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BATTLES IN INE
AIR ARE 10 BE
BITTERLY FOUGHT
With Advent of Flying Machine
Will Come Contests as Exten
sive as Invaded Element.
INVENTOR ASKS QUESTION
Edgar Reagan Predicts What
Will Be the Next Step in
Aerial Navigation.
By Edgar U. G. Reagan.
(Inventor of an airship, he .is now
preparing to fly in San Antonio, and
widely known as a San Antonio in
ventor in other lines.)
Darius Green, that historical illu*
tration of the chagrin coming to unsuc
cessful flying attempts, was not an ex
ception to the general heritage of man
kind of the idea that men may and will
some day fly; that idea is as indiginous
in the average mind as the notion of
Deifie ancestry, original sin. atonement
and restoration to the right to use
pinions as a mode of locomotion.
These ideas are all undoubted fruit
age of aspiration to get away from the
ehagrin of conscious defects and limita
tions, and for aught we can prove to
the contrary may be an echo of fact
of traditional nobility and movements
of an ancestry, whose vaulting ambi
tion to rival deity in .knowledge con
stituted the original sin we are prone
to offer as apology for our limitations,
ns little as we recognize the lesson
taught by that awful tragedy—(wheth
er fact or fancy) that “pride goeth
before destruction and a haughty spirit
before a fall.”
The fiwls of the air in their method
of locomotion have always been envied .
by mankind; what maiden or swain in
lovelorn aspiration has not at some
time exclaimed: “Oh, for the wings,
of a dove,” etc.! This universal dreamy
aspiration fathered the prophesy that
the realms of the air would some day I
be explored by mankind; and this mute :
appeal to ambition fired the audacious
real of dreamy genius, not only to imi- 1
fate the original inventor of the vital
flying machines, the birds, with which
the air is filled, but to go one better,
and vault into space on artificial wings
—or other device, manipulated by pow
er developed and directed thereto or
not, at choice, and, used or not, at;
will.
In this brief summary we have an
epitomized history of cause and effect,
aspiration, desire and the ambitious
■will of genius to demonstrate the mas
tery of mind over matter, and gratify
the dreamy aspirations of covert de
sire to master all creation.
Battles in the Air.
The love of conquest is an essential
element of ambition, and it is hardly t
thinkable that that born of ambition
would be free from controversy; and,
undoubtedly, with the advent of the
flying machine, will come contests. ■
sharp and bitter, and may be extensive I
as the element invaded by their use. <
l For more than a hundred years I
savants have predicted that men would ;
fly. so goon as a structure light enough, i
and strong enough with enough power ■
developed by engines sufficiently small
and light was devised; and develop
ments in lightness, strength and thej
least, displacement of motive powers
having reached the point of adapts I
If ion to such use, the “kite” of such
Isize and lightness to he driven by it
has been successfully attempted by a
multitude of designers in different parts
iof the world; but it was found mount
'lng into the air was one thing, and
the successful poising and manipulation
of aerial craft was quite a different
[proposition; a balloon, as has been ob
served for ages, will go up. but to
[guide its course, start and stop when
end where you wish and direct its
course, start and stop when and where
you wish and direct its course, is still
a matter over which one class of en-
Ideavorers are racking their brains;
having learned how to get into the air.
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WHO HAS AIR FRANCHISE?
A picture that hardly needs a lan-j
guage chart to impart its forceful sig- >
nifieanee showing the battle royal that!
will be on in the courts between the!
Wright brothers on the one hand and!
Aviator Paulhan on the other to decide
and “propel.” the question of control
is puzzling the minds of others, experi
menting with different forms of giant
kites, each, in his own way striving
for the same result —“fly"—and that
is where the “battle in the air” be
gins its clamorous din; each fellow gets
his idea patented and asks injunction
against infringement—their ideas must;
clash, because, men thinking from cause |
to effect reach similar conclusions by’
similar routes, and simetimes, inde
pendently, without a knowledge of each
other, adopt the same mechanical de
vice to produce a desired result. When
this is the case, the man first to patent
office should as a matter of fact be
protected against infringement of any
device in construction not in common
। use which his plans and specifications
' call for; but, this is all he has a right
to claim protection on; a machine is
patentable, a result, no. Yet contentous
ambition of genius will want to monop
olize not only “the flying,” but the
air in which he flies, and the beginning
of this bold piracy will put the brakes
on honest endeavor, and blind the eyes
of genius to its practical dreams,
choke development by restrictions, and
waste time, money and morals in un
seemly wrangling, while a general
paralysis will seize upon and palsy
i hands capable of executing designs that
I will fulfill the demands for machines
! that will successfully navigate the air.
Living Flying Machines.
Tn this connection it is pertinent to ।
ask: Who originated “flying ma- I
chines?” Could the fowls of the air be
classed as such? in that they fly, wheth
er they bo called “fowls of the air”
or, “livingflying machines” heavier
than air type. If so, is it a new idea,
or an idea handed down from the be
ginning of the world by the “supreme
inventive genius” of the Creator? If
so, is any inventor entitled to patent
protection on anything more than just
what his applications and specifications
call for? Are not any other machines,
(many more complicated than flying ma
chines), protected to this extent alone?
Is locomotion on the water patentable,
or is it the craft? Look over the vast
strides from the aborigine’s canoe to
the stately steamers that plough the
main in all kinds of weather; if it were
the going, that was patentable instead
whether or not the Wrights are within
their rights when they claim everything
that exists at the present time in the
way of flying machines as their sole in
ventive principle. Paulhan and other
aviators are expected to fight the
Wright dictum to the last ditch.
of the thing that goes and the monop
oly per]>etuated, there wo.uld be no
ocean traffic because the thought of
improvement in craft would have been
stifled in the horning. So with vehicle
locomotion on land, from oxcart to
luxurious victorias—and, from the
horseless velocipede to the motorcycle
—and from the toboggan to the latest
agony in high-priced fancy autos —and
on from the creeping mule ear
or tranm-ways to moving palaces on
steel rails drawn by monster locomo
tives—in one and all, not the going,
but the machine that goes is entitled
to protection by patent monopoly vest
ed in the originator as a reward for
his thought and labor—the policy and
purpose of all patent law being to en
courage by rewarding with a monopoly
for a time on the machine produced—
not a prohibition against other and
further and better thought, striving for
a like reward for producing a machine
that may produce more and better re
sults of same or similar kind of re
sults. '
Again, review the multitudinous de
vices patented for producing rapidly
and intelligibly a record of human
thought on surfaces and otherwise:
Sculpture, its multitudinous tools;
painting, its coloring preparations, pro
cesses, tools and implements incident
to it; writing, with indeterminable in
struments; machines and devices from
the rubber stamp to the linotype and
variety of printing devices from the
“original model” to the modern
presses used in getting ont large daily
papers—machines and parts thereof, all
proper subjects of patent monopoly—
but. principle—results sought, as. loco
motion, by any means whatever, is not,
or should not be sought to be monop
olized by any one worthy of the name
of inventor. But, ambition is usually
greedy and injunctions, and suits for
infringements may be expected, in con
nection with this latest fad of govern
ment and wealthy citizen, clamoring
fo- pre-eminence in this age of pro
gross; but, if the “going up in the air”
is patentable, why not sue the Creator
for infringement in the making of his
vital flying machines?
Entitled to Protection.
It is freely admitted (the writer him
self being an inventor) that every man
i is entitled to the best protection of his
I ideas the government can afford him—
hut. steps that are taken to claim some
.thing beyond that called for in appli
j cation and specifications on thing ma
chines, if permitted by the courts, will
I not only cut out, discourage and sup
i press some of the best thought of the
| strongest and best minds in America
, but discourage desire to improve on
: crude first machines, and tend to thwart
successful and safe aviation of the air.
I and the appeal to the courts .for re-
I straining orders on alleged infringe
ments by foreigners prohibits aviators
' from foreign' lands visiting us as
i brothers with a common thought to en
courage human progress into a domain
of science heretofore unexplored.
As the writer sees it. nt present it
is not worth while for any inventor at
the present stage of progress to be
come furious because he thinks some
man has infringed his ideas, for it
stands to reason that in a short time,
present ideas will be things of the past
anil forgotten, or ridiculed as crude;
and, again, it the same time were taken
up by the man of ingenious mind in the
improvement of his mechanism for fly
ing that ho would likely spend in
wrangling and making war on other in
ventors seeking the same object he is,
claiming they infringe his rights
and ideas—results of such time de
voted to improvements would be mani
fold greater to himself and the anxious,
waiting, expectant public—more and
more clamorous to flv.
Be it not overlooked that the writer
is nn inventor and will be until death:
I know the troubles of inventors, and
am not making war against any, but,
on the contrary, will stand by and help
to protect any ideas that- ho may bring
forth; this is not boastfully, but mod
estly stated, as an assurance of broth
erly feeling for niv fellows who are
committed to externalizing creations of
ingenious thought by self-denial and
SAN ANTONIO LIGHT AND GAZETTE
WHY PAULHAN
DIDN’T STOP TO
SAY “FAREWELL”
Mystery of Sudden Flight From
San Antonio Is at Last
Explained.
CLEARY RECEIVED A TIP
Injunction Had Been Granted
in New York and He Wanted
to Face the Music.
Edwin Cleary’s hurried departure
from San Antonio and the caiwellation
of all the dates in Texas for flights by
Louis Paulhan, the aviator, whose man
ager, Cleary, is, has been explained. In
New York, where he is now, Mr. Cleary
says it was due to the receipt of a
message informing him an injunction
against Paulhan had been granted by
the courts.
A dispatch from New York says:
, Either the Wright brothers, flyers
and conquerors of the air, soon will
achieve their ambition and virtually
own all the atmosphere, or the injunc
tions they have obtained in all parts
of the country and which have been
responsible for driving Louis Paulhan
and other foreign aviators out of the
United States, will be smashed forever.
This is the news which Edwin Ciei
ry, himself an American, and man
ager for Paulhan, is today spreading
broadcast. The statement that he w.ll
fight every injunction through the last
court of resort as Paulhan’s manager
was accompanied this morning with a
lengthy, but deeply interesting argu
ment pro and con on the tight of tre
Wrights to “control the air.’
Cleary, who is a native of Ken
tucky, possesses the distinction of be
ing better known in any European
.country than he is here. He was
known in this country years ago as
stage director for Edwin Booth, ar. I
held many important positions in the
more noted theatrical organizations <f
two decades ago.
Cleary draws the parallel between
the treatment accorded the Wrights
when they, as unknown American in
ventors. visited France in search >f
financial aid and encouragement in the
art of flying, and the treatment they
have accorded the foremost of French
aviators in this country.
He says that the “warping wing”
device which is the basis of the in
junction against Paulhan is a patent,
on a method of control, and not upon
a mechanical device.
He states that in 1893 the French
man, Adair, constructed an aeroplane
embracing the warping wing device
hard work. And, it is with this same
feeling of right and fair to each and
all that I urge this idea: Should this
suppression by invoking courts’ pro
cesses generally obtain, would even a
patriotic inventor fee) himself obliga
ted to hold his ideas in reserve until
patents expire within a government
whose patronage is pledged to, and its
courts protect rights of monopoly to
the first comer who obtained general re
sults to the results rather than machine
made as per application and specifica
tions on which patent, issued? or,
wouldn’t he rather expatriate himself
for the benefit of enlightened progress
and accept protection of a foreign gov
ernment for his ideas of mechanical
construction that brings about result
all seek for?
I think so, and fear, therefore, the
“battle in the air” on American claims
will not be conducive to the most rapid
progress in producing the highest type,
best and safest machines, in which the
people will not be averse to taking n
comfortable seat and be transported
swiftly and safely to destination, for
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which, according to Cleary, is as old
as the hills. Lastly, Cleary is pre
pared to fight the matter through Tn
the American courts.
“I see by the papers,” said Mr.
Cleary, “that Louis Paulhan was
chased all over Louisiana, Texas nnd
Oklahoma by officers of the law, who
were anxious to serve injunction papers
upon him. On February 24 we were
at San Antonio, Texas, preparing for
flights. Or the morning of tbnt day I
received word that an injunction
against Paulhan had been granted by
the courts. I at once canceled the
day’s engagement —at a great finan
cial loss —and came at once to New
York, bringing Paulhan, the mechani
cians and the machines. I have thus
shown my respect for the court, and
the trip to New York was for the pur
pose of accepting service of these
papers as soon as possible.
“As to the merits of this suit
against Louis Paulhan and myself, I
cannot speak. That matter I ’.a in the
courts. I have been overwhelmed with
letters and telegrams from abroad—
messages from those engaged in aviat
ing enterprises—expressing the great
est surprise that such action had been
taken in this country.
“Foreigners, particularly the French
people, realize that in 1893 Adair pat
ented an aeroplane in which the ‘warp
ing wing' device was employed to
maintain stability.- That machine is
at the present time in a French mu
seum. side by side with the Bleriot
across channel machine, which is built
on the same plan. This was before the
Wrights built their first successful ma
chine.
“The Wrights, as we understand it,
have patented a method of aperation,
and not a mechanical device. I might
say that both are as old as the hills,
for Sable, on September 12, 1809, flew
in his biplane in Paris.”
SAN MARCOS PEOPLE .
TO FIGHT PHONE RAISE
Special Dispatch.
San Marcos. Tex.. March 15. —San
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not propose to submit to the raise an
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mass meeting will bo held tonight at
which resolutions will bo adopted that
the old rates must lie maintained until
1000 phones are in use or the users of
ihe company’s lines will all order their
phones taken out.
The announcement of the raise to
take effect May 1 was made yester
day.
Charles Davis, the young ne'gro who
confessed after being arrested, to set
ting fire to a number of barns nt San
Marcos, was yesterday sentenced to five
years in the penitentiary. The grand
jury was dismissed yesterday.
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