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HOW CHIEF LEES WON A CON FESSION- OF CALIFORNIA'S MOST FAMOUS FORGERY WILL BE TOLD IN THE SUNDAY CALL. V^ -J) VOLUME CIX— NO. ,27. NEW HIGH WATER MARK MADE BY CHRISTMAS MAIL Increase Over Same Week Last Year Is Placed at 20 Per Cent SPSS _ #• ' r» j'i Twenty to Twentyfive Postal Cards Mailed to Every Letter If That Expected Package Has Not Arrived You Will Get It by Tonight Postal Receipts Show Increase in Business The following record shows the number of pieces of mail re ceived at the San Francisco post office for special delivery during Christmas week for the last four years. It is regarded fcj? the post office officials as the best index of the increase of business during that time: Year Year Year Year Day — 1907 190S 1909 1910 18th .... 096 423 412 644 20th 730 717 009 767 21st 024 533 7SO .774 22d 555 »C 0 83S 876 23d 750 589 893 1,250 24th ... r 1.647 1,565 1,697 1,890 SSth 832 1,045 1,145 1,196 26th 578 GB9 594 750 Total.. . fl.fi 12 6,821 6,968 8,177 NEXT to the indulgent fathers and husbands whose pocketbooks have taken on a concave aspect because of the days leading up to Christmas,' the happiest men in the world are the employes of the -post offices now that Christmas day, is past. Like thee fiSh^rs^-and-' JiHsbatnds, the postal employes have cheerfully suf fered* from the same source — Christmas presents. " A . conservative estimate of the in crease in mail this Christmas week over Christmas week a year ago is placed at TO per cent. The greatest increase in mail mat ter was in postal card?. The habit of sending cards of greetings has been steadily gTowlng for the last four yars but Christmas week of 1910 Is the banner year for the litt!« paste - boards. In- San Francisco there were from 20 to 25 Christmas cards mailed for each letter. F.rom outside sources it is estimated 12 to 15 postals ar rived for each letter. As the postals mailed In this city must be "faced" and canceled the same as letters the receiving clerks and assistants were taxed to keep the carriers supplied with work. You'll Get It Tonight ' At the postofnee last night it was etated every piece of. Christmas mall for San Franciscans wijl be delivered by tonight. Congestion at the postof fic« caused only second class mall mat ter, such as letters, packages contain ing presents and postal cards, was given preference. For Christmas week first class matter was assorted and de livered the day of receipt- "Work on second class matter followed, with the result that it will be delivered less than two days following Christmas. In order to handle the Christmas Treek mall »fnciently Superintendent of Delivery R. TV. Madden employed more than 200 extra men. Of this number 363 men were detailed to assist the 316 carriers regularly employed. In the main room of the postofftce, where can cellation, sorting and packing is done, , there were 50 extra men. Messengers Make Record. In tr-e special delivery department, which is considered the barometer In dicating the increase or decrease of all classes of mall, between 20, and 25 per cent increase was shown over the receipts of last year. Special .delivery boys are paid S cents for each letter delivered. Several of the boys earned ss high as $10 for a day's work — the highest ever known In this department. In order to accommodate a' throng of more than 1.000 persons, who be eieged the main postofnee from 11 o'clock y.esterday morning until 2 ' o'clock in the afterndoh, "Postmaster Flsk found It necessary to fll^ the cor ridors before the stamp windows with tables, upon which late Christmas pack ages conld be made' up aqd -addressed. At one time more than 500 people were lined up in front of the stamp windows! The corridor with its crowds/ tables and packages- took on the appearance of* a department store. Fisk Is Pleased . Postmaster'^Fls'k is well pleased- with the way his^ men- handled the Christ mas rush. Others in the service de- Serving of special, mention for efficient (and prompt service are: Superintendent , rf Delivery R. WV. Madden; Assistant ' Superintendent : -;.*'of- Delivery Warren The San Francisco Call. Mrs* Nat Gopdwin, : Who Would Cut Ties of Matrimony BOMB JOKE STARTS SALOON STAMPEDE Harmless Skyrocket in Can Is Placed Against Bar and the Thirsty Flee What the police believe was a prac tical joke created a panic yesterday afternoon in the Golden Rule saloon, kept by Charles Schoene at 765 Market street, when customers in the * pladl 11 ' 1 discovered an ominous looking can with a section of fuse attached resting against the foot rail in front of the bar. Believing that an attempt was being made to dynamite the saloon; the occupants made a hurried exit from the barroom, some running to, the street and others taking refuge in a rear, office. Policeman Jack TiHman .\u25a0was 'sum moned and he carefully removed the can and its contents to the office of Captain of Detectives Wall, where an examination •\u25a0was made. 1 The large can" was of red tin, about one foot in length and three inches. in diameter. The cover removed, copious wads of cotton were found, beneath which rested a smaller can, cylindrical kin shape, with a cone shaped cover. *• A foot of fuse was attached and this was gingerly separated f rom i the /'bomb" by Captain Wall before the investigation continued. SflSB - T ' \u25a0-. When a' detective with a , knowledge of high explosives gave Wall assurance that the danger, risk had been to the minimum arid volunteered to open the smaller can, he was left alohe to the work. In a, few moments,he.an nounced that" the object was the head of an ordinary_ skyrocket and that it contained a quantity of black powder. Schoene was notified and the "scare was over. VETERANS OF SPANISH WAR CELEBRATE SEASON Christmas Tree for Children V and Grownups Alike In the signal- corps armory, 1574 Mc- Allister street, gayly festooned -with colored streamers,**Chrlstmas t bejls 'arid Japanese , lanterns, and presided- over, by the Teddy bearlmascot at the* footjof prettily ;decorated^. Christmas ! tree, 107 children? of * members of - the vNelson A. Miles ; camp,. Spanish t War ""yeterans, received presents last evening from, the hands of Santa Clau's L. 'S. Otis.^?- ,-: . The grownups were not forgotten -.and both the members 'and- their ;wlves* re ceived two wagons, -jumping- jacks; and other gifts "calculated .tor bring*, forth roars 'of laughter, at t the expense of . the recipient: Outgoing. Commander \u25a0E; A/. Robbins was presented .with a gold; watch- fog, the emblem of the; order. -. . GILROY* PASTOR TO \u25a0 CONTINUE CHARGE [Special Dispatch to The Call] GILROY, Dec. . 26.— Rev. ; D.; : : A/ jßus-' sell, editor of : the Pacific ; Christian^ who has filled. the pulpit'of ; theVchris'-' tian church in ,this; city'during^%the last, two .months.; has-been 1 induced 1 . 1 to rema4n- during .s.the/i year *l9ll.f Doctor Russell has accomplished? many needed improvements about Hhe church ? build ing., .. \u0084'•,.. --• . \u0084', i. ; SIX YOUTHS^GOOVER . EMBANKMENTiIN TAXI . JEFFERSON\CITY. M 6., r Dec»26.— A taxicab in .which"- six. .young 'men;, of this city i were ; taking, a ; ride went rJoVer" an embankment f our \u25a0*; miles ;.west of here today^ All were Injured, 'one; Warren- Goodell,^ seriously. He. was badly cut ,on % ; the; head and .body.' iThe .taxicab turned over^sixy.tirnesjr.while going over -the- enbahkraent and 'was wrecked/;^ , - .v. v . \u25a0'/".. death^calls man who walked;far c forYgold . ST." JOSEPH, Mo.. Dec. 2 6.-^-Geor ge M.V Hauck,*al pioneer 'died: at his home "here "todays aged 79. . In? 1849." whin r gold ; was discovered: in S A®_ . FRANCISCO- v -jTIJESD^T^. DECEMBEBi 27^ ,1910; EDNA GOODRICH GOOWDIN SUES TO DIVORCE NAT Wife Said to Have Found Hus band in Room With Well Known Actress • Planned to Surprise Actor With Turkey Dinner in for onto—and She Did [Special Dispatch to The Call] ' NEW YORK, Dec. 26.— -Nat Goodwin, "actor and late partner, in the mining stock firm -of 8.H.-3chef t "tels & 'Co.. recently defunct,: has been sued for divorce by Edna Good rich Goodwin. Although Goodwin knew several days ago that the suit was Instituted he avoided admitting it until' the facts be came known through friends" who were present -at a recent 'by Goodwin to a select few^in commerao ration'of; the incident. ." The genial Nat called it a "fourth service ."dinner," and the'- invitations which he sent ; to a dozen or so iritU mates, were- so inscribed." ' The incident that led to the divorce suit, it was learned tonight, i occurred In .Toronto, Can., last Thanksgiving day. ' A -friend of Miss ; Goodrich !tells the story : as i follows: *.; Goodwin had ; gone to Toronto several Continued on Page 2, Col. 5 UNCLE SAM WATCHES FOR REVOLT IN HONDURAS Another " JRebellion Feared and '-'.Gunboat'^YoiUtown^ls Ordered to the Storm Genterl at Amapala} [Special Dispatch lo • The Call! WASHINGTON, Dec/ 26.— Fearing the outbreak of another, revolution in Hon duras,. Secretary, Meyer • today ordered the" gunboat • Yorktown, stationed." at Corinto,- NlcarAgiia, to* proceed- to - Ama [P»3a?'-H'p7ltJufa's>^Tfie order'to the 'com rrtanderof ;the; Yorktown iWas: -and report upon the con-*" ditions existing on the^west x coast of Honduras." A'mapala has'long been a: storm cen MOTHER DIES OF JOY WHEN FAMILY IS REUNITED ON CHRISTMAS DAY [Special Dispatch to The Call] SACRAMENTO, Dec. 26.— Surrounded by her seven children and their wives and husbands and almost a score of grandchildren, who; had gathered for a Christmas reunion of the family, Mrs. John H. Martin died of joylast nightat herhome at 10131 street. 1 . The happiness at meeting her chil dren and seeing the family united with out a vacant place was more than; her PIONEER KEEPS SECRET OF FRUITVALE MINE 39 YEARS AND THEN BUYS IT [Special Dispatch io'The, Call] >'• : OAKLAND, Dec. 26.—After - holding the' secret of a rich mineral find for 39 years, George W. May; a pioneer miner and prospector, was able., to purchase the coveted property, which' is just out- side of Fruitvale,.and begin the devel- op'ment of his old discovery. • The land is mouhtaincius.^four.milea ONE IS^KI^LED WHEN TABERNACLE^CAVES IN Others Are Hurt Working on Revival Building' BARBERTON, 0., Dec. -26.— While, a number of preachers and 50- deacons and . laymen • were ; putting the : , finishing touches in 1 celebration of Christmas .to a*i new tabernacle, which was built - for a" series of revival meetings, .the ; roof caved in, killing J/ ; H.- Lyers,' a real es-. tate dealer,' andjin juring L several Mothers: Two '? preachers /are^'amohg those^ hurt/ One of the- injured may .'die/ ' T>VO GIRLS KILLED/BY EXPLOSIONtOF GAS y- \u25a0 \u25a0 . \u25a0» i- *\u25a0 \u25a0 \u25a0 \u25a0 » » - ipiTTSBURG, . Dec. 26.-^ r Elise; ; and Margaret Bryant aged -, 22 » arid* 16 : ' years/ respectively;: daughters 'of .^Mrs.> Mary Bryan; •.'a > ' widow,^were • fatallyiburned; and 'their "brother, |*Andrew,\agedp 23,* was seriously! 7 injured z in ? an : explosion of gas in^theirjhome "in7,Corapolis, a" suburb, Vea'rly^today.'*-; The -two > girls died ! in ; the , hospital thisjmornlng.* . BLUEJACKETSVSEISDtA t "V;; GIFT TO ROCKEFELLER . Va-. C. P ec - --^feUnlted; States ."seamen" from '^ eight $ warships,* grateful Cto ' John D.% Rockefeller^; and Miss / Helen 1 Gould <-f or,;" kindnesses * to them; "have *serit^ Christmas ; ,£ gifts ;<to; both. ; " A " flower ~ stand'. -.was V' sent , -to Rockefeller;": and 7 a % * crn - dish ,' Miss Gould/:" The'latterllnireturii;ißjsendlng^ atßhufneboardiwith^tehpihi attachment ito'Uhe naval j<Y^ Mo C/jA:^here.Vv/% f ;;/ v ; ,WOJtiLBr BAMTA ' OLATJB i BUBJrEß^PortliißA,- I f Ore. ," - Dec.*' :, 2G.— Mrs: : * Eva } Bakar^J an Si aged BELL RINGS UP FOUR MORE FAIR VOTES FOR WEST Napa Man Gains New Pledges for Sah Francisco^ and v Keeps Up Good Work^ \u25a0 Brief Is Being Prepared for Con- • gress by Delegation at Washington -V [Special Dispatch to TfceColl] WASHINGTON,^ Dec. ;26.— San Fran cisco . exposition representatives, have been busy ,Inv spite- of the holidays." Many.; congressmen \ are iri -.town;: and every one of tliem : ls being interviewed.' Theodore; A; .Bell, : who is r in charge at headquarters, is ibusy/cor-, responding -,; with agents i* throughout the country^ arid [preparing a brief pre senting San Francisco's; case to the house , of representatives.' :^Letters r and telegrams received iyeste*rday r " and to day Indicate a favorable swing toward San : Francisco , in, the ; middle west.' Four^votes were captured for San Fran cisco ; today. . • \u25a0..'. "\u25a0? ./ ;_ \u25a0__;... -E. M. Swazey has | returned from New York, where he;had a conference; with Leon SlossV . Representative; Kahn' has gone to Pittsburg to line up: the forces there.. Representative > ."McKinlay has gone^ to Kentucky ona'sifriilar errand and Representative Knbwland lsiin.Vir- Continued. on Paste 2, Column 6 ter..'. It. wasr.the of ivGen- eral Valadares, r who » is- opposed :• to * the government i/arid> wa'gw'ousted;- as' sov ernor byiPresident Dayilla. '"*\u25a0' \u25a0'"'(Th'e'Jstate^. department o is --watching: with,-; interest -the^rnovemeritsrof v'the' gunboat Hornet, which cleared from* New,- Orleans'" Saturday.;; Coincident with the. sailing of the Hornet was; the leaving" of former Bonila from New -Orleans :for»Honduras. . , : . l frail body could stand: Death came' so swiftly and unheralded thatV it ' was some.time ; before -th'e; members ;of i the family could realize that V. the grim reaper "had stalked Tin" upon' the' Christ mas festivities. ' ' ' . "\ '.-- Mrs.' Martin was 68 years old,' a-.pio ner of Sacramento, havingjeome to this city, when a iglrl/ She is survived by her'husbknd. ' back-of # "Friiitvale/ .on the' ,Redwood road. _; It was purchased three I weeks ago. The vein is. a decompgsed por phyry, composition,.. 14 feet \u25a0:wide, and cuts across the property for '200 feet. , ; It;carries silver;and;.gold^havihg.tlje distinction]'of; being;thefonlyVgold,mine known in Alameda:,c6urity.--" • BROTHER^SUAPS SISTER, Man Shot by; Brother; on Eve -of Wediiiiig PRESCOTT/ Ark.r Dec.^26— O»; the eve^of :\ his wedding-, : because, it is : _al-; leged, ' he : h£d slapped his ; sister; Qeofge H. Hendricks: was" shot-, andikilled^b'y his/ brother, - William Hendricks, today. t The shootin y . at: ; the: store^f the father; of ; the ; men,' ."At ; the'; time"' the" eldefi' Hendricks > was Jn-.'seareh/of ."po licemen v to!have;his - s6ns ; .arrested. \u25a0;•\u25a0*•.' RANCHER DIES CVVHILE FIQHTINQiQRASSvFIRE [Special ipispaieh io iJheiCall] SANTA I ROSA, i Dec;: 2 6.^-Trhii'eVngbt-j ingi a'; grass;: fire /thatc threatened 'to' burnj his >J home,J; twoSmilesft from. 'this city,;; George § Louis * Roff ,"* 6 6 V, y e'ars^old. 5 suffered 3a V rush «of Sblood ?; to !? his * head and 'dropped , deadiv* He ! leaves : a"* widow," two ;v daughters jaridtaf son/; v\One i'Tpf *hls sons i Is; employed ,'" : in . .Sanv^rancisco.'" Five ! : years : ;:Jago./ -. Roff > acquired his .ranchhlVHeJwasiaV Mason- andVai.Wood-" man^of ItheiWorld.t' :" : •' ; " Y.p \ ••;\u25a0 i *--y- / F?ATAIS^WRECIC^CAUSED v =DAMAQEj{r^STEAMER ANTWERP, 1 ?: Belgium, j Deo:- 26J— The Red|Star; Hne-fSteamerlF^inlandriwhich sankUhe!Belglan)freierhter>BaltiQueYat' ,the!'mouth"ribf athe I River f Escaiutay,"! Buf^ fer"ed2COJisldefa.)t)le£da.mage7itp;iits|b"ow' 'and^will|beTdfydockedfat:: Southampton \u25a0\u25a0 for examination.' ; ,;,The ?, Finland t,*. war bound v- f rorrui An twerp^j f br^New.'^Ydrk ,wh>nithaf^lli«io"nfoccurred?aridsafter^ wardianchoj^lat'Flushing.^Blxi > 6ffthe' HOXSEY SOARS 11,474 FEET REMARKABLE FLIGHT IN GALE ArchfHoxseyiy Calif orhian iivho^broke world's- height* record, and diagram showing-hon '"altitude work has'been brought up to \]\,47 4 feetP PILOT OF DEATH HUSBAND'S SEAT \u25a0 Wif e;i X Hied .?in *IBuggjr j \u25a0$ Farmer Unhurt,;- Carrie^Six; Miles .:: J •bjr'fengihe . ..' ALEMOYNE^a^D«. V 26PTIirown ; on of the;r<pnglne of the fast Hocking.- valley- passenger, train; which stfuckv and his ] biiggy • and instantly; killed '-hls'iwife, : John'Bartel shein^ra wealthy 'farinW/ was carried to Fembervlile,' six' miles distant, where, he alighted,; dazed' but, uninjured.'^ He^ still heldj,part\of "'theVbrqken.' lines 'In . one hand.'jtogrether^withjtlie^lap^rpbe. • \u25a0-\u25a0'•: BY* ALA BAM A -YOUTHS Love {Jfpr-Excitement "arid bime " s Cause of .Affray/" V '; : MOBILB/rAla^VfDeC;} 26.-^-L,ove \u25a0 f orTex cltement/superißducediby reading dime novels, ftwaB > - the*'c*auset of James J. Parks and^Fr an k : aTt emor, ',1 5 ' \u25a0 y e ar } ol d . b 6 y a, Tight ing,*a^ duelVhere ' on the ; outskirts 'of VhefcJty*.today. Parka jwas swounded jln, thellef ti-arm, r an - artery.;being J severed." TreroorJescaped'unhurt.' The "boys built -I^:^£^^- •.^Vf.Vl'.'ifWA" ; v',«Vn v o.---:»»,'«^' '-Vl' \u25a0 lowest Sunday nf»mJ4s.. *Sf V* \>^* \ FORECAST :FOJ^^€^AY^<^^ | frost in morning; ligf^&qgwind, changing to ' A VI ATION: FIELD, LOSANGELES. Dec. 2&— Seventy-five thousand ./ \ persons, the largest crowd that' ever witnessed manbirds in flight in X \ America, saw. Arch Hoxsey, the Pasadena aviator, break the world's record for altitude today.' He soared more than two miles up into the sky— to.be exact, his barograph registered a height of 11,474 feet, or nearly a thousand feet above the altitude of :10,499 feet attained by Le Gagneux at "Pau,: France, a short^time ago. This is the second time the world's altitude record has .been broken in Los Angeles, the first time being last January, when Louis Paulhan rose a little more than 4.000 feet. ,*"£\u25a0" v Hoxsey did this in spite. of a gale of 40 milev an hour that wrecked ' Huber/ Latham's Antoinette monoplane and kept more cautious aviator 3on DESCENDS IN THRILLING SPIRAL GLIDES Hoxscy sailed into the sky at 1 o'clock. At 2:45 his barograph 'showed 'thc;_reckoncd-'hcight;oycr Venice, a'scaahore resort, more than 20 miles:. from \u25a0the field.^..Qjniipg' dowiT.-he.detied the forces- of the wind and;made arsejries of thrilliJigbpiranglidcs while. thousands of ,tect in. the air. Before he came lightlyto earth the -crowd was on its feet cheerins:. . He was lifted from hia biplane >by. fellow, aviators, , who paraded ; up. and down before the grandstand, bearing, the-intrepfd fiier'upoh their shoulders. ,The.;immense, throng* insisted on' making a hero of Hoxsey,' demanding .that he^walk alone up and ;down before them. They did not give him time to doff the arctic furs'in which he", made -his record flight, but marched him back©nd forth before, the grandstand. \u25a0'\u25a0".. 'tWas it windy .up there?"- he was asked. • ""It blew; so hard," replied Hoxsey, "that my machine hardly moved and :barely,held its" own. It was. so blamed cold that more than once I thought my carburetor was about to freeze!^ "l"made!the record because I determined to'keep on going up until 'l passed Le Gagneux' record or the carburetor froze. HUBERT LATHAM IN BAD WRECK 'The gale which Hoxsey and his brethren of the Wright camp, Parmalee andv'Brookins, braved successfully, wrecked Latham's beautiful "Antoinette • machine completely. The Frenchman was among the first of the aviator 3 'Avho; answered the starting' gun at 1 o'clock. For 2 hours and 15 minutes he fought. the^wirid^whichjblew directly off the ocean, six miles from the aviation ;6eld; % Tlicn an^adyerse' current slapped his monoplane downward, hurled it k into f a fence-under the brow .of the hill and threw the aviator into a gully. -The -Frenchman relieved the fears of the thousands whp saw his fall by 'rising.itfimediately.' But- his machine -roas a tangled mass of wire and silken ('fabric. .The :motor,A\^aV t the. only part oi the machine found to be intact, and IfLathaiir declared, thatyiavihg enough parts for three extra machines he would flJuild 'a- new monoplane»and be in the air again before the end of themeet. ii r T : .r "There .is: oner consolation/, he said philosophically. "I don't think they I'caiv'rnake.me'pay. duty lon an imported machine- that's no longer in existence, {\u25a0"aiid'then: Ixari build a new Antoinette and they can't make me pay duty on ] that ; becauseat-willibet built- in America." : I? v The duty, was due^qn Latham's machine in a little while^ as his period of \u25a0grace \u25a0granted^byvthe' government so he might participate in this meet had 7 CURTISS^TEAj>i^UERS ARE CAUTIOUS .; \u25a0»'.-;.-.' None o£-the : jZu,rtiss;'machines ascended after the breeze, which was blow ing V ls milesan hour Vat '1 o'clock, 'had'gained a velocity of 20 miles an hour, alfew. minutes'laterV-N'Eugene^Ely was theonly member of the Curtiss team who'essayed flightat all!/- Whenhe rose the judges announced; be could com 'petejwith.'Hoksey fb/.thc altitude record. But after going up 200 feet* he "came downY taking his biplane back to the hangar. "" Parmalee, driver of the i"baby" Wright, also dared the wind and attained an altitude .of .6.625 feet- He electrified the crowd by a series of whirling :dipsViand^then Walter-Brookins, originator of the spiral glide, went up and iufriishd further thrills by .-exhibitions of his favorite" feat. At this time the wind!'had attained its "highest velocity. The aeiometer in the judges' stand spun; at- a- rate: of ,40'mUes: an hour, but the Wright men went through their daring performance apparently with as much ease as on the? calmest May. • According to the executive^ committee of the -aviation meet the attend ance: today 'surpassed 1 all records 'for 'such events anywhere in the world. Some estimates "gathered -from "railroad ; and gate officials ran as high as 82,000,- but the registers of -the .auditor in the ticket"' department showed '75.000. . .'More: than '5,000 automobiles- were ; packed in the- grounds. RECORD OFFICIAL _' PpHHRHBP l ; When .the barograph: reading of Hoxsey^s Record flight had been verified, telegraphic- certificatiohs .were, sent' ,to^Clifford 'B.Harmtm and ~J. K. Duffy, itheTp're"sident]andii theTp're"sident]andi ; *secretary;of the National federation of the Aero Qub of America. -^Theyj in tuhji will -certify Hoxsey.'s performance ' to foreign consuls and thus establish feat las an v ofncial international record. - , A;crbwd_'fully as^arge as that which .witnessed; the struggles againstithe gale^today. is'; expected tomorrow !wheh" _Ctxrtis*s in^his 1 " 60 horsepower racer, [vnl\ \fly.- against Parm*alee« in v the "baby" •Wright.": and Radlcy, the English iholderiof 1 the; present" .world's speed record, in a $5,000 match race. Radley is an* added- starter in the match race because'the Bleriot monoplane in which ;he' flies is, the/same machine in 'which he made his record of 77 miles an hour. , Starting 30 seconds apart, the racers will fly five times around the five, kilometer course,* making a. total distance of !5 miles and 70 yards.' y While' the wrecker -his Antoinette montrplane was being carried by a score of mea .back.' to? his hangar tonight Latham talked of the fall which ; might'easily have»caused;hiv; death. **- '. ; ..''When ; the gale started it held my machine almost motionless on every westerly reach.-. "Then - v i\jecided to come-down, and found I could noti :' There' was inothing:for^me! to do but fly about" until a lull would permit me ; to descend,*safely.' I had been waiting for the lull more than two hours, when ; HIV fuel iT2LnL±C&AcH*L^nr^tiu*-m*%tA*M*n^»t-w**ctTiar]w nnH mhin n \u25a0»\u25a0> '\u25a0>' 1 PRICE FIVE CENTS. CALIFORNIAN SHATTERS WORLD'S RECORD Seventy -five Thousand Persons at Los Angeles See Aviator Win Great Battle With DARING BIRDAUN DESCENDS IN THRILLING SPIRALS ' Hubert Latham's Antoinette Monoplane Wrecked Com pletely, but French man Is Unhurt FAMOUS FLIERS TO RACE TODAY FOR $5,000 PURSE