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2 "Birdman" Drives Biplane at Terrific Speed in Cross Country Flight THRONGS CHEER ACHIEVEMENT OE Pauihan Hailed as Hero on Re* turn From His Daring Bi» plane Trip Aviator to Give Free Exhibition of Wonderful Feats This Afternoon Ihe lever would quickly adjust the ma iliirie, and it would Jump to another (!«Mtf!it more improbable, more unreal • than was the level just quitted. Some persons professed to have been disappointed in the exhibition. Their ttate of mind was as childish as that of the boy at the menagerie, who la Hgrleved because the double horned rhino does not plunge his ivory into the vitals of the <-olored attendant, as the showbills suggested. In a few years the people may rightly demand that the aeroplanes race in the air or fly from city to city. Now the sheer novelty of the sport should be great enough to make a public tense with appreciation of the new and daring feats of the bird- Policing Force Inadequate The exhibition * could be conducted more smoothly if the management would provide enough policing force to k*ep the field clear of all those who di-i not have business there. Sheriff Bob Chatham of San Mateo county had 10 mounted deputies under him and he and they worked as arduously as pos sible to ke*>p the people in the proper bounds, but their efforts were chaotic when not ludicrous. Persons who had business in the field were selected by the police with intuitive zeal for special harassment, while others were permit ted liberties which endangered them pelves and made Paulhan's work doubly one man who went Into the field merely, to take photographs at close rnnjre for liis own amusement was ' marly run down by Pauihan and the j big machine as it was settling after the scri.nd Ilijrht. The man, who gave the namf of H. Mauzierre, escaped by but I two fret from a crushing' blow from! th»> tips of the Farman machine as it j \\;is rushing down the field under the! momentum of a swift plunge through J t3tr air. ; < To<lay a free exhibition will be given j •' ;:,'in;.??:on will be charged to the ! \u25a0idstMnd only. Paulhan's manager,! v:n deary, has promised that there j \u25a0i !"• adequate policing, and that! t-ltuuid mean that the infield of Tan- j forati will be kept clear of all except \u25a0 ih«,se who have imperative business i near the soaring machine bird. : A stiff wind blew over the course all j of yesterday and increased rather than j diminished In velocity up to 4 o'clock, j Thore was something like a half lull lor half an hour, but the air 'was s'liialiy Hjjain before Pauihan started. 1 on his long flight at 4:55 o'clock. ; The biplane Ji&d scarcely been safely j housed when the rain began to fall. . , Weather Man Puzzled Prof. A. G: McAdie, the United States forecast official of the local weather j bureau, wan at Tanforsn. He was as | ready as any on? to criticise the condi tions. They did not conform to the "weather map." he paid. That if> a heinous crime for weather to commit — that nonconformity. i Had Pauihan started his flights ear- j her he might have had better success, i but it has b«»en a rule of aviation that j tl)p best conditions arc just before sun- i down, and Pauihan could scarcely be quarreled with for postponing his flights in the hopo that the prediction of the weather map would be fulfilled. Mm<\ Pauihan, the attractive wife of j the aviator, waJ« at Tanforan yesterday i for th« first time during the meet. She j and Mme. Santellier watched together from the aeroplane shed while her dar ing husband scouted among, the clouds. Lieutenant Paul Beck, signal corps, U. S. A., who made several airship flights at Ix>s Angeles to test the pos sibilities of an areoplane as a war ma chine, was at the course with his troop. Several horses of Beck's command broke- from their hitcxiing rack about the time the flights began, so the aero nautical lieutenant had to forego a study of the machine in flight over the Tanforan peninsula in the prosaic pur suit of threp vagrant brutes which may soon be superseded by the machine which had aroused them to vagrancy. Machine Made Ready The first active life around the Far man biplane came at 3:15, when the sturdy Masson filled the gasoline tank on Paulhan's machine and J. Cowan Hulbert, -the sales agent for the ma chine, tested the parts of the engine. The grandstand caught its first glimpse of the machine shortly after 4 o'clock. It was cautiously wheeled out by the mechanicians and taken to the far north end of the field. Then the propeller was started by the earnest Masson, and the engine sput tered and vaporized. At 4:23 Pauihan spread his hands and away the machine started over the field to give the first thrill of aero nautics to thousands of spectators. The light bicycle wheels splashed through the boggy field for 100 yards. Then Pauihan tipped the elevating plane a slight angle. ' . The heavier than air machine defied the laws of gravitation. It rose clear :>f the ground, as high as the gloomy ?uralyptus. rushing into the wind. ;vhlch then had lulled, with the speed 3f a racing automobile, the engine Ironing Its chant of supremacy. - Then gracefully, volltionally, Paul !ian came back to earth. He had been n the air 35 seconds and had covered . third of a mile. In; 20 minutes he was up again and Jew back to the north end of the field n 19 seconds. He was ready for another flight in !0 minutes. At 4:53 Masson gave the propellers their initial twists. The thin vapor drifted from the engines'. The machine took a run' and- then jumped into the air. Flies Into Wind Into the wind Pauihan was. again flying. He cut across the field in a southwesterly direction. The wind struggled against the planes and the machine quivered and rocked, -but flew into the currents determinedly. .„. Pauihan . twisted his lever. ...The great white • frames '* responded like ' a thoroughbred to the touch- of the rein at a.flve barred gate. , It leaped- into Louis Pauihan guiding his aeroplane out over the line of eucalyptus trees on the west side ; of .Tanforan as he began his longest flight yesterday afiernoon. the air and scrambled into another air lane, high over the trees. The suprem acy of the heavier than air machine was proved. Far down the air line Pauihan coursed, his machine- a fragile grill work against the austerity of the hov ering black storm cloud. '" . Against a dull gray background Pauihan made a sweep and swung to with the wind. The machine rocked uneasily in the cross currents, but Pauihan found a more propitious level and steered back far over the San Bruno fields, behind the grandstand. The machine was out of sight to those In the pavilion and was lost to the view of many in the field for a few moments. When the aeroplane Is out of sight its mystery is intensified. It can be believed in without stretching one's credulity while it is in view, but the moment it dodges out of vision it be comes a vague, indefinable wonder, a spirit, volatile, evasive, unbelievable. Aeroplane Reappears 1 But the noise of the engines recalled the tangibility -of the machine to the people and Pauihan darted into view again. He did not alight, but continued over the field again, still fighting with the cross currents, rocking and righting. Again he sped over the trees and far off to the southwest, toward the San Andreas hills. He was out of sigh^ for five minutes. But he came back to the people, proved himself master, and settled lightly in the -tumultuous field. He, had been up nearly 12 minutes and was out of sight fully five.. The day's sport was over. Some enterprising, company of the get rich quick order has taken advan tage of the aviation movement to ply its questionable, promotion and yester day Hooded the aviation field with cir culars telling how to turn your cents into dollars by . buying stock. The authorities have not taken notice, of the scheme yet, but persons wishing to invest should hurry up, for the authori ties will probably put a puletus on the scheme in short order. MECHANICIANS WORK WITH SU&E AND DEFT TOUCH' ON AEROPLANES "You pensez il-fly so haute today, eh ?" An 'excitable individual with a fat and perspiring face hurled the question Into the very face of Didler Masson, aviator and chief .mechanician . for Louis Pauihan at the sheds of the Tan foran track yesterday. Masson grum bled to the end of his cigar and slipped away, for.; he was chief .mechanician and his thoughts were at the end of the shed, where five others, of his countrymen were gingerly tightening, tautening and tinkering around a thing of silk and steel which was to lift Pauihan to, the heights of- a 'greater glory. . ".' " . ; .; . A queer, silent corps are 'these mechanicians. They lnugh not, neither do they talk — at their. wprk. They labor in silence. -. At odd times Masson mur mured a query and received an almost Sarsaparilla Makes the blood of the right quality and quantity— normal in ; red and white corpuscles ; and all other constituents. It builds up the.wrioleVsysterrh More than 40,000 testimonials received in two; years— -an un- paralleled record— are the broad and solid foundation for this claim: Take \u25a0 Hood's. in. usual liquid.forrri or tablets called Safsatabs.'; .100, Doses ,51. :.'HE SAX ffll^ DANGER OF FLIGHT WAS INCREASED BY CROWD IN INNER CIRCLE OF RACECOURSE My flights and Monday were the most dangerous I have ever attempted. The climatic conditions pcre better yesterday than they were the first day, although the improvement in conditions was very slight and Ido not intend to fly again in such rough weather. \u25a0, . . _. An added danger yesterday rvas the crowd of people that were in the aviation field. In starting a flying machine one is not always. sure of the direction it will go, and it is only good fortune that no one'' was killed outright -or seriously injured. . The same problem presents itself in alighting. I can not always picl( the spot to land in, and the machine, might have settled ifi the crowd and severely injured many spectators. Before flying today I will insist that the innncr circle of the r racecourse is cleared of spectators, and I will not fly as long as there is a person in the inclosure. ' \ : . inaudible reply from the "figure bent over his work. / They are the product of the ago. All, with the exception of one, are youthful and' all are Parisians. Their attire is that of their peculiar calling. ,- The workmen's blouse they: have discarded and in, its steady is the tight fitting leather jacket necessary for those who breast the wind. Their legs are encased in leather gaiters and their heads covered with leather caps. Next to Masson is Edu ard Miscarol and after the latter come Albert Chauveur, Emil Renon, Jules Brule and Armand Malard. ARE' EARNKST WORKJIEX, Bernard Shaw pictured their type in the character of the. chauffeur .in "Man and Superman," for, '. like him, they are highly technical nnd possessed with a amazing mania' for ; their mysterious manipulations. While the many, thou sands cheered, laughed, stamped and hooted on the track yesterday, the six worked within the sheds, shut off from public gaze and oblivious to' all but the continual and retesting-of the multiplicity of adjustments. Thin wires running from end to, end of the biplane tightened under, their touch. Perfection' was made, yet more perfect by them. They overhauled and under hauled. They plunged grimy, fingers CARROLL & TILTON'S ' ¥ »{-. Is Easily the Most I fl^Tll "iil "^^7 I I ifta V*SI lH^f*.O Important Clothing ,\ aIIUCU y \^IGCIFCIII V>G Event of the Month Y^l \u25a0 *•\u25a0 ' '"B ' /j: For Men, Young Men and Boys 11 1 & 3.flri & 3\T£^!f({ % £\2k i" Every One in Stock Except the l i.PPP?J*. l ?. 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Ui} CT^Oa *V 1440FillmoreSt: 733 to 737 MARKET. ST^ Bet 3d and 4th V. LOUIS PAULH AN into the recesses of hidden machinery and seemed to judge by the mere sense of touch. Xever did they stop workiiwr. At the appointed time they, ran the machine out of its resting- place and. | nursing it over the rough places and j swampy grounds deposited it at one end 'of the field for the preparatory flight.. The intensity with which they had. worked the entire day -" redoubled j at this moment. Each man- was at his post passing his hands over his own particular work, examining for the last time the mechanism'under his care. One smoked a pipe., another a ciga- rette, and Masson, the chiefest of them all. an enormous cigar. But'he tossed It from him as he bent his lithe form under, the wiring and took up his posi- tfon oUionor at the engine. ArouncL and about him the mechanicians dug their heels into the soft mud and pre- pared for the strain. MECIIAVICIAXS START BIPLAMO "Masson stood on tiptoe and raised his hands high above, his head as he gave the huge propeller . a prelimi- nary- turn. All was well. Pauihan. from his perch .in front, gave a half nod over his shoulder and at the in- stant Masson's left-hand dived Into the hornet's nest of machinery.-^There was a. r resounding.,crackle, developing^,into a drone as the propeller swung around, The gasoline fumes swept into his face and it seemed as if the exhaust would drive him off his feet. His help -ers, their forms thrown against the vibrating, quivering- machine, turned their backs against the rush of air. Masson stood tense and taut with his hand pressing- against the center of the machinery. Thus they - stood as the propeller spun around with increasing speed." It appeared as if. the machine would ."'never move. - The cheering'and the murmur of the crowd were stilled for that moment.' . As the wheels turned and the ma chine lurched across the broken ground, Masson stepped aside, bending low as it flew by him. The helpers ran with the speeding biplane for a few yards, and then, as If in obedience to a signal, dropped from it—leaving the res t to the little man seated by his S!™SSS inS machinery. -_-..- \u0084r-^v», ~ ' HAMILTON?S AEROPLANE IQ IVDPrftTPn »V revre /<3 yKpyn-t:iJtfY^ft;l\LtyKpyn-t:iJtfY^ft;l\Lt: f ' BUT AVfATOI? F^CAPF<Z .- Dl" rr 'fli"'( «l//lfM : SAN DIEGO, Jan. 25. —Charles K. Hamilton partially wrecked the Curtiss biplane he has used during the aviation meet here when he struck a barbed \vire fence while he was making an en forced descent late today. Hamilton was not The damage to the machine Is not serious. Hamilton ex plained that, the : water got into his magneto. , The attempt to get the world's rec ord'for altitude made' by Hamilton dur ing the early part of- the day was un successful owing to the puffy wind, which caused the. machine to pitch and roll like a ship on a stormy sea, until the aviator became seasick.' After abandoning his, effort to reach a great height Hamilton made a number of. flights with • passengers above the polo field and out over the ocean. Once he carried Colonel D. C. Collier, and then took as a passenger Mrs. 'Joseph Sefton, wife of a San Diego banker... P. J. Tierney, W. F. Dwysr, P. J. Leary, John McMahon, Daniel Stewart. P. Ryan, J. J. Lynch and Bryan Hlckey were elected by the concrete and as phalt workers* union last night as dele gates to the building trades council. John McMahon was elected assistant business agent. New Zealand's drink bill in 1908 was ?18, 750.000, $420,000 more -than in 1907. C} Most music firms in San Francisco; so far as the Player- Piano is concerned, may be aptly termed "one-idea .houses." With the single exception of The Wiley B. Allen Co... prac- tically every store shows one player-piano, advertising and fea- turing that instrument as the best in existence and being Hinder contract with the makers of that particular piano to sell their product exclusively. €]} The broad policy of our House allows no dictation on the part of any, manufacturer, and permits us to buy that which we consider and know by actual comparison to" be the best ? possible at the price, the most dependable and the most musically satisfactory. \, | <j[ We are showing today on our floors twelve distinct styles of player-pianos, combining the very latest and most advanced types of construction in 88 and combination 65-88 note instru- ments, installed in the finest line of pianos ever shown on the Pacific Coast, thus giving intending buyers the only oppor- tunity offered in this city for intelligent comparison of twelve different types side by side. . | Q The Knabe-Angelus; unquestionably the greatest player in the world, heads our line. The magnificent Hardman Auto- tone, indorsed by Caruso, Scotti, Tetrazzini and practically ; -every metropolitan "artist, also is shown.. The Emerson- Angelus, the Angelus Piano, both with^the marvelous Melo- : dant; which separates melody and harmony, give the greatest possible opportunity for individualism on the part of the oper- ator. The Conover and the Kingsbury Inner-Players possess distinct and decided merit. The Harrington Autotone, the Ludwig, the Milton and others are shown in moderately priced players, -every, one in eighty-eight-note types and up to the ; minute ;m development. Prices, $400 to $1,075. ; : : "Q "Easy payments. v ' ' > <| Ours Is Not a One-Idea House. The opportunity for com- parison, for -the purchase of the best possible in players, in pianos and talking machines, is here. * i WILEY B.ALLEN BUILDING , f 135-153 KEARN Y-^2 1 7-225 SUTTER ST. * 1 Oakland, 510 Twelfth and 1105 Washington. , -Other utores — l,i«n AnK<-les. Sacramento, Snn Jo«r. «au Di«*ei>, *t»ek- , ton j.' Phoenix. Ariz. t Rrno. .N>v.; Port land. Ore. m SIGNAL CORPS MEN AT AVIATION FIELD Picked Squad' Taken to Watch Pauihan as Instructive Lesson Soldiers' Horses Break Loost and Create Excitement at i Tanforan Realizing that the near future might call for the use of aeroplanes in war fare. Lieutenant Paul Beck of the United States signal corps took 28 picked men under his command to the Tanforan track yesterday to give them an opportunity of watching the flights. The men rode down to the' track on the regular army horses and tethered them at one end of the field, far enough, it was thought, from the spot where Pauihan would rise. At the crucial moment when the men of, the signal corps were gathered around the machine, eagerly watching every move, and as Pauihan was about to seat him self by his .lever, -there was a shout from the rear. "Your horses ha.ye broken away, mister," shouted a warning voice to Beck. The soldiers glanced around and saw their mounts ffoing around the I tracks like thoroughbreds. Followed then a vivid minute of language and the men scattered to hoad off tho frac tious animals. By the time they had gathered in Paulhan had finished his first attempt. The men were able, i however, to view his other flights. ra While Lieutenant Beck was the only j officer present in his official capacity, numerous others from the Presidio were there. Many of the soldiers under Beck who witnessed the flights are ex pert mechanics and electricians and took more than ordinary interest iu the event. GUARANTY RAISED AND TACOMA ASSURED SIX DAY AVIATION MEET TACOMA, Jan. 25.— The aviation meet is assured for Tacoma, the guar anty being easily raised for a six day meet on the grounds of the Country club at American lake. There Is a nat ural amphitheater \u25a0 adjacent to the prairie, inclosed and accessible by two street railway lines, three railroads and splendid automobile roads. 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