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BLEHIOT'S GREATFEAT French Aeronaut's Own Story of . Flight Over English Channel. DROPPED CRUTCHES TO DO IT. Daring Aviator Lost His Way In the Air Ten Minutes Out of Sight of : Land, With No Guide but Machine's . Direction Outdistanced Swift Tor pedo Boat and Landed Safely. M. Louis Bleriot, one of the pioneers In French aviation, who recently cross ed the English channel in his small monoplane from Les Baraques, near Calais, France, to the North Foreland meadow near Dover, England, in a lit tle over thirty minutes, winning the London Daily Mail's prize of $5,000, de scribes his remarkable flight as fol lows: "I rose at 2:30 Sunday morning, July 25, and, finding that the condi tions, were favorable, ordered the tor pedo boat destroyer Escopette, which Jiad been placed at my disposal by the Trench government, to start. Then I went to the garage at Sangatte and found that the motor worked well. At 4 a. m I took my seat in the aeroplane and made a trial flight around Calais of some fifteen kilometers (over nine miles), descending at the spot chosen for the start across the channel. "Here I waited for the sun to come prize requiring mat l ny. Detween sun- 1 A 1 a . t- .1 . 1 . .list: uuu sunset., :oj uaiigiit, uau come, but it was impossible to see the MA..A. 4 IT 1. A 1 . .. V A I , il. west was blowing the air clear, how- AUT A... .1..1 Avaiirthinf nm a VM.nn ..ml "I was dressed in a khaki jacket lined with wool for warmth over my tweed clothes and beneath my en gineer's suit of blue cotton overalls. A close fitting cap was fastened over my head and ears. I had neither eaten nor drunk anything since I rose. My thonerhts were nnlv iinnn th flight and my determination to accomplish it this morninc - i Flight Begun at 4:35. '""At 4:35 all's ready. My friend Le Blance gives the signal, and in an in stant I am in the air, my engine mak ing 1,200 revolutions, almost its high est speed, in order that 1 may get quickly over the telegraph wires along the edge of the cliff. As soon as I am over the cliff I reduce speed. There is now no need to force the engine.' 1 be gin my flight, steady and sure, toward II 11. l,L10L Vi. UUIOIIU. A AA A V- llJ UJI .prehensions, no sensation pas flu tout not at all. - "The Escopette has seen me. She 3s driving ahead at full speed. She makes perhaps forty-two kilometers tftwenty-six miles) an hour. What mat ters it? . 1 am making at least sixty--eight kilometers (over forty-two miles). . Rapidly I overtake her. traveling at a jieigni ox eigniy ineiers reeij. re low me is the surface of the sea, dis- nrhf1 hv the wind, which via now .a . mi .i a.i 1 esuLlLli :. lit? rnuLiuu ui Liie wares . AT- 1 A i r. A t .a i An Lost for l en Minutes. "j. en minutes are gone, i nave Tiassea rne aesirover. ana . i turn lot U V- tl VA IW ow; IT 1A LA11 1 A (ALU IHUVCCUUfA in the right direction. I am amazed. : There is nothing to be seen, neither . ithe torpedo boat destroyer nor France nor England. I am alone; I can see ' nothing at all. For ten minutes I am lost. It is a strange position to be in, . -alone, guided without a compass in AT 1 A 1. . .M 11 . . M Al . T. LUC till UYCl UllUUlC Ul LUC 1111111- nel. I touch nothing. My hands and jfeet rest lightly on the levers. I let the .aeroplane take Its own course. I care mot whither it goes. Sees England's Cliffs. "For ten minutes I continue, neither . .rising nor falling nor turning, and then, twenty minutes after I have left the French coast, I see green cliffs jtnd Dover castle and away to the west the spot where I had intended to Hand. "What can I do? It is evident the wind has taken me out of my course. I am almost at St Margaret's bay, -going in the direction of Goodwin sands. ''Vtttt If la i-lmA 4-V -A J a. Al. 4TVH A AIT Lillll. 1 VJ a LLTl'U l LUC -steering. I press a lever with my foot and turn easily toward the west, re- -versing the direction in which I am -traveling. . Now ' I am In difficulties, aor lue winu nere ay ine cims is luucu stronger, and my speed is reduced as 1 fight against it. yet my beautiful ; aeroplane responds still steadily. "I fly westward, chopping across the harbor, and reach. Shakespeare cliff. I see an opening In the cliff.. Al though I am confident I can 'continue 'for' an hour and a half, that I might. - Indeed, return to Calais, I cannot re sist the opportunity to make a land ing upon this green , spot. Safe on England's Shore. -"Once more I turn my aeroplane -and, describing a half circle,' I enter , the opening and find myself again over dry - land. Avoiding the red buildings on my right, I attempt landing, but the wind catches me and whirls me around two or three times At once I stop my motor, and instant- ... 1y my machine falls straight upon the ground from a height of twenty meters .(seventy-five feet). In two or three -seconds I am safe upon your snore. "Soldiers In khaki run up and po . licemen. Two of my compatriots are -on the spot They kiss my cheeks. The conclusion of my flight over- . whelms me. . .'. . "Thus ended my flight across the Jichannel-a , flight which could easily fee done again. Shall I do It? I think ot. I have promised my wife that after a race for which I have already entered I will fly no more." M. Louis Bleriot is one of the oldest and most popular aviators in France and is the winner of the Osiris prize of $20,000 in conjunction with Gabriel Voisin, the aeroplane manufacturer, for their contributions to the progress of aviation. Only recently he was dec orated with the Legion of Honor. He is a graduate of the celebrated Techni cal school of France. He is the In ventor of a searchlight for automo biles and became interested in the problems of aviation in 1900. He sold out his factory in Orleans and came to Paris. Since then he has devoted his time to aviation and made countless experiments, crippling his resources to a great extent. Bleriot's Recklessness Notorious. Throughout his career Bleriot has displayed such reckless daring that his friends hare all predicted that he would be killed. He has had numer ous accidents and broken a dozen ma chines, but has never been dismayed by misfortune. He made his first cross country flight from Toury to Arthenay, made a flight of one hour at Doue, and on July 13 made a new record for cross country from Etampes to Or leans. After Latham failed in his attempt to cross the channel Bleriot hurried to Calais to try his luck, announcing sub sequently that he intended to make a cross country flight of 100 kilometers (sixty-two miles) from Evreux to Or leans without a stop. M. Bleriot is exceedingly cool and has always main tained that a man that kept his head could not be seriously injured. "In case of accident," he has said, "I throw myself on one of the wings; that breaks the wing, but it saves me." When M. Bleriot flew away from the shores of France he left behind a pair of crutches on which he had been hobbling about up to the moment of taking his seat in his monoplane and a group of spectators filled with admiration at the man's daring, but fearful of his fate. THE COMING RELIGION Dogma Will Bind It' PREVENTION ITS WATCHWORD BBIANP'S RAPID RISE. U New French Premier Is a Socialist and a Man of S.jdious Habits. Dr. Eliot Says Neither Creed Nor premier of France, has been' so rapid that the biographical dictionaries have not had time to notice him.'- The most recorded outside of France about him is contained In newspaper clippings, which feature his work on the legisla tion separating the church and state in France and, most talked about of all, his declaration for trial marriages, divorce by mutual agreement and free love. The ' latest edition of the French "Who's Who" says that M. Briand was born in Nantes on March 28, 1862, and that he attended school in that city. There is no mention of universitv training, but he became a lawyer. He was elected to represent the Loire in Five years Cornerstone of New Belief, Say " Harvard's President Emeritus,' Will Be Love of God and Service to Fel- low Men Skillful Surgeon to . Be One of Its Ministers. '" Charles W. Eliot, president emeritus of Harvard university, outlined In an address before the Harvard. Summer School . of Theology at . Cambridge, Mass tTiA nfhpr flftprnnon his iriAn nf the new religion-that of the twentieth the chamber of deputies. century a religion not based upon au thority or dealing In promises of future compensations, a religion among whose ministers would be the skillful sur geon, whose aim would be prevention, not consolation. 'You have been studying this year," said Dr. Elliot, "about changed views of religion and increased knowledge. new ideas of God as seen along many lines. You have learned that social progress has been modified and that energy is being conserved. From these and other indications you must believe that religion is not fixed, but fluent, and that it changes from cen tury to century. Such,' indeed, has been the cace. 'The progress in the nineteenth cen- agb he was known only among his own party, the Socialists. He was appointed reporter of the church and state separation bill and soon became recognized as a high au thority on the subject. He aimed to draw up a bill broadly liberal la spirit, but devoid of fanaticism, and designed to assure freedom of worship and con science. For his work on that bill he was elevated to the post of minister of public instruction arid worship in 1906. During the church and state troubles he acted .with firmness and modera tion, and after the death of M. Guyot Dessaigne on Dec. 31, 1907, he was appointed minister of justice, retain ing also the, ministry of worship. It was last year that his name, got tury far outstripped that of similar newspapers as one who favored Li. uiitL l ui&es, ui v ui: ce uv uiuiuai WOMEN PEACEMAKERS. periods, and it is fair to assume that the progress of the twentieth century will bring about what I call the new religion. First, I shall tell you what this new religion will not be, and, sec ond, what it will be. Its Faith' Not to Be Racial or Tribal. "The new religion will not be based upon authority, either spiritual or tem poral. The present generation Is ready to be led, but not driven. As a rule, the older Christian churches have re lied .on authority. But there Is now a tendency toward liberty and prog ress, and among educated men this feeling is Irresistible. In the new re- Movement In England to Stop Anglo - German Bickerings. A woman's Anglo-German entente committee, with the object of striving ligion there will be no personificatioii to put an end to the incessant bicker ings between the two nations, was recently organized at the residence In London of David Lloyd-George, chan cellor of the exchequer. The meeting of natural objects. There will be no deification of remarkable human be ings, and the faith- will not be racial or tribal. "The new religion will not afford agreement and free love. Early In ; the year Paul Bourget's play, "TJn Dl- voree,"' presented at the Vaudeville ; in Pariis, eaused a sensation. It dealt with the divorce question, holding that marriage was a sacrament and ful- ; mihattng: against the Idea of divorce, i Though the Bourget play preached ; against the ideas of the minister of justice- last year, votes taken every night fir the very theater in which It was produced were overwhelmingly in faror f M. Br land's ideas as against ; those- of M Bourget. i M. Briand is a man of studious dis position and early won a reputation 1 among- his- associates as a scholar. He adopted the doctrines of the Eevolu- j tlonary Socialists early In life and Is the author of The Separation of the ChuTclli and the State," publishd in 1906. was addressed by a number of mem- safety primarily to the individual; it bers of parliament as well as by sev- wiil think first of the common good, eral influential women, and a letter and will not teach that character can' was read from Count Paul Wolff-Met-i be changed quickly. TEST OF JAP RAILROAD TIES. ternich, the German ambassador to Great Britain, expressing keen interest in the movement and wishing it every success. ... Mr., Lloyd-George attributed what he called the "snarling and barking" now 'The new religion will not think of God as a large and glorified man or as a king or a patriarch. It will not deal chiefly with sorrow and death, but with joy and lif e. It will believe iif. no malignant powers, and It will at- going on in England and Germany to tack quickly all forms of evil. a misunderstanding. "Some of you "A new thought of God will be its remember," he said, "the prejudices, characteristic." The twentieth century jealousies and animosities that former- religion accepts literally St. ' Paul's ly dictated our relations with Amer- statement, 'In him we live and move lea, while now not the wildest person and have our being. This new re; or yellowest of yellow journals on ligion will be thoroughly monotheistic. either side of the Atlantic ever sug- f God will be so imminent that no Inter- gests that war Is within the realms of mediary will be needed. For every possibility. Then followed - the con- man God ' will be a multiplication of stant quarrels with France, but now infinities. A humane and worthy Idea the warmest friendship prevails. Why of God then will be the central thought should not Germany be Included In of the new religion. that feeling? There Is absolutely no "This religion rejects the idea that reason for a quarrel with Germany." man Is alien or a fallen being who Is Among the members of the commit- hopelessly wicked. It finds such be- tee are Mrs. Asquith, wife of the pre- liefs Inconsistent with a worthy idea mier; Mrs. Lloyd-George, Mrs. Win- of God. Man has always attributed to ston Spencer Churchill, wife of the man a spirit associated with but inde- president of the board of trade, and pendent of the body. . This spirit Is Lady Brassey.' LIGHTS ON BABY CARTS. Los Angeles Council Includes All Ve hides In New Speed Ordinance. Baby carriages and wheelbarrows are included in an amended speed ordi nance passed by the Los Angeles (Cal.) city, council the other afternoon, which provides that all vehicles of every sort shall display red lights at the rear end and white lights in front. Mr. Reeves, the city prosecutor, pointed out imme diatelv the ridiculous feature of the measure, but the ordinance was not uls y lne promise oi iurure compensa shown in a man's habits, in his appear-; ance and actions in short, it is his personality; it is the most effective part of every "human being. ' In the crisis of a battle it is a superior soul that rallies the troops, and it appeals to souls, not to bodies. ' Will Reduce Need of Consolation. "The new religion will admit no sac raments, except natural, hallowed cus toms, and It will deal with natural in terpretations 'of such rites. Its priests will strive to improve social and In dustrial conditions. It will not at tempt to reconcile people to present Santa Fe to Try Coca-bola Shipment - Near Great Bend, Kan.. The- Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe road! . & - mating arrangemtns for a series of experiments with a new kind of railroad" ties which will be observed. with Interest by every railroad in the United States. The Santa Fe lias purchased a large- shipment In Japan of coca-bola and Jap anese oak ties, which were recently landed in California and are now being prepared for use on the Santa Fe tracks In Kansas. The experiments are to- be conducted at Great Bend, Kan. , This wood from Japan when deliv ered In California costs the railroad about $1.15 a tie, or a little more than is paid for American ties. - The wood is so bard that it is said to be almost impossible to drive a spike Into it, and it Is expected to be capable of twenty- five to thirty years' wear. Holes will hare to be bored Into the wood, and screw spikes will be used. When laid the cost of the ties will be In the neighborhood of $2 each. The ship ment received contains 170,000 ties. When the ties are placed in position new rails will be laid and the track will be reballasted. so that it will af ford an accurate medium for observa tion and tests. It is claimed that it will then be one of the finest pieces of railroad track In the world: tion. I believe the advent of just free dom for mankind has been delayed for centuries by such promises.- Preven tion will be the watchword of the new religion, and a skillful surgeon will be one of its ministers. It cannot supply consolation as offered by old religions, but It will reduce the need of consola tion. Limitless Field of Action. "The new religion will laud God's love and will not teach condemnation for the mass of mankind. ' The' true end of all religions and philosophy is to teach man to serve his fellow man, NOVEL RECORD IN BASEBALL. and this e1011 wm do tnis increas ingly, it will not De bound by dogma Sager Plays In 506 Consecutive Games Lor creed. Its workings will be simple, For the Evansville (Ind.) Club. out its field or action limitless. Its James Sager, third baseman of .the discipline will .be the training in the changed. The object of the ordinance Is to extend the state automobile law to include heavy wagons in the city limits. Mr. Reeves said after the ordinance was passed: "Fathers and mothers need not worry over the requirements of the new law. We shall not pros ecute them if they do not put lights on their baby carriages. The danger of the law is that some officious police man will make trouble for inoffensive persons who do not obey the new ordi nance. Experiment With Milking Machines. The Nebraska experiment station of the department of agriculture at Washington is experimenting with milking machines. ' A preliminary re port on the progress of the Investiga tion, v recently Issued by the depart ment, contains this information: 'It has been found that most of the cows yield their milk as freely and fully when milked with a machine as by .hand,, but with some individual cows the use of the machine is not en-. tlrely successful. Heifers accustomed to the machines from the first appear to do better than older ' cows which have been milked by hand." Evansville (Ind.) Central league team, holds a record that no other ball player has probably ever earned since the in troduction of the game. Since join ing the Evansville squad he has played in 506 consecutive games. Sager was traded by South Bend, Ind., to Evansville in 1906 and has never missed a' game-, since becoming a member of the nine. ' During the last four seasons he has never spoken harshly to an umpire, has never suf fered a bruise or an injury and has never known a sick day. development of co-operative good will. "Again and again different bodies of people, such as spiritualistsv and Christian Scientists, have set up new cults. But the mass of people stay by the church. Since there will be un doubtedly more freedom in this cen tury it may be argued that it will be difficult to unite various religions un der this new head, but such unity,' I believe, can be accomplished on this basis the love of God and service to One's -fellow man. .There are already many signs of extensive co-operation democracy, individualism, : idealism, a tendency to welcome the new, and pre ventive medicine! . Finally, I believe, the new religion will, make Christ's "Living Flag" to Greet G. A. R. One of the features of the Grand Army of. the Republic encampment, to' be' held at Salt Lake City in August revelation seem more wonderful than will be a living flag composed of 1.248 ever to us." children in costume. . Of this number 544 will be dressed in red, 480 in white With the humble there Is perpetual and 224 In blue. " peace. Shakespeare. Girl Police. ' ITUe president of the National Wom an's Suffrage association said .in the course of a speech at Minneapolis that women should be on the police force, aa criminals need "mothering."! When the gentlemanly burglar Executes a boyish prank. Such as stealing fifty thousand From a safety vault or bank, It is wrong for us to jail him. Unmolested he should walk. With a girl policeman giving Him a sweet maternal talk. When a grafter is discovered We should raise no hue and cry. Rather should we take his promise To do better by and by. We should never prosecute him - When he promises to stop. We should simply have him scolded By a sweet faced Jady cop. When a murder's been committed And the killer flees In haste. It's unkind of us to shoot him Or to even have him chased. ; - There's no need for great detectives. ' He'll come back if we will wait. Let a sweet young girl policeman Write to him and make a date. . ' All this talk of inefficient v -Cops at once would disappear, And of footpads or of sneak thieves We no longer would have fear, For they'd want to be arrested, - And they'd fight against release. And they'd stay in jail forever If we had a girl police! Arthur Roche in New TmtIc World. JjUffiS REMOVAL SALE Must reduce our stock at once. Will be at home in the Whiteside building, opposite Palace theater SEPTEMBER 1st Corvallis agents for the Redfern Whalebone Corsets L. & G. B. ANDERSON Summer Rates East During the Season 1909 via the Southern Pacific Co. from CORVALLIS, OREGON To OMAHA and Return - - $62.60 To KANSAS CITY and Return $62.60 To ST. LOUIS and Return - - $70.10 To CHICAGO and Return - - $75.10 ' and to other principal cities in the East, Middle West and South. Correspondingly low fares. 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