La Grande evening observer., July 08, 1916, Image 9

E&TURDAY, JULY 8, 1916.
L GRANDE EVENMG OBSEBVEIl
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'EM UP
TOMORROW'S RACING PROGRAM
Fif at event Six-mile motorcycle
race.
Second event Trials for track
record. '
Third event 10-mile motorcycle
race.
Fourth event 10-mile race for
fully equipped machines by amateurs
riding straight up.
Fifth event 10-mile race 'between
bi-plane and motorcycle. '
Sixth event Economy test for au
tomobiles using one pint of gasoline.
Seventh event Three-phase race,
beginning one lap on low, another on
intermediate and last on higfal
It was Terah T. Maroney, who flies
tomorrow afternoon in a biplane in
a race with Tracey Hollister on a
motorcycle at the Motorcycle Club
race track, that first flew from Amer
ican Soil to Cuba demonstrating the
practicability of the hydro-aeroplane.
The flier is an experienced man in the
game, and when the big race takes
jjlace tomorrow the air craft's repu
tation will be in good hands.
On this page are , shown various
feats which he has accomplished. To
race with an automobile is no new
stunt but a motorcycle is considered
to have more chances to beat the flier
out than an automobile. .
Officials nave been selected to
handle tomorrow's race meeting which
is featuring a contest between a bi
ph.ne ridden by Terah T.. Maroney,
and a motorcycle ridden by Tracey
Hollister, popular speed demon. Jay
Van Buren will officiate as referee
.and starter; A. W. Nelson as scorer,
with K. Evans, Roy B. Currey, assist
ants; Fred B. Currey, Eugene Solder
and Herbert Browning judges; J. H.
JPeare and Willie Pearo timers; Eu
gene Good, Roscoo Neal and A. W.
Nelson announcers,
The meet begins promptly at 2
o'clock and will be run off as per
schedule with due dispatch. There
are several lodges for use of patrons
and ample seating space as well. The
general admission will be 50 cents and
those holding season tickets are of
icourse entitled to admission.
UP IN THE SKY.
Army Aviator Tells How It Seems
Alone in the Air.
BY PHIL RADER.
(In San Francisco Bulletin.)
"Somewhere in the Sky!"
To those who have never known the
sensation of riding in an airsiivip, this
is only a vague phrase. Even to
those who have had the thrill of sail
ing on a sunny afternoon in a depend
able biplane, this merely means an
exhilarating experience. If the ride
has been at niglht the aviator appre
ciates a little more what an awe-inspiring
thing it is to be alone in the
great black void, your fate hanging
on the fidelity of a mechanism that
can weaken in a hundred spots. Turn
a calm, clear starry night into one
vwith a mean fog, absolutely imper
vious to your brightest searchlights,
and a treacherous wind carrying you
where you know not. "Somewhere in
the Sky" then takes on a new and
dreadful meaning.
Hunt for Zepps in Fog at Night.
But the loneliness, the helplessness,
the hopelessness of his plight surges
in on the sky-scout most acutely when
he leaps from the earth in response
to a Zeppelin alarm, dives into the
murk and gropes for the hidden ene
my, knowing full well that a meeting
widh the invader will mean a battle
a..,ti.t."t'4"H"H"M-
Clear, Peachy Skin i
Awaits Anyone Who t
Drinks Hot Water
T Says an Inside bath, before break-
fast helps us look and feel J
clean, sweet, fresh.
4.
Qnot-lrllnir anil vivacious merry.
bright, alert a good, clear skin and
a natural, rosy, healthy complexion
are assured only by pure blood. If
only every man and woman could be
Induced to adopt the morning inside
bath, what a gratifying change would
take place. Instead of the thousands of
sickly, anaemic-looking men, women
and girls, with pasty or muddy
complexions; instead of the multi
tudes of "nerve wrecks." "rundowns,"
"brain fags" and pessimists we
should see a virile, optimistic throng
of rosy-cheeked people everywhere.
y An Inside bath is had by drinking
each morning, before breakfast, a
glass of real hot water with a tea
spoonful of limestone phosphate in it
to wash from the stomach, liver, kid
neys and ten yards of bowels the pre
vious day's indigestible waste, sour
fermentations and poisons, thus
cleansing, sweetening and freshening
the entire alimentary canal before
putting more food into the stomach.
Those subject to sick headache, bil
iousness, nasty breath, rheumatism,
colds; and partlculary those who have
a pallid, sallow complexion and who
are constipated very often, are urged
to obtain a quarter pound of limestone
phosphate at the drug storo which
will cost but a trifle, but is sufficient
to demonstrate the quick and remark,
able change in both health and appear
ance, awaiting those who practice in
ternal sanitation. We must rcrnem
, Uniindna u more ta
in: i turn iul'iik " . ,
portant than outsldo, because the skin
does not absorb impurities to con
taminate the blood while the pores m
tha tnirty teel oi nowem uw.
PICTURES OF MR. MARONEY'S FEATS IN AIR OVER LAND AND SEA, AND
SELF WHO PERFORMS TOMORROW AFT
with a slender chance that both com
batants will escape unscathed.
Your sky-hghter carries a gener
ous load of bombs, which will an
nihilate him if his madbine suffers a
collision in the air or makes too jar
ring a landing. . He has a tank full of
highly inflammable oil, which a
chance bullet can transform into a
flaming- aerial
hell. In England,
tfcanks to the nervous anti-craft
fighters below the aviators, there was
the added horror of having to dodge
bullets and shells from your own side.
Little wonder we of the Royal I ly
ing Corps "lost our nerve" as we saw
the fate of our comrades and knew
that the dav for us would come as
relentlessly as it (had for them.
And little wonder that when we
made our ascents "somewhere into
the sky," severed all relations for the
time being with our fellows and cast
ourselves adrift, prey to a score of
deaths, our imaginations trans
formed every ordinary sound ana
sight into the shrieks and grimaces of
fiends that waited to destroy us.
I did nlenty of flying during the lo
months in which I was aviator with
the Allies. As a matter of fact, I
made exactly 2265 independent flights,
some of long duration and great alti
tude, but II rarely left the ground and
soared up aloft that I didn't experi
ence the chill of being left absolutely
alone, a speck in the universe, as god
forsaken a waif as any atom of hu
manity could possibly be.
As long as I live, I shall remember
the first Zeppelin rail cn London, in
which I took a small part as one of
the defending squadron. It was this
night of January 31, when, out of 21
machines wnion were seni up w miu
th invadintr airships, only three
landed safely. I was fortunate to be '
nilnt of one of the tliree.
it was a niK"
sd dense tihiat it was utterly useless to
make an ascent. We, at the aviation
base, whore 1 wns stationed, could
hardly see the length' of our biplanes
nnd we found that even the calcium
"flares" we used to light the field so
that we could pick out sale places io
land were useless against this heavy
mist.
London Did Not Know Conditions.
We received our orders by tele
phone from London, a matter of 20 or
more miles away. Doubtless, the au
thorities there at the capital had lit-
tie knowledge of flying conditions
or BlluMft- -- X. ' !
m.i;t..u HibMnnnp
where we were, uui. imn.ij ...r....
...,i..l nnr remonstrating . when
over the
the brusque oruci ion.
i; A,u nt St 10. First natrol
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fn lpive in ha f an nour, rcgaruiuas ui
!" pJher"
I was the "first patrol," and I need
fr" '
jipp ' '? '
hardly remark that I relished the task
not a bit. It's bad enough to fly in
the darkness and fog under peace con
ditions. But war adds a few refine
ments of the horrible Ufoat must be
experienced to be appreciated.
I sailed up into the murk and in
stantly lost all sense of direction. I
hurl hpnn crivAn t.h tjislr nf .rpmninincr
in the air a definite period of time,
ana l never knew tne seconds to creep
in such a sluggard way, 1 tried
to
sing, but my voice seemed to col
lapse. I turned around in a startled
way, thinking I was being followed.
But it1 was only the ghostly tail of
my own madhine swinging behind me,
just visible in the fog.
200 Pounds of Bombs.
I had plenty to think about. I was
carrying 200 pounds of 'bombs in this
100-horse power army biplane of
mine, and a half-pound pressure was
all that was needed to explode the en
tire load. If I ran into something in
the fog, that would be the end. If 'I
made a landing too boisterously it
would be the same story. I didn't
dare to lower myself too close to
earth, for I had no idea where I was,
what hill or tower or other obstacle
might suddenly loom out of the gray
mist, giving me no time to maneuver
my machine.
I'd have stayed up until my gaso
line gave out, I really believe, rather
than risk a landing on an unfavorable
spot or under dangerous conditions.
As it is, I consider it remarkablo
that, rfter I had been up, sailing help
lessly around for two hours and fif
teen minutes, of course seeing no
Zeppelins, or anything else for that
matter, the fog parted just long
enough for me to see the lights of the
naval aerodrome, and I lost no time
in diving down to a safe landing.
18 Encounter Disaster.
Eighteen aviators in the Royal Fly
ing Corps met with disaster on this
fatal night. Four majors were killed,
and several of the pilots met ghastly
end3. One poor fellow, flying along
just as blindly as I did, had the mis
fortune to hit a church in the foe.
His load of bombs exploded. Not
only was he killed, but 22 people, who
happened to be in the house of wor
ship at the time, lost their lives in
the catastrophe.
After that blunder on the part of
the central powers at London, they
; niade a new and sensible rule govern
mir aviation under unsalislactory
weather conditions, it being settled
that an air-scout would not be re
quired to make an ascent if the com
manding officer at his station deemed
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iv vimci u.i.ui
I don't want to appear to be crit
jcising my erstwhile superiors, but
ERNOON AT SPEED'EM UP
was apparent to all of us that fateful
nieht thlat not the slightest good was
being done in sending a lot of fliers
up into a dense four at night to do the
impossible find Zeppelins. All that
was accomplished was to weaken the
Flying Corps by an unnecessary
waste of skilled aviators.
Was Immediately Released.
Hull, Eng., July 8. A woman sent
to the local prison for neglecting her
children promptly gave birth to trip
lets. She was immediately released
and the charge was withdrawn.
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