PORTLAND, OREGOX, 3IOXDAY, AUGUST 21, 1911.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
POSTCARD NEARLY
SEEKER OF DEATH
SECRETARY'S - JOB
SAENGERBUNDS TO
,152 FEET UP,
TWO YEARS ON WAY
FINDS BALM IN LIFE
FORM BIG COMBINE
TRIP OF PRESIDENT
TOO BIG FOR HIM
BEACHEY'S FEAT
INCLE SAM HELIVERS MISSIVE
COD DIRECTED BULLET, SAYS
WOCLD-BE SUICIDE.
GERMAN' SOCIETY AT SEATTLE
FAVORS CONSOLIDATION".
AFTER 63 2 PAYS.
COAST INCLUDED IN
DUBLIN ONLY SCENE
OF LABOR RIOTING
British. Railway Work
ers Resume Tasks.
LINES ARE BEING CLEARED
Dockmen Expect Settlement of
Differences Soon.
LINERS TAKE PASSENGERS
Men Regard Proml of Companies
lo Treat With Them Collectively
a Complete Victory Houghs
Are to Blame lo Wale.
IJ1VTVIV Anr Railway TT.ta
throughout the kingdom are returning
to work and It 1 hoped within a few
Hay to have the transl; system under
normal condition
Following the announcement Satur
day that the railway mne'" ar.d
their employes had agreed to permit a
.omml.slon settle their difficulties cama
the nes tonight that there wa hope
nf ending the docker' atrtka at Liver
pool. v rlotinr a result of labor
trouble reported todny except at
Dublin, where the police and eonatablei
rame In:o collision with a mob Tn
sympathy with the strikinsr newsboy
who were endeavoring to prevent tha
il-tributlon ef newspaper. Several
shop were Iootel.
Worker Celebrate Vktor.
The railway worker held meeting
throughout the country today to cele-
l-raic what tiiey consider a victory over
tl:e railway companies. With the ex
rption of 4000 men of the Northeast
rn Railway Company, which was not
a Tarty to fie settlement agreement,
r.d 1000 Manchester men. all the union
ir.n adopted resolutlona tn favor of a
resumption of work.
The Northeaatenu-. 4ur.iaAya era-i
ptoje demand an eight-hour day and
a two hilling weekly advance In wages,
with a. minimum weekly wajj of 22
hilling, about 15.50.
Although service on the other line
has not been completely restored, the
men in most cases presented them
selves for duty today and toma pro
gress waa made in clearing the lines
of freight trains. It mill be several
day before conditions are normal.
Manifesto Is Delayed.
Because of the telegraph blockade,
the manifesto of the strike leaders,
railing on the men to return to work,
did not reach soma point until thl
morning and last night there were dis
turbances at several places. With
the exception of Llanelly. Wales, how
ever, there were no serious riots. At
I.lanelly three were ahot by the troop
yesterday morning. The police be
lieve that the explosion In a boxcar
was caused by a box of cartridge
looted from tha troop train and thrown
into the nre. Many persons were
seriously injured by the explosion.
Eight thousand troops are quartered
at Llanelly and the town was quiet.
The officer In command aalJ that
rougha and not strikers were responsi
ble for the rioting.
The prospects for a aettlement of
the Liverpool dock strike are brighter
tonight, aa the shipowners have agreed
to meet the representatives of the men
when they all return to work. While
tha strike committee ha ordered the
men not toi return to work, pending;
the result of the negotiation. Tom
Mann, leader of the strikers, said ha
had reason to believe he would Be
Me to arrange a meeting of the ship
owners and men tomorrow.
Dorkere Expect Settlement.
Hi waa hopeful there would be a
settlement and declared It probable tha
dockers would be at work Wednesday.
T.e steamer Celtic and Caronla bath
st'.erf from TJverpool this- afternoon !
with full passenger llsta. The Phila
delphia ca'.Ied at vjueenstown today And
took tha mall and many passengers.
The Carma.-.la landed her passenger
and mall at Plymouth.
A meeting of 40.000 trades unionists
of London was held at Hyde Park this
afternoon. I-abor leaders congratu
lated the railway man on their victory
and a resolution, which waa read from
numerous platform, pointed out that
for tha first time In history the com
panies had recognized the principle of
collective bargaining.
While not accepting the terma of tha
agreement aa final, the resolution con
cluded that thei.ien hal decided to
return to work and trust to the com
paslea to give effect to tha spirit and
letter of the agreement.
Tha atrtka leaders tn a manifesto
asking the men to accept taa agree
ment loyally, pointed out that tha com.
paclea have agreed to abide by the
finding of tha commission, even if It
recommend recognition of tha union,
"Wa have no hesitation in saying,"
tha faanlfsU declares, "that In addi
tion to havliMt won official raoognlttosj
tn negotlatlriK the present dispute, our
diieiK before. the commlselon will
a that It Justifies ua In saying that
' before niany weeka the railway wor-
era will harve won the charter long
ecVvy4 by every ether ciaea In the
Laauni t jr.
Portland Man Goe Twice to F.urope
and I Now In Germany, While
Card Cornea IVoin San Plrgo.
The Government mule may be alow
but the Government mall la occasion-
it, slower. Also. It la aure. like the
mule. .
Traveling at the rate of 'approxl
mutely two mile a day since It left It
destination. November 23. 109. post
card addressed to Max Kaufman, who
conducts a millinery panor in me
nekum hulldlng' arrived In Portland
from Pan Diego Thureday. While the
mlsalva ha been Iowly making It way
from the Southern California town.
Mr. Kaufman haa made two trips to
Europe, and Is at present In th
Fatherland.
When the card waa mailed. Mr.
Kaufman was rooming at the resi
dence, of Mrs. T. Quald. 115 Twelfth
street, and the card waa finally deliv
ered at that place. It la aa clean aa
though mailed the day of poating and
bears the San Diego mark in -clear-cut
characters.
Just what the postcard has been do
ing In the tSJ daya since It was mailed
whether it got shunted off on a trip
around the world, or haa reposed In
some hidden nook In the Fan Diego
Postoffl-e, or what is puxzllng Mra.
Quatd. who haa the card.
There are no postmarks on It except
the ban Diego mark, but thla would
not Indicate that It lias been at Fan
Diego all the time, for postcards ara
not marked when passing through va
rious orflcea on the way to their des
tination. Assistant Postmaster Williamson
can't account for the mysterious dairy,
but tells an Incident of his own expe
rience to Illustrate how such things
may happen. It was while he was a
railway mall clerk. He waa working
on one of the old-fashioned mall car
and one day a board In the floor be
came loose. In stooping to replace it
he discovered an old letter which had
been mailed five years before, and
which had evidently fallen through
crack unnoticed.
Perhaps that wa the fate of Mr.
Kaufman's card.
FLOGGED BOY FOUND DEAD
Klamath Kalis Lad Leaves PatheUc
Letter' Rlautinar Father.-
KLAMATH FALLS. Or., Aug. 20.
With a letter placed In his hat saying
he left, home because his father beat
him while he was sick and starving.
Ira Ingruham, aged 15, a found dead
within a few rods of the frequently
traveled county road this morning. He
wae the son of James Ingraham, a restaurant-keeper
of this city.
The boy left home ten days ago,
after he ts said to have been beaten
by hla father because the lad threat
ened to shoot him It he did not atop
flogging his younger sister and him.
He started to walk to Fort Klamath,
but became tired and 111 and lay down
by the roadside and wrote the letter ex
plaining he was starving and would
rather die than appeal for aid.
RAT PRECAUTIONS TAKEN
JIarlHir Patrol Orders Japanese
strainer Fumigated.
The harbor patrol yesterday visited
the Japanese steamer Koan Maru, lying
off F-anfleld dock, where she Is dis
charging a cargo of oak logs, and or
dered her to be cleared six feet from
the dock until the fumigation to be giv
en her today to exterminate the rats
aboard tan be completed.
The vessel was lying close in against
the dock, so that. In spite of the guards
on a'.I the cables, rats would have had
no difficulty In getting ashore. The
fumigation was ordered under a har
bor regulation making it compulsory
for all Oriental vessels to be fumigated
at Intervals to destroy rats, supposed
to be dangeroua agents In spreading the
germs of bubonic plague.
!SXW PHOTOGRAPHS Or
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AM) i..iut:
BKI.OW, Ri
Portland to Be Visited
in October.
JOURNEY TO LAST SIX WEEKS
Strongholds of "Progressives"
Will Be Invaded.
MOUNTAIN MAY BE SCALED
Early Adjournment of Congress En
ables President to Spend Six
Weeks Traveling Instead
of Half That Time.
WASHINGTON. Aug. 10. Plans for
President Taffa trip through the West
nd tha Pacific Coast were virtually
completed today. The Journey will be
lmost as extensive as that taken by
the President on his famous "swing
around the circle," in 1909. when he
traveled more than 13,000 miles and
visited SS states.
He will break ground for the Pan
ama Canal Exposition, at San Fran
cisco, make scorns of addresses and at
tempt to scale Mount Raider's slope.
According to the present arrange
ment, the President will be gone six
weeks. In that time It is expected he
will make nearly 200 speeches from the
rear ilatform of his private car and
at places not on the regular schedule.
Insurgent Territory Invaded.
Republican leaders look upon the
trip as the most important, politically,
that the President has mapped out
since he entered the White House. He
will go through all the states In the
West In which the dominance of the
progressive" Republicans is recog
nized and which are counted on as op
posed to his renomlnatlon next year.
Until the question of the adjourn
ment of Congresa was out of the way,
the . President waa undecided .whether
he should be gone three weeks or nix.
With adjournment virtually assured for
this week, the President feels that he
can get three weeks' rest at Beverly
and be in trim to stand the grind of
40 daya In a private car.
Western Trip Outlined.
Tha President probably will leave
Beverly September 17, returning East
bout November 1. He will go West
through Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska, Colo
rado, Utah and Nevada to the Coast.
Most of the Dig cities In these states.
Including Des Moines. Kansas City,
Omaha. Denver and Salt Lake City,
ill be visited, but the plans for the
trip contemplate stops at scores of
smaller placas aa well.
From California the President will
go north to Portland and Seattle. Three
days are to be spent in Washington
State, and the route eastward will al
low nlm to stop in Idaho. Montana, the
Dakotas and Minnesota.
While no "spellbinders" are to be
taken along. It is probable that members
of the Cabinet and of Congress will
become traveling companiona of the
President at various polnta en routs.
Topics for the President's -addresses
will not be hard to find, the party lead
ers say.
Antt-Plnchot Men Named.
OLTMPIA. Wash, Aug. 20. (Spe
cial.) When the Public Lands Conven
tion is opened at Denver. September 28.
to close September SO, Washington will
be represented by a delegation which
will not Indorse the Plnchot idea of
conservation. The list named by Gov
ernor Hay follows: R. A. Ballinger,
Seattle: John L. Wilson. Seattle; Miles
C. Moore. Walla Walla; Henry McBride,
Seattle: E. W. Ross. Olympia; T. J.
Bell. TacomaBerlah Brown, Seattle;
J. J. Browne. Spokane; N. B. Coffman.
Chehall. and N. W. Durham. Fpokane.
TOGO SEEING AMERICA.
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Photos Copyrighted by Bain News Service,
4IIMIR4I, AT KT rolT, WITH OFFICERS
IfeW IMO I'ADKTs,
Convinced That There Is Purpose In
His Living. He Will Go Home
and Try to Get Well.
- Declaring that the hand of God has
detained him from death and that he
will give up his plans of suicide,
Charles Rogers will be discharged
Tuesday from St. Vincent's Hospital
after making a fight of six weeka
against the effects of a bullet which
he fired into his head in an attempt
to kill himself July 4. When he is
released he says he will try to gt
well. Most of the cause of his long
Illness has been due to the fact that
he took no Interest in his cvn recov
ery and did nothing to aid the doc
tors attending him, saying he would
try to take his life again and this time
would succeed.
"If I am anywlrere near in the same
state of health that I was when I tried
to kill myself, when I get out I will
try to make the best of It and live.
For a long time after I shot myself I
was dazed, and thought that I would
try it again, but I have decided now
that I will not.
"It must be that I am destined to
live and that God held my hand and
would not let me shoot myself fatally.
That Is the only way that I can figure
it out. and I have thought a lot about
it. lying here in the hospital. It must
be that I was intended to learn some
thing from the experience. Things '.
was sure of before I doubt now."
WEEK TO BE MOSTLY FAIR
Showers Monday and Tuesday Pre
dicted From Washington.
WASHINGTON. Aug. 20. A weather
disturbance over tho Northwest will
move eastward, preceded and attended
by showers and rising temperature that
will cover the Northwest and the
Central Plains States Monday and Tues
day, reach'ng the Atlantic Coast
Wednesday nnd Thursday.
The disturbance will be followed by a
high area now on the North Pacific
Coast, bringing with it falling tem
peratures that will reach the North
western States Monday and Monday
night.
Generally fair weather will prevail
after Tuesday in the extreme West, ex
cept in the central and southern Rocky
Mountain region, where local showers
are probable.
Another low area probably wilT "ap
pear in tile "British' Northwest toward
the end of the week, attended by ris
ing temperatures' in the Northwestern
States.
HAY ANNOUNCES ITINERARY
Governor Plans to Be at AMoria on
Washington Hay,
OLYMPIA. Wash, Aug. 20. (Special.V
Governor Hay announces that he will
make his trip through the southwest fol
lowing hit) visit to Astoria on Washing
ton day, August 23. He proposed to make
the trip earlier, but had to postpone it
on account of the visit of Architect
Wilder, who will be here Monday. Wilder
ts of the firm of Wilder & White, who
will design the plans and supervise the
construction of the new J.VXHO0O Capitol.
Mr. Hay announces that his dates for
along the Columbia Rlvr and for the
South Bend district will be the same as
given out before. The new dates are as
follows: August 2S, Lyle, evening White
Salmon; August 29, Stevenson; August 30,
Vancouver: August 31. Clark County,
evening Woodland; September f, Ka
lama; with State Senator Stewart he
will visit the road work at Carroll's
Point being done by convict labor. That
evening he will go to Kelso and probably
will then return to Olympia.
PR0FESS0RSARE IN PERIL
Washington 'U" Asks Students to
Write Opinions of Courses.
TACO.MA. Wash.. Aug. 20. (Special.)
Tacoma students at the University of
Washlpgton have received letters from
the registrar asking them to fill out an
inclosed report card showing their esti
mate of each of the Instructors they took
work under last year.
Information as to the time passed In
listening to lectures, in laboratory work,
collateral reading and study on each
subject is requested.
If desired, these blanks need not be
signed. By thl novel means the college
authorities hope to determine the rela
tive value of the professors, whether
they fall in the undergraduate clasKifl-
i cation of "snap" or "stiff," and what
course are of the genu "cinch."
COURT UPHOLDS RAILROAD
Kennewlck C'ltlzcus Resent Crossing
of Land by Line.
OLYMPIA. Wash., Aug. 20. Sp
eiaJ.) Jn deciding that the O.-W. R. &
N. Railroad, successor to the North
Co&st. haa a tight to change its main
line right of way through the City of
Kennewlck. upholding the Benton
County Superior Court, in ruling
sgalnst Norbeit R. Sylvester and Mar
garet N. Rankans. the Supreme Court
haa ended a long fight, which at times
threatened to be serious.
The proteatants are property hold
era along Front street In that city and
they contended that the city had no
right to grant a franchise, that the
company waa barred from passing over
the streets and that the railroad had a
right of way through the city. They
lost so every point and the Supreme
Court saya the lower court is. to deter
mine the amount of damages sustained
by the various property holder.
DepartmentDissension
Due to Wilson.
BICKERING GOES UNCHECKED
.Plot Against Wiley Fails Be
cause of Publicity.
SUBORDINATE IS JEALOUS
Dunlap Wants Place at Head of Bu
reau of Chemistry Solicitor
McCabe Would Appropriate
Power to Himself.
BY HARRY J. BROWN.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash
ington. Aug. 20. The Wiley investiga
tlon that has been in progress for
some time has disclosed a situation in
the Department of Agriculture that oc
casioned little surprise In Washington,
for it Is a condition which exists in
many of the Government departments,
and Is made possible whenever the
head of a department Is not big enough
to administer the affairs entrusted to
him.
While bad conditions have been
shown to exist In the Department of
Agriculture, It has been made equally
plain that the fault primarily rests
with Secretary Wilson, who, while
cognizant of what was going on among
his subordinates, was not able to keep
each man in his place, and put an end
to strife and bickerings. Moreover,
it has been fairly well established that
Secretary Wilson had his favorites in
the Department of Agriculture, and Dr.
Wiley was not one of them. Solicitor
McCabe, on the other hand, while
holding a comparatively unimportant
position, was permitted to usurp
authority that did not belong to bis
office.
Wiley's Ability Conceded.
Measured by outright ability. Dr.
Harvey W. Wiley Is probably the big
gest man in the Department of Agri
culture. He does not know as much
as the Secretary about agricultural
problems generally, but he Is a broad
gauge man of wide learning, specializ
ing In his one line, chemistry. Dr.
Wiley Is really bigger than his Job; he
Is a man who, outside the Government
service, could command a much larger
salary than he now receives from the
Department of Agriculture. In sci
entific circles he is a recognized leader,
and his fam.e far exceeds that of any
other man in the department.
Jealousy Is at the bottom of much
of the trouble that was stirred up for
Dr. Wiley; Jealousy on the part of his
subordinates. Solicitor McCabe, for
Instance, was Jealous of Wiley's power
In the enforcement of the pure food
law, and deliberately set about appro
priating that power to himself. As- I
soclato Chemist Dunlap, who Joined
with McCabe to bring about Wiley's
severance from the service, was Jealous
of Wiley and sought to oust Wiley In
the hope that he might succeed him as
head of the Bureau of Chemistry.
Others who figured In the discreditable
affair were partisans of McCabe and
Dunlap, hoping to curry favor with
the men they expected would soon be
all-powerful In the department-
Publicity Spoils Plans.
Secretary Wilson was not big enough
to suppress this conspiracy; he was
not big enough to hold McCabe in his
place; not nervy enough to Insist that
Dr. Dunlap give loyal support to his
chief. Dr. Wiley, and so the conspiracy
grew, and might have worked out as
the perpetrators planned had not the
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FIRST PHOTOGRAPHS OP
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ABOVE. AVIATOR AS HE APPEARED
BF:l.OW, CHICAGO KXTHL'SIASTS
SHOILDERS.
Walla Walla Chosen by Singers for
Next Assembly City of North
Pacific Organization.
SEATTLE, Wash., Aug. 20. The pre
liminary step was taken toward con
solidation of three great Saengerbunds
at a meeting of the North Pacific
Saengerbund here this morning the
North Pacific, with headquarters at
Seattle; the South Pacific, with head
quarters at Los Angeles, and the Pa
cific, with headquarters at San Fran
cisco. Dr. Max Magnus, well known In
Saengerbund circles, and Robert
Lorentz, president of the Pacific Saen
gerbund, and Joseph Blust, president
of the South Pacific Saengerbund,
backed by strong delegations, came for
the express purpose of urging this step,
Walla Walla was awarded the 1913
Saengerfest. Los Angeles bad come
with a strong representation and made
strong efforts to obtain it for their
city, but after considerable debate they
decided to withdraw and have their
Saengerfest In 1914.
Thirty delegates were present, the
only societies unrepresented being the
Tacoma Edeilweiss and the Salem, Ore
gon, German-Speaking Society. A. M.
Birkel, president of the Bund, presided
and all the officers were present with
the exception of the second vice-presi
dent.
When It was decided to consolidate,
the following committee was appointed
to confer with the other bodies:
C. W. Fromhold, Tacoma; A. M.
Birkel, Seattle; Alfred Bachtold, Walla
Walla; Herman Bringman, Portland,
and J. H. Benkendorf, Kalispell.
The following officers were elected
today: President of the Saengerbund,
A. Bachthold. Walla Walla; first vice
president, Christ Best, Kalispell; sec
ond vice-president, O. JSVelgel, Van
couver, Wash.; secretary, J. Hauser,
Walla Walla; treasurer, David Zim
merle, Seattle; standard-bearer, Carl
Arnold, Tacoma.
ARMY MAY TRY NEW PLAN
Larger Posts, With Officers' Homes
In Town, Urged by Department.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 20. Concentra
tion of the Army at large stations,
strategically situated for military pur
poses, and abandonment 'of the small
posts. Is under consideration by the
War Department. The idea, which re
quires the sanction" of Congress, is to
construct compact barracks, each to
hold an entire regiment, near cities or
large towns.
Most of the officers are to find ac
commodations within the city, obviat
ing the necessity of building extensive
officers quarters.
It is proposed to place the greater
part of the infantry in the northern
states and the cavalry and field artil
lery In the south, where forage is cheap
and where horses may be kept out near
ly the entire year.
TAXES PAID IN DUPLICATE
San Francisco Assessor AsksN Emi
nent Ones to Take Money Buck.
SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 20. While
many cities of the country are worry
lng over the problem of tax collection.
San Franolsco is confronted with scores
of duplicate payments from banks,
large corporations and eminent citizens.
Tax Collector David Bush, In a state
ment made public today, urged those
who have overpaid to come and get
their money, and offers a list headed
by the Hibernia' Savings & Loan Soci
ety, credited with 28 duplicate pay
ments, and followed by nine other
banks. J. C. Nalon, ex-assessor, and
presumably informed on tax laws, Is in
the list of citizens, as is J. D. Spreck-
els, Jr.
A long list of mercantile firm3 also
appears.
Judge Olson Clears Tract.
Hl'SUM. Wash., Aug. 20. (Special.)
Judge Olson, of Portland, is clearing
40 acres of his tract, one mile east of
here.. He will plant the leading va
rieties of apple trees and raise straw
berries between the rows.
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IN HIS BIPLANE OVER. WINDY (1TY.
CARRIUiQ AVIATOR ON THEIR.
World's Record Still in
Doubt, Though.
BAROGRAPH IS HELD CORRECT
If
So, American Is Interna
tional Champion.
PROMOTER FLIES AROUND
At Close of Aviation .Meet in Chi
cago Harold F. Mc-Corinick Cir
cles Field as a Passenger.
Benefit Is Planned.
LONGEST FLIGHTS SINCE CCR
TISS WON WORLD'S I0,000.
Glen H. Curtiss, Albany-New Tork.
May 2'J. 1009. Won the New York
World's $10,000 prize. 142 miles.
C. K. Hamilton. New York-Fhila-delphla,
June 13. 149 miles.
Alfred Leblanc, Parli-Amlens-Parls.
August 7-17. 4S5 miles.
Walter Brooklns. Chicago-Springfield.
September 20. ' 102 miles.
Arch H ox ley, Sprlnsf leld-St. Louis,
October 8. 109 miles.
Tom Sopwlth. Dover, England
Beaumont, Belgium, December 18.
174 miles.
J. A. D. McCurdy. Key West
Havana (over water), January 30,
1911. 90 mites.
Lieutenant Begue, Nice-Corsica
(over water), March 5. . 138 miles.
Pierce Prler, I.ondon-Parls (no
stop). April 12. 223 miles.
Jules Vedrlnes, Paris-Madrid (four
stops). May 21-26. 842 miles.
Andre Beaumont, Paris-Rome. May
28-3t. to miles.
Herr Konig, German circuit, June
11-July 9. 1096 miles.
Andre Beaumont, European circuit,
June IS-July 7. 1073 miles.
Harry N. Atwood, Boston-Wash-ington,
June 30-July 13. 461 miles.
Andre Beaumont, circuit of Eng
land, July 22-28. 1010 miles.
LYONS, N. Y., Aug. 20. Nine hun
dred and thiry miles from St. Louis,
his starting point, Harry N. Atwood,
the Boston aviator, who Is fast ap
proaching the world's long-distance
record in his flight to New York,
landed in a field at Lyons this after
noon, after flying 104 miles Irom iiut
falo withouta stop.
He alighted in Lyons at 6:31 o'clock,
having covered the distance from Buf
falo In two hours 11 minutes. At wood
has 335 miles to go.
He started last Monday from St.
Louis.
CHICAGO, Aug. 20. The world's of
ficial record for altitude for aeroplanes
again was hanging in the balance to
day when the nine-day meet of the In
ternational Aviation Association closed.
Lincoln Beachey, In a Curtiss machine,
after an hour aloft, out of sight of the
" spectators, volplaned to earth and an
unofficial reading of the barograph in
dicated that the machine had reached
a height of 11,152 f t.
Officials of the International Avia
tion Meet Association today issued the
following statement:
"Lincoln Beachy, in a Curtiss biplane,
rose to an altitude of 11,578 feet, .or
3529 meters, today. This figure will
be subject to a slight addition as a
result of the vapor pressure, which will
be ascertained by the weather bureau
tomorrow. It is positively a world's
record.
Reading Pronounced Correct.
"Major Samuel W. Raeber, a Govern
ment expert, made careful measure
ments of Bleachey's barograph and
pronounced it correct."
The meet came to an official close
at dusk, when Harold F. McCormick,
of Chicago, son-in-law of John D.
Rockefeller, the chief promoter of the
meet, circled the field several times in
a monoplane driven by Thomas Sop
wlth. Exhibition flights will be given
tomorrow by all the aviators as a
benefit performance for the widow of
St. Croix Johnstone, who fell to his
death in Lake Michigan, shortly after
William Badger, of Pittsburg, fell and
was killed near the grandstand last
Tuesday.
Duration Prize Goes to Rogers.
The grand duration prize, the chief
financial plum of the meet, was won
by C. P. Rogers, of the Wright team,
who was in the air more than 25 of the
31 possible flying hours. The total
prize was about J13.000. Rogers will
receive half, of this sum, and the resi
due will be divided among the next
highest duration flyers.
Thomas Sop-ith was the chief prize
winner, taking a total of nearly $14.
000. Today's 12-mile speed event for bi
planes was won by Eugene Ely, in 13
minutes 17.2 seconds; Lincoln Bleachy
second, 13 minutes 35.6 seconds.
The fastest mile-and-a-third lap for
the week was made' by Earle Oiington,
In one minute 22 seconds. .
The 12-mile open event today was
won by Ovington In 12 minutes 2S.2
seconds; Rene Simon second in 12 min
ute 56.4 seconds.