON CANNON
Satisfactory Ballinger-Pin
chot Committee Will
Not Stop Struggle
CLASHES EXPECTED
Fate of Bills Which Cham
pion Taft's Policies
Is in Doubt
[Associated Pru»]
WASHINGTON, J;tn. 18,—No mat
ter how satisfactory an ar
rangement is made for tho nu
tation of the Jo!:: 1, committed to in
vestigate the Balllnger-Pinchol contro
versy, the insurgent light promises t<<
occupy a prominent, place in the con
gressional situation this week.
That there will be a lull in hostili
ties in the house as soon as the Bal-
Llnger-Pinchot committee is appointed,
is conceded, but thu.se who are anxious
that legislation may proceed without
delay are not oversanguine of their
efforts to keen the Insurgent ' row in
check, ' They look for renewed out
breaks whenever any question affect
ins: tin' Cannon rules is interjected into
the proceedings.
Second in interest to the discussion
of the battle between the Republican
organisation and insurgents or tin'
house, is the gossip in both branches
of congress as to what will be the fate
c.i 1 administration bills to put into
force what are now known as Taft
policies. These embrace the program
lor the amendment of the interstate
commerce, laws, amendment of the
Shedman anti-trust law, and for the
conservation of natural resources.
Little opposition has been heard of
the administration measure for
strengthening the interstate commerce
act. On all sides it seems conceded
that some such measure as is pro
posed by Mr., Taft will be enacted.
Insurgents to Hold Conference
Insurgents of the senate expect to
hold a conference to consider their
attitude on the administration bills. In
the meantime the senate committee on
interstate commerce will take up tho
interstate commerce bill next Friday.
The message of the president bear
ing on the question of enacting a vol
untary federal incorporation law to off
set the interpretation placed on the
Sherman anti-trust law in the Stand
ard Oil company case, and a possible
affirmation of that decision by the su
preme court, has attracted little at
tention in tho house. Members of the
senate judiciary committee have read
the bill which President Taft and At
torney General Wlckersham have
drafted and which will be presented
to the senate through Senator Clark
of Wyoming.
Comments on the federal incorpora
tion bills have not been altogether
favorable. Many lawyers have taken
the position that it interferes with the
rights of states to tax property of cor
porations, while there are others who
believe that, if the decision in the
Standard Oil case is afMrmed by (Jn
supremo court, that company would be
the first to take advantage of a vol
untary federal incorporation act,
Opposition to the standard Oil com
pany, as a monopoly, impels these
members of congress to be against any
measure designed to give relief to any
trust.
Volunteer Sponsor Is Wanted
Administration bills on the conserva
tion of natural resources are si ill be
fore the house committee on public
lands, awaiting the announcement of
some volunteer that he is willing to
undertake their defense In the house.
The offer of chairman Mondeli of Wy
oming to introduce the bill "by re
quest." having been declined by Presi
dent Taft and Secretary Kallinger, at
tention will be given to the measures
by individual members of the commit
tee, and they may he parceled out
among several western representa
tives,
Many people believe the administra
tion forces made a mistake in de
clining the proffer of Mr. Mondeli. His
opposition to the Ballinger bills is
said to lie in harmony with lukewarm
support given by him hi the past to
the Roosevelt program on conservation
of natural resources.
It is pointed out that lew hills
withdrawing tor government reserve
any part of the public domain that had
been subject to public entry, have had
Mr Mondell'g support. The measures
in question were drafted by Secretary
Ballinger, and the indorsement "Intro
duced by request" would have brought
them prominently to the attention of
the country as administration meas-
In'view of the fact that Mr. Hullin
ger's conservation tendencies have
been questioned, it might prove ad
vantageous to him to have his per
aonal label on them,
An interesting situation will be
raised in the house committee on ex
penditures in the interior department
by Representative Hitchcock of Ne
braska, who will endeavor to sub
stantiate his charges of extravagance
in Ihe conduct of land offices.
The bill giving separate statehood
to New Mexico and Arizona is on the
house calendar. Mr. Hamilton .of
Michigan, author of the measure, says
If its passage is delayed it will be in
the senate. _
THEATER AUDIENCE FLEES
FROM THREATENING FIRE
One Hundred and Eighty Persons
March Out in Order and a
Panic is Prevented
Fire of an unknown origin, in a
room occupied by the Bible Institute
on the second Boor of a two-story
brick building at 260 South .Main street
last night entailed a loss of $200 and
caused 180 sons to vacate tjjoir
seats at a moving picture show at 262
South Main sti*eet and seek the street.
The spectators at the show under
stood that there was no immediate
danger of the theater burning, and
walked out in an orderly manner.
COL. ROOSEVELT
HONOR GUEST AT
SAVAGE REVELRY
Former President Greeted
by Giant Native Hold
ing High Old Glory
HUGE LION IS SLAIN
Band of Half-Naked War
riors Spear King of
Beasts to Death
[Assntiatetl rressi
VTAIROBI, I-:. E. A., Jan. 16, A Long
\ stream of portofa came winding
-L" across the veldt toward the Bta
tlon .it Nairobi, looking for :■.?! the
world like a string of ants, The Stars
and Stripes unveil aloft, hold by a Riant
native; and the sounds of horns mari'i
Strange discords with the chanting of
the weird and elusive Safari sons;.
Slmitly Col. Theodore Roosevelt ar
rlver on the back of hi? favorite horse,
Tranquillity. It was the end ot his last
trip In the British Bast African pro
tectorate.
This Safari, which was the fourth to
be made out of Nairobi, gave Col.
Koosevell and his party an opportunity
to witness an exciting hunt at A. 10.
Hoy's farm at Barolgl, in the Uuasu
Nsniisho country—the spearing of a lion
by Nandl warriors.
Seventy Bpearamen had been asked to
take part in the drive, and they as
sented readily, for when a warrior
spears a. lion he becomes a leader of
the fighting section of the tribe, may
wear a head dress formed of the lion's
mane and may walk at the head of the
file of Nandl warriors when' on the
march. When in these hunts they dis
play extraordinary courage.
Lion Soon Appears
The band Of seventy almost naked
men. with their long, sharp spears and
attended by the chosen spectators, the
latter being mounted, proceeded down
in a lons valley, where the grass was
thick. Thorn trees lined its edges.
Soon a lion was seen not more than 400
yards in front.
Immediately the warriors gave chase
and in less than two miles they had
rounded up the kinp of the wilderness.
The horsemen approached, and it was
seen that the lion at bay was a lull
grown, black-maned one. The spears
men began their task of surrounding
the quarry. Every man went to his
allotted position, and the circle slowly
closed in on the snarling beast, whlcb
swished its tail and kept up a con
tinual roaring.
The warriors drew to within topic
twenty yards of him and the horsemen
closed up to see the kill. Three times
the lion charged at the now stationary
warriors, hut stopped short each time,
roaring in impotent rase.
The attacking party advanced to
within ten yards of their victim. One
last desperate effort and he drove
directly at the line, only to fall witli
ten spears quivering- in his body. Hut
in that brief moment lie managed tn
drag down one of the natives, his
claws sinkins 1 into the man's flesh.
The death of the lion seemed to
awaken all the tire in the»warriors'
blood. They began a dame of triumph
around the body, waving their blood
stained spears, some of which, were
bent by the force of the shock, hold
Ing their shields above their heads
and shouting blood-curdling yells.
Bears Pain Stoically
In the meantime the injured man
was being given medical attention, and
he bore the pain of his wound^ with
out a Blgn of concern.
lie who had fust jabbed his spear
through the lion joined in the dance
at the start, but soon retired to a dis
tance, where he seated himself, ap
parently indifferent to the antics of
his fellows.. He was now a leader of
men and must therefore not show sisns
that In- had done anything out of the
ordinary.
The luck of Kermlt. Roosevelt has
been proverbial. While Colonel Roosc
veii was hunting with Lord Delamere
Kermlt went with R. 1!. Cole anil his
Wanderebo warriors. The Wanderebos
are adepts at killing bongo, which aiv
rare and are to he found only in for
ests. In a short space of time young
Roosevelt bail obtained a large and line
female bongo and one young bongo.
This was a feat Of which any nlil
hunter misht justly bo proud, for no
white man has ever stalked and »hol
a bongo. There . re only two cases <>n
record of a white man shooting honso
with the aid of the natives and their
d.tj^s. Si i pleased was one of (ihe resi
dents here with the success of the
youth thai he presented Kermlt with
a fine specimen of the male bongo,
and so the Smithsonian Institution will
have a complete family group, the only
din 1 in the world.
SPIRIT OF DEAD BABE
DRIVES HER TO SUICIDE
Woman Who Slew Infant to Prevent
Starvation Tries to End
Her Own Life fc
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 16.—Bellnv-
Ing th:it the spirit r,r her baby boy,
whom she killed last May while pov
erty stricken, deserted and despondent,
was calling her, Laura McDonald, the
young waitress whose trial for the
murder of the infant attracted wlde
spread attention, drank laudanum and
inhaled gas fume* tonight In her room.
She wns found in a dying condition by
other occupants of the house and hur
ried to the. emergency hospital, where
the doctpr held but small hope of her
recovery.
When the girl muffed out the life of
her youngster, she took poison by the
sid, of th(> child's crib, but the potion
railed to kill her. Bhe was tried on a
murder charge and many women of
prominence In this city Interested
themselves In her ease. The Jury ac
quitted her.
In a note found tonight she said sln>
heard the baby summoning her and
that if she did not di,' sbe would lose
her mind.
AVIATOR WHO WILL
SEEK NEW RECORD
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LATHAM TO TRY
FOR ALTITUDE
AVIATOR HOPES TO WREST
HONORS FROM PAULHAN
Reports from Los Angeles of French.
man's Great Flight Causes In.
tense Rivalry Among
Countrymen
PARIS, Jan. IC—Hubert Latham, the
noted aviator, will try to wrest from
Louis Paulhan the. honors which the
latter won at the uviation meeting in
Los Angeles when he broke the record
for altitude, attained in an aeroplane.
After reading of Paulhan's remark
able flight Latham's ambition "an
stirred, and he has announced that at
the earliest favorable opportunity he
will make a flight to break the new
record.
French aviators, although admitting
that atmospheric conditions in Los
Angeles may be better than those in
France, believe that Paulhan's record
will not stand long, as the most in
tense rivalry exists among the dyers.
While announcing that he intends to
try to break Paulhan's record. Latham
did not state when the attempt uiil be
made,
TAMMANY NOT FIGURING
IN POLITICAL PATRONAGE
Charles F. Murphy Seems Unable to
Secure Favors from
Mayor Gaynor
NEW rORK, Jan, L6.—Since .Villiam
i. Qaynor » a.-- elected mayor of Greater
New York Charles F. Murphy, leader
of Tammany, has paid three visits to
tlie Qaynor house in Bi kline and
three ;■> the city hall, but he has
brought away hardly more than a
cheerful smile.
Nevertheless every Tammany office
seeker continues tn be told: "You must
see Murphy fust."
The mayor is reported to have said to
Murphy: "l am grateful to you for your
support in the campaign. Any names
you subtnit shall have preference, Bui
they must In- good names."
Under this ag ment Murphy sub
mits tlie names and tin- mayor rejects
them. In the first two weeks of hie
administration the mayor has dis
tributed almost $200,009 worth of pat
ronage ami issued orders thai will af
fect the distribution of hundred! of
thousands more without giving Tam
m;iift so much as a. ■'look in."
UNITED STATES TO ENJOY
PERIOD OF WARM WEATHER
Only Exception Noted Is Sharp Falls
in Temperatures in Northern
States East of Lakes
WASHINGTON, Jan. 16.—Moderate
temperature (or the season will pre
vail throughout the United States In
the next few days and probably In the
entire week, according to the predic
tion made tonight by the weather
bureau.
Borne sharp Tails in temperature,
however, are looked tor In northern
states oast o' the lillfe region.
Rain is ex," v.l in the next two
days in tho platti and central valley
states, and later in the week In the
middle eastern and northeastern states.
In the northern states there "ill be
snow. Kuir weather with temperature
above the seasonable average is prom
ised for southern states.
MEXICAN TRAINMEN MAY
QUIT SERVICE IN BODY
Railway Management Must Satisfy
Delegates from Unions or
Walkout Will Occur
MEXICO CITY. Jan. 16.—According
to a report tonight from reliable
sources, members of the Mexican
branches of the Order of Railway Con
ductors and of the Brotherhood of Lo
comotive Engineers, now employed on
the national railways of Mexico, will
resign In s body next Friday, unlefti
their representatives are satisfied with
the result of the conference with
railway management before thai time.
joint conference* of the enginei i
and conductors and Qeneral Manager
Clark of the railroad will be held t.>
morrow.
ofVPt IT 1 IMl>l"l.T l<£ • DAILY, 2«': SUNDAY. 58
Oli\ (jlLillj UUil liiS . ON iHAINS. 5 CENTS
FLIGHT OVER PACIFIC
FROM DOMINGUEZ TO
SAN DIEGO PLANNED
Prize of $5000 Offered to Biplane Kings by
Mayor of Town by the Sea.
Curtiss May Accept
60,000 WATCH AERONAUTS IN RAIN
Paulhan Promises Today to Attempt to Beat
Farman's Record of 144 Miles in 4
Hours, 6 Minutes, 25 Seconds
SHIRLEY A. OLYMPIUS
ONE or more flights in a biplane will, in all likelihood, be made to San
Diego before another week has passed.
Glenn H. Curtiss, Louis Paulhan and Charles K. Hamilton have been
offered a special prize of $5000 to make the flight. Curtiss has signified a
willingness to try for the money but he has not given definite answer to tha
San Diego committee making the offer The matter probably will be de
cided definitely today, when Curtiss will learn whether his presence in New
York is absolutely necessary when the injunction suits brougnt by the
Wright brothers will come up for hearing. If Curtiss is not needed he
probably will fly to the southern port Hamilton also may enter the con
test. Edward Cleary, manager for Paulhan, is non-committal on the sub
ject.
Paulhan will attempt to defeat Henri Farman's wonderful flight record
of 144 miles in 4 hours 6 minutes and 25 seconds if the weather permits
tcday. The daring little Frenchman declared yesterday afternoon he would
gc up in the air at noon and would not come down again until it was pitch
dark. He hopes to cover 200 miles in the sustained flight, which will b«
arcund a new course already marked off on the aviation field.
OFFER MADE BY MAYOR »
San Diego's offer was made to Curtiss by Mayor Conard yesterday
morning. It is $5000 cash for flight to the southern city without coming to
the ground. Curtiss said yesterday he could make the flight but that money
was not an object.
The $5000 is a purse raised by the citizens of San Diego. Louis J. Wilde
offered an additional $1000 if Curtiss would descend on top of the Grant
hctel building. The Wilde offer was flatly refused.
If any flights at all are made to San Diego, the route taken will be di
rectly over San Pedro and then in a southerlydirection over the sea. Fying
over water is like skating on glass. The air currents do not bother and th«
same relative height from the water may be maintained at all times. This
allows greater speed. It is 125 miles to San Diego as the crow flies. Curtiss
said yesterday he could negotiate the distance in three hours.
Rain Fails to Deter
Rain is riot the bar sinister to avia
tion meets, it may drive people hurry-
Ing home from a baseball same, and
II may keep auto enthusiasts from
watching speed kings race around a
track, but it cannot keep a crowd of
aviation fever-stricken persons from
the place where the travelers of the
air lanes hold sway.
Just so it was yesterday, for tio.OOO i
or more persons trekked through mud,
wind and rain to Domlnguez aviation
fleld to Bee what tin >• could see. And
they saw a lot Of ROOd aerial sport,
thouKh no records were brokefi.
Rain first and wind afterward oper
ated seriously against the success of
yesterday's program for Beveral hours.
Had tin' program been one of any
other sport under heaven than ablation
there would not have been a corporal's
guard ever so much as attempt the
long journey to the southwest. When
the rain finally ceased about 2 o'clock
the wind came up Btrong, and it was
well on toward 3 o'clock before any
real flying was attempted.
\\ mi tin' wind blowing a perfect
sale Curtlss, Paulhan, Hamilton,
Beachey Willard and Knabenshue
soared Into the air, dipping and swerv
ing and jockeying, Just so the big
crowd of spectators should not be sent
home disappointed. The stunts of the
darlne aviators satisfied the spectators
so well they cheered themselves hoarse
every time a machine rose Into the air
and passed the big grandstand.
it is no child's play to pilot an aero
plane through Bpace at 80 miles an
hour when the atmosphere is as calm
as in June: it is giant's work to pilot
a heavier-than-air machine in a high
wind. Every time an aviator woes in
to tin- air on a winly day he takes his
life in his hands, for high winds strain
every bolt and screw, every truss and
bit or rubber-Bilk which c" to make up
an Ei< roplano, An aviator may ride In
the rain with safety, but when he
rldea in the wind, he Invites a serious
accident, lie may float serenely for
considerable time with apparently no
injury to his machine, and then sud
denly leel himself falling with In
creasing velocity t.i the ground. The
wind-riding aviator is a hero of the
unusual sort.
Danger fvlot Realized
Had the spectators home these few
little facts In mind yesterday, they
would have held their breaths while
the aviators wen' In the air and. when
the daring ones reached the ground in
safely, would have offered up little
players of thankfulness. It is amarvel
there were no accidents yesterday, tor
once Paulhan reached a height of .">i
feet. and curtiss soared along, tossed
' and there by an air current ]00
feet above the ground. Bo Btrong were
the gusts that Curttss was blown at
least 100 feet out of his course several
times. Paulhan, too, was tossefl about
when lie started to round the pylons at
tho corners of the hcetagonal course.
But t ioth seemed to enjoy battling with
the forces of nature, and matching
wits and horsepower against wind.
Sunday began Inausplclously for
those who had planned a day's outing
at Pominguez. Leaden skies with rain
i louds thick all over the heavens
presaged anything; but successful
flights. At 11 o'clock it began to driz
zle. In an hour it was pouring. The
roads were sticky and made riding- any
thing but pleasant. But even with all
the drawbacks crowds poured from all
points of compass toward Dominguez.
Some took the electric trains, some
rode on the steam cars, some splashed
and slipped their w.iy In the field In
a ut.is and others htU-hed up the family
horse and braved Jupiter Pluvius.
By 3 o'clock the bleacher seats in
the grandstand and many of the boxes
were tilled, and a line more than half
a mile long and live feel wide had
firmed around the fence which marks
off the Meld. The seats were W6|
the ground was cold, hut that did not
drive the crowds uwav Through the
CENTS
rain the thousands stood, hoping
against hops that something sensation
al would'happen. .They were re
warded, not with sensationalism, but
with sights of dexterioufltflying and ex
pert handling of big monoplanes. "
Probably the prettiest picture in the
sky was Curtlea drawing a huge "S"
with his biplane for a brush. He was
up in the air -100 feet and the wind
was blowing with all the fury it can
] just after a storm has cleared. The
sun was shining wanoly through a
bank of blue, necked here and there
with tumbling clouds of snowy white.
To the south the deep grey storm
clouds were flitting last to sea.
Curtiss Braves Wind
Curtiss rose from the eastern point
of tin- field and shot straight into the
teeth of th'- wind, lie rose higher and
higher as In- drove to the west, turned
suddenly to the south and then, with
the graceful movements of a sea bird.
Swung over the western end of the
grandstand. He swerved again as he
reached the northwest corner of the
Held Lround pylon No. 2, changing his
course to the southeast.
In a long rounding swing. CurtißS
passed around pylon No. 1 and came
io the earth almost in the tame spot
from which tie had started. His course
had been a complete letter "S," and
had lie continued in the air another
half minute lie would have described
a figure "8." The high w iml aided him
in making the pretty flight, hut it was
his dexterity in manipulation which
was mainly responsible for the grace
ful bit of aerial jockeying,
The wind action while Curtiss was
Hying had a peculiar and unlttoked for
effect. It develop,,! -i billboard hu
morisl. He gave ocular demonstration
of tin' effect when, with letters a foot
high, he wrote upon the blackboard
neai the .judges' stand: "Stop the wind.
Pray!" So that Boreas would know
then- were some others besides Kng
lislimen making supplications and that
other Mbnguafres were being uttered
eotto voce, tiie billboard humorist
rubbed out the phrase and wrote upon
his slate: "Arretez de vent. S. V. ['."
which, when translated, means: "Stop
the wind, if you please." But the wind
did not slop, for Boreas' ears are
dosed to the supplications of all.
whether those entreaties be uttered in
harsh words of Anglo-Saxon or polit
est French.
One 'if the darin.fr feats of Paulhan
came when he deliberately stopped his
engine in midair. Spectators held their
breath and prepared themselves for
something out of the ordinary! but it
diil not happen. He elided along for
a hundred feet or more and then sud
denly opened the engine again, which
took up the business of propelling
machine rind man through the air is
though nothing had happened. His
it at the end of the flight was
one of the prettiest ever made by the
daring little Frenchman. He turned
completely around in his course and
when fifty feet from the ground shut
off the engine, gliding to the ground
with the grace of a bird. Usually
when Paulhan returns to terra firma
the rear portion of his biplane strikes
heavily upon the ground. In this de
scont the front wheel struck lightly
and the drae runner at the rear just
tipped the earth.
Paulhan was in the air a dozen times
performing all sorts of fancy evolu
tions. Once while he was up he started
after his altitude record, so it was
thought. He reached a height of 512
feet and then came to earth. He sim
ply wanted to show the spectators that
he was not afraid to go up in the air,
wlhd or no wind.
Curtiss Holds Honors
The honors for getting into thn air
in ii h time and space still be
long to Curtiss. Paulhan, unable to
lower Curttss' record for the course.
tried to beat the record "f M feet for
starting. He failed, however, doing 1 It
(Continued ua l*m<e Tlurea)