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PORTLAND, OllEGON, 'TUESDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1918.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
SENATORS RESENT
SLIGHT BY WILSON
Peace Procedure Is Offen
sive to Many.
DRASTIC ACTION THREATENED
Resolution Declaring Office'
Vacant, Is Promised.
W. HOHENZOLLERN AND
WIFE GO TO CHURCH
PREACHER READS ACCOCXT OF
DIVT'E KIXG S COMING.
PRESIDENT .VOICES VIEWS
Forthcomlnjf Trip Overset Is An
nounced and Reference Made
to Progress of Peace.
READJl STMEST PROGRAMME
AS OCTLIXED BY -II-SO.
Passage of woman's suffrage.
Use of existing Government
agencies to effact reconstruction.
immfawi resumption 01 aevei- a
opment of public works to pro- f
soldiers.
Ratification of the Coloniklaa
treaty to Improve Pan-Amerlcaa
relations.
Immediate determination of
taxes for 1918. 1919 ind .920 and
lifting 'as much of the tax bur
den - fram business as Govern
ment needs will permit.
' rrlority of distribution of
American raw materials to war
stricken nations. ,
Complete consummation of the
three-year naval programme.
Determination of railroads fu
ture left to Congress, but recom
mends against return to pre-war
conditions of railroad control.
Urges railroad-control question
be studied by Congress immedi
ately to remove doubt of their
future.
Reclamation of arid, swamp
and cut-over land.
Peace based upon international
Justice, not merely domestlo .
safety.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 2. Congress In
Joint session today heard President
Wilson announce formally his inten
tion to attend the peace conference
and give his views on the part the
Government should play in dealing
with after-the-war problems.
Democrats of the House received the
announcement with cheers In which
oome Senators joined. The Republicans
were silent almost throughout the ad
dress, except when the President re
ferred to the valor and efficiency of
America's soldiers and mentioned the
names of Pershing and Sims. Threat
ened Interruptions by members who
disapprove the trip and of the Presi
dent's failure to Include a Senator
among the peace delegates, however,
did not materialize.
Seaate Actios Proposed.
During the first hour of the new
session. Senator Cummins, of Iowa.
Republican. Introduced a resolution to
send a committee of eight Senators to
Paris to keep the Senate advised of the
progress of the peace conference and
In the House Representative Roden
burg. of Illinois, Republican, had of
fered a resolution proposing that the
Vice-President take over the executive
functions upon the departure of Mr.
Wilson from the country. Senator
Sherman, of Illinois, Republican, an
nounced later that be would submit to
morrow a resolution similar to that
of Representative Rodenburg, except
that it. would declare the office of
President vacant.
The President's Annual address was
read before a crowd that filled the
floors and galleries. He reviewed at
length the country's accomplishments
in the war. paying tribute to the armed
forces and to .loyal workers at home.
Among other things,, he disclosed that
he thinks the problem of readjustment
Is taking care of itself without Gov
ernment aid.
Problesa Solving Self.
"It Is surprising." he said, "how fast
the process of return to a peace footing
has moved in the three weeks since
the fighting stopped. It promises to
outrun any inquiry that may be in
stituted and any aid that may be of
fered. It will not be easy to direct It
any better than it will direct Itself.
The American business man is of quick
Initiative."
Of the railroad question, Mr. Wilson
said he had no solution to offer. He
raid he was ready to reurn .the lines
to private control whenever a , satis
factory arrangement was offered to
prevent a return to the old system In
private management without modifica
tion and asked Congress to study the
subject. The recommendation included
a renewed appeal for woman suffrage
In recognition of women's work In the
war; a request for early and favorable
action on the unratified Colombian
treaty, and a suggestion that author
ity should be given the War Trade
lioard of some other board to continue
control for a time over exports.
Coaa-ma Sapport Asked.
The President concluded with the an
nouncement of his forthcoming trip
overseas. He said that since the asso
ciated governments h4 accepted the
principles enunciated by him as the
"God Be Praised Throughout the
World" and "Heart That Loveth
Humility" Hymns Sung.
AMARONGEN. Dec 1. William Ho
hensollern and his wife, Augusta Vic
toria attended divine service In the cas
tle here this morning. The service was
conducted by Rev. W. Reichel. a clergy
man of the Evangelical Brethren at
Zeist. The congregation included Count
van Bentlnck. the former. Emperor's
host; the castle servants. Count-Yon
Bentlnck of Muylestein. a brother of
the owner of the castle, and his family
and servants.
The first reading of the Scriptures,
which the former Emperor listened to
attentively, waa from Matthew xxl-1
This was followed by the singing of
the hymn "God Be Praised Throughou
the World." the reading of the liturgy
prayer, the second reading of th
Scripture and another hymn. The serv
ice closed with the singing of the hym
"A Heart That Loveth Humility" and
the benediction.
MA
T
DECLARED
IN PACKERS
AND
S
Federal Indictment Made
Is Sweeping One. 1
FIVE BIG CONCERNS INVOLVED
Daily Casualty Report.
W
ASHINGTON. Dec 2. Casualties
officially reported today total
3175 names, of which 900 were killed
in action, 250 died of wounds, two. In
airplane accidents, 36 in other acci
dents, 440 of disease, 533 were severely
wounded, 548 in degree undetermined.
92 slightly, and 372 are missing. Fol
lowinsr is the tabulated summary
Death. ReDorted. i"6day. Total
Killed in action . iu.030 U 20.930
sin
8.031
lo.soa
1.64
Lost at sea
Died of wound.........
Died of disease.......
Died of accident
Total deaths
Wounded '
Missing and prisoners.
.. 3K
.. T.7S1 250
..10,36l ' 440
. . 1.004 3a
. .40.1SO 1028 41.80S
. .47.4!tt 1175 48.8
. .l:i.lStt 12.50S
SUB LOSSES TO BE LISTED
Americans Asked to File Informa
tlon on I"-Boat Warfare.
WASHINGTON. Dec 2. American
citi7ens were advised In a statemen
today by Secretary Lansing that they
should file at the State Department
within 30 days from December 1 Infor
mation concerning losses sustained
through German submarine warfare,
either before or after the United States
entered the war. '
Loses and details concerning them,
covering cargoes or personal property
or effects, should be submitted where
the property was Insured or partially
Insured, regardless of whether the
property was carried in American or
foreign vessels.
VILLA AGAIN ANNOYING
Mexican Federal Forces Kept Busy
- In TutHe Chase.
JUAREZ, Mexico, Dec 2. Francisco
Villa again is playing a hide-and-seek
game with the Mexican federal forces
under General Francisco Murguia. On
November 24 he captured Villa Ahum
ada, on the Mexican Central Railroad.
abandoning the town for the north
west.
Tonight he appeared on the Mexican
Northwestern Railroad between Juares
and Casas Grandes. Fighting at Lena.
S kilometers ' souTh wm t of here, was
reported tonight, and reinforcements
were sent to that point. -
tCnwiudcd uo Tag 2, Coijuna 3.J
GRIPPE KILLS PLAYWRIGHT
Kdmond Rostand, Weil-Known -Poet,
Succumbs to Disease in Paris.
PARIS, Dec 2. (Havas.) Edmond
Rostand, the poet and playwright, died
here this afternoon. He had been ill
from grippe
When M. Rostand passed away Ma
dame Rostand and his sons and several
other relatives were at the bedside.
Commenting on the death of the play
wright, the Temps says his loss will
be grievously felt by France and her
allies, as he was "worthy to celebrate
In odes triumphal right and magnifi
cent victory."
3 WARSHIPS HELD BACK
Battleship, Cruiser and Torpedoboat
Vet to Be Surrendered.
BASEL. Dec 2. It Is reported from
Berlin that the surrender of German
warships under the terms of the armla
ties waa carried out with the excep
tion of the battleship Koenig, the
cruiser Dresden and a torpedo-boat.
which will be taken to England early
this month.
The clearing of mines from the Baltic
Sea has begun. The little belt and the
great belt may now be crossed without
a pilot.
SENATE REPORT IS FJLED
Dismissal of Charges Against Wis
consin Member Favored.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 2. A formal re
port recommending, dismissal, of pro
ceedings Involving disloyalty charges
against Senator La Follette. of Wis
consin, on account of his speech before
the Non-Partisan League at St. Paul,
September 20, 1917, was presented to
the Senate today by Senator Dilling
ham, of Vermont, Republican, acting
for the majority of the privileges and
electiona committee
MANN RESUMES DUTIES
Republican Leader Recovers From
Long Illness.
WASHINGTON, Dec 2. Representa
tive Mann, of Illinois, today resumed
active floor leadership of the Repub
licans In the House, after an absence
of several months on account of Ill
ness. He said he would make no announce
ment as to candidacy for Speaker of
the next House until he had consulted
with the Republican membership.
BELGIUM'S L0SSES HUGE
Estimate Puts linn Damage fit Ex
cess of Billion Dollars.
BRUSSELS. Dec. 2. The central In
dustrial committee of Belgium, after
an investigation, estimates that Bel
gium's losses through military occu
pation and seizures of' machines and
raw material are 6.000.660,000 francs
($1,140,106,400).
Total casualties 90,863 31T5 103.040
OREGON.
Killed In mrlian
Stoncy. George . Portland. Or. (Member
of the Oregonian editorial staff, with the
Canadian forces). Killed Nov. 2. .
Orr. J. . (Lieut. . ramhill. Or.
Fuller Richard J. ljeut., Mrs. Carrie S.
Fuller. 731 Brookly n -St., Portland. Or.
McUuane. Joseph V. (Cpl.). Warren, Or.
Kramer. Alfred C. (Cnl.. Rose Lodes. Or.
Hayes. William W., Frank E. Hays, 916
Lombard street, St. Johns, Portland. Or.
INed of disease
Lowe. Julian T. (Cpl.), Nyssa. Or.
Kramer, J. H . Continental, Or.
Klosu-a. William H.. Elgin. Or.
Wounded severely "
Gill, W. C. (Corp.), Mrs. Thomas H. Gill,
r . . r- . , . in, w inona street, j-oruanu, ur.
Report to Congress Says Business off Bayi OUoni cluloquln', Ur.
Combination in Restraint of
Trade Is Charged. .
EVIDENCE IS. CONVINCING
Various Companies Is Diveded
and Prices Controlled.
WASHINGTON, Dec 2. The Federal
Trade Commission, in a supplemental
report submitted to Congress today.
charged the five big meat packing
companies of the country with a com
bination in restraint of trade and with
controlling the 'aale of livestock and
fresh meats.- .
Evidence is cited at length to support
the charges. Swift & Co., Armour &
Co., Morris &' Co., the Wilson Co. Inc.,
and the Cudahy Packing Company are
named.
Evidence Held Convincing.
"The evidence of the present-day ex
istence of a meat combination among
the five big packers is voluminous and
detailed." the report said. "This evi
dence is convincing, consisting as it
does largely of documents written by
packers or their agents and including
the memoranda made by one of the
participants in the combination of the
terms and conditions agreed usjen at
various meetings of the packers."
The principal conclusions to be
drawn from this-mass of evidence re
lating to combinations 'among the
packers, the report says, are: -
"1. That Swift & Company, Armour
at Company, Morris & Company, the
Wilson Company, Inc. and the Cudahy
Packing Company are in an agree
ment for the division of livestock pur
chases throughout the United States,
according to certain fixed percentages.
Business la. Distributed. --" '
That this National livestock divi
sion is reinforced by local agreements
among the members, of the' general
combination operating at each of the
principal markets, as at Denver, where
Armour and Swift divide their live
stock fifty-fifty. ,
"That these National arid local live
stock purchase agreements constitute
a restraint of interstate commerce in
live animals and In the eale of meat
and other animal products, etifling
competition among the five companies.
substantially controlling the prices to
be paid livestock producers and the
prices to be charged consumers of meat
and other animal products and giving
the members of the combination un
fair and illegal advantages over actual
and potential competitors.
'2. That the five companies exchange
confidential information . which is not
(Concluded on Pass 2, Column 1. )
Missing; in actioi
Berning, Chester F.. Dayton, Or.
Schaep. Glenn K., Pratum. Or.
Rlckards. Charles W., Portland, Or.
Modln, John Boring, Or.
' WASHINGTON. '
Killed In action
Johnson. F. D. (Llut.. Zillah. Wash.
Remmerden, John H. (Cpl.), North Yakima,
Wash.
Johns, Marlon F. (Cpl.). Tacoma. Wash.
Becndt. Julius (CdI.). Yakima. Wash.
Mot, McKinley (Mech.), Shamokawa, Wash.
Starr. Frank J.. Seattle. v ash.
J Peterson, Andrew. Tacoma, Wash.
DtKer, Anpmaa. opuaaiie, vv.hii.
Kistau, John W., Spokane. Wash.
Ma.sone, Domenlk. Seattle, Wash.
Martin. L. A., Seattle. Wash.
Anderson. B. N., Marysvtlle. Wash.
McCombs, John. Seattle. Wash.
Shaddock, 'Thomas B., Dayton, Wash.
Jensen, Jesse L., Eatonville, Wash.
Lents, Peter. Aberdeen, Wash.
Dies) of wounds -Greene,
William L. (Cpl.). Palouse. Wash.
Kaison, Arthur, Ellensburg. Wash.,
Johnson, Henry J Deep River, Wash.
Lamb, Paul E.. Seattle. Wash. ;
IHaH or disease V
Pickering, Lester B. (Lieut.), Monroe, Wash.
Carlson, A. C, Tacoma, Wash.
Martin, John B., Seattle, Wash.
White. Villiam P.. Bellingham, Wash.
Wounded severely y --1
Lake, John (Sgt.), Govan, Wash.
Mlnter, J. C, South Bend, Wash.
Cbtlds, E. K., Spokane, Wash.
Wounded, Dejcree Undetermined.
Hlntoa, Paul. Port Townsend, Wash.
Fleming, Harold S.. Friday Harbor, Wash.
Mlkuinar In action
Richardson, Chas. T. (SgD, Seattle, Wash.
Somes. Walter 43. (Corp.). Waterville, Wash.
Shaffer, Ted, Tacoma, Wash.
More land, Stephen A., Tacoma, Wash.
Wenner, Harold F.. Skanogan, Wash.
Wilier. Louis E., Thornton, Wii,
IDAHO.
Killed In action
Rehbein. O. R. (Ssrt.), Boise, Idaho.
Olsen. Anten L. (Cpl.). Fenn, Idaho.
Morrison, Earl E. (cook), Richfield, Idaho.
Belliono, Frank. Rexburg. Idaho.
Brower, Leroy, St. Anthony, Idaho.
Johnson, John W., Buhl, Idaho.
Nelson, Joseph, Caldwell. Idaho. , .
Mittleider. John.' Blackfoot,. Idaho." - r
Smith, Lelis L.. Naiad City, Idaho.
Kansas. Victor. Norwood, Idaho.
Osborne. Frank, Deary, Idaho.
Wonndcd (degree undetermined)
Manning, John C, Boise, Idaho.
. Missing In action :
Leches. Athansl C. S., Chatolet. Idaho.
Knight, Elmer, jaano rails, loano.
Gallahan, Claude A.; Cambridge, Idaho.
cAlFORNIA.
Killed In action .
r.ait. Walter J. (Sgt.). Martinez, Cnl.
Obyrn. Albert, (Cpl.), Los Angeles, Cal.
Lawler. Reuben ( Wag.). Oakland, Cal.
Borrell, Frank, Manor, Cal.
Sangenitto, Frank, Oakland. Cal.
Ringer, I. R., Los Angeles. Cal.
Hamilton, D. O., Pan Francisco. Cal.
Halstead, W. J.. Goshen. Cal.
Gomez. Simon, San Louis Rey, Cal.
Buckland, Roy, Log Angeles, cal.
lrhnr(l.ion. Ernest O., Redlands. CaX
Sklflch. Mate, San Pedro. Cal.
Mortenaen. Jonn ir. resno iai.
Smith. A. L.. Sacramento, cal.
Perdue, Claude C, Los Angeles, Cal.
r ih ... Edward L.. Los Angeles, Cal.
Jones, Slanley L, Oakland, Cal.
Died of wounds
nniiiH. A. E.. Los Angeles, CaL
Springer. Paul C. Famosa, Cal.
(Continued en Page 6.)
REGULAR ARMY OF
HALF MILLION AIM
1920 Revenue Estimates
Disclose Plans. v
NEARLY JWO BILLIONS ASKED
FOE SILENT AS YANKS
; MARCH INTO GERMANY
BOCHES SAY ITTLE, BUT !
POSE WAR-TIME PRICES.
V
Provision Made for Rapid In
crease in Navy. ,
AIR ' SERVICE CONSIDERED
Total of $165,000,000 Required for
Aircraft Department Other
. Items Are Named.
.WASHINGTON, Dec. 2. A regular
Army of approximately half a million
men is provided for specifically in esti
mates submitted to Congress .today-for
the fiscal year 1920,' beginning next
July' 1. . Detailed items on the pay of
the Army show that in the total of
$1,922,000,000 asked for, exclusive of
the fortification estimates, provision is
made for the payment' of only 21,253
officers and 382,667 men of the line and
approximately 130,000 non-combatant
troops with the requisite staff officers.
The inclusion in the estimates, how
ever, of five items of pay with a nom
inal appropriation of J100 each asked,
shows that the whole question of the
strength of the Army after the con
clusion of peace has been deferred and
that supplemental estimates are to be
expected under these headings when it
is possible to present a. complete pro
ect. The items thus held in suspen
sion are those providing for the pay
of Reserve and National Guard officers
and men.
Bigger Navy Proposed.
The Naval estimates are framed on
an exactly opposite theory. Every pro
vision is made for steady and rapid in
crease of the fleet, a total of approxi
mately $434,000,000 being asked. Ot that
sum $200,000,000 is the first increment
of the proposed new three-year build
ing programme providing for 10 ad
ditional dreadnoughts, six battle cruis
ers and 140 other fighting craft. The
remainder of tbe $434,000,000 would go
to complete ships of the first three-year
programme.
Secretary Daniels, has renewed, also.
the Naval emergency fund Item under
which Congress appropriated $100,000,-
000 last year to provide for the con
struction of additional destroyers, sub
marine chasers and other special craft
and to' expedite construction work. This
year, however, the department asks for
$175,000,900.
Huge Increase la Shown,
The total appropriation for the Naval
establishment is estimated at $2,644,
000.000, or an increase of approximately
$1,000,000,000 over the, appropriation
made for the current year. The pay of
the Navy item stands at $579,946,000,
against $227,372,946 this year. Similarly
155,286,000 is asked for h
Marine
(Concluded on Page 4. Column 1.)
THE EUROPEAN CONCEPTION OF SANTA CLAUS THIS SEASON.
Huns Omtfr to Fly Flags Kf Welcome,
but Doughboys Don't Mind Lit
tle Thing: Like That.
AMERICAN ARMY OF OCCUPATION,
Dec. 1 (By. the 'Associated Press.)
Three or four days will be required,
it. is estimated tonight, for the four
first-line divisions to complete their
crossing into German territory, al
though the start was made soon after
daylight Sunday. '
.The advance into Germany was held
up by the limited number of bridges
across the Sauer and Moselle Rivers.
The principal bridges used were those
at Echternach, Rosport, and Wasser
blllig on the Sauer, and Grevenmacher,
Wormeldange and Rcmich on the Mo
selle. Several small bridges and fords
between these villages were . utilized
by various units. T. ,
In the village of Cordell, north of
Treves, three war-weary German sol
diers arrived home by train from the
north' Just as the American advance
guard reached the Village. A handful
of villagers was at the station to meet
the returning Germans. 'The wives of
the returning soldiers were in the
crowd. The appearance of the march
ing Americans appeared to awe two of
the Germans and their families. This
was not, the case, however, with the
third soldier, whose wife took him by
the hand and led him through the vil
lage street past he columns of Ameri
cans. There were no flags or other deco
rations in any of the towns through
which the Americans marched and
music except that furnished by th
Americans. . Wherever the Americans
asked questions regarding roads, they
received courteous replies. In the res
taurants and stores the Germans sold
to the American soldiers any goods on
hand at war-time prices. .
The natives generally stood
walked as the Americans passed.. No
emotion was shown anywhere except
ing among the children, . who at torn
places appeared, to regard the khaki
as strange at first after the weeks
troops in German gray.
ED TORS
INTENDED
FLIGHT CALLED OFF
Journalists Miss Antici
pated Thrills.
FOG PREVENTS CHANNEL T8IP
Travelers Manage to Conceal
Disappointment. 4
SOME SIMULATE HILARITY
Intrepid Tourists Also Much Con
cerned About Possible Damage
to Valuable Airplane,
TWO KILLED BY DYNAMITE
Explosion Occurs When Men Are
Digging for Silent Charge.
KLAMATH FALLS, Or., Dec. 2.
(Special.) To be blown to pieces by
dynamite while digging for a charge
which had not exploded was the fate
Saturday 'of Eli Jacobson and Axle
Hammerback at Otey'g Lumber Camp,
near Chiloquin. The men were blastln
and had put in several charges. Al
but one had exploded. The men were
endeavoring to see what was the mat
ter when the explosion occurred.
They were brought to Klamath Falls
and buried last night bn Undertake
Earl Whltlock. - '
NAT GOODWIN LOSES AN EYE
Mixing Wrong Ingredients in Eye
wash Necessitates Operation.
NEW YORK, Dec. 2. Nat C. Goodwin
submitted to an operation today for
the removal of one of his eyes at a hos
pital here.
Damage to the actor's eye caused by
his mixing, through an error, the
wrong Ingredients in an eye wash
made the operation necessary.
CLARENCE REAMES INJURED
Assistant U. S. Attorney-General Is
Struck by Auto in Seattle.
SEATTLE, Dec 2 Clarence L.
Reames, Special Assistant United States
Attorney-General, was struck by an
automobile here today and suffered
bruises and cuts about the head.
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.'
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, SS
degrees; minimum, 40 degrees.
TODAY'S Rain; southerly winds.
War.
Official casualty list. Page 1.
Huns silent as Yanks enter Germany. Page 1.
Foreign.
British government to Insist on extradition
of ex-Kaiser, x-age 3.
Old Hun regime in power, says Premier,
Page 2.
Editors' intended air flight canceled. Page 1.
V. Hofcenzollern and wife go to church.
Page 1. ,
National. fc
President's peace procedure offends several
Senators. Page 1.- ,
U. S. expenses reduced in estimate. Page 4.
Big meat-packing companies declared in 11-
legal combination- Page 1. r
President Wilson delivers message to Con
gress. Page 5.
President's address disappointment to many
at Capital. Page 8.
Regular Army of haif million men Is 'pro
posed. Page 1.
Congress to scan railroad situation. Page 4.
' Domestic.
5000 troops return. Page 2.
Mooney asks President t(f explain request
for commutation of death sentence.
Page 12.
Sports.
Salt Lake does not take kindly to Portland
Seattle addition to Coast League. Page 14.
Lovinson and McCarthy criticise Portland
boxing commission. Page 14.
Jefferson defeats Franklin. 'Page 14.
Oregon-Multnomah game In doubt. Page 14.
Commercial and Marine.
Federal control of wool prices is favored by
growers. Page 10.
Upward course of Chicago corn market con
tinues. Page 10.
Railway stocks tespond favorably to Presi
dent's message. Page 19.
More wooden ship contracts expected.
Page 15.
' Portland and Vicinity.
George F. Stoney, former copyreader of The
Oregontan. killed in battle. Page 12.
Fin increasing, lid may be clamped on again.
Page 11. ' .
Pledges called for In contest for Speaker.
Pago 8.
Campaign for Red Cross membership well
organized. Page 19.
Portland prepares for "Britain's day" Sat-
urday. Pago 15.
Evidence of graft in police bureau expected")
soon. Page 14. I
Weather report, data and forecast. Page 14. 1
BY EDGAR E. PIPER.
LONDON, Nov. 10. (Editorial Corre- .
epondence.) As I was saying when
interrupted several weeks ago by an
incident not arranged in the schedule
a collision with a lorrie and then with
a tree, somewhere In France the in
trepid editors, a dozen in number, were
about to fly in an aeroplane across the
English Channel. . It was all provided
as a special treat for men who had
come a long way" to look at the war,
and who were ready for any experience
that gave an assurance of a maximum
of thrills with a minimum of danger.
It Is only a few years since the cross
ing of the channel in the' air was first
successfully negotiated. Flying In
heavier-than-alr machines, first an ex
ploit, then a pastime, now Is a profes- ,
eion. France did more than others to
develop the sport so long as it was
sport. French aviators were the best
in the world. Venturesome French
men tried repeatedly to fly to London, -and
regularly failed. But one day it
was done by a Frenchman named Bier- .
lot, and another milepost was passed '
in the progress of safe aerial naviga
tion. Trip No Longer Novelty.
Now there is no novelty about the ;
passage from England to France or '
the other way at any height up to
20,000 feet above the land and water. .
It is done every day. Indeed, It has
been done many thousand times since
the war began, in as many different
aeroplanes. They do not ship English '
air machines as freight from the manu
factory to the front. They fly over.
That is what they are for.
The great English assembly station
for air machines is at Lympne, about
six miles from Folkestone, in the south
east of England. The editors were
taken there by train from London on
a certain Monday morning October 21
and there they were to embark in ,
a Handley-Page airplane with a "per
fectly competent pilot.
It should be said that the intendin-
passengers were a trifle partlculur
about both the pilot and the airplane.
They did not feel that they were justi
fied in making any experiments, such,
for illustration, as embarking with an
aviator "Who didn't know the way in
machine that hadn't been there be
fore.
Safety Conslderrd Somewhat.
There was some talk, too, about the
practical necessity of taking so large
a machine very high in the air, so that,
if anything happened to the engines,
the navigator could have ample time
and space to volplane slide, or glide
or toboggan gracefully and easily to
land not water. If she lit in thu
channel, the chances of saving the air
plane would be small. It occurred to
the editors that the prospect of res
cuing the inmates of the small prison,
called the fuselage, which contains the.
living freight, would- also be slight;
but the safety of the people aboard
did not seem to enter greatly into tho
calculations of the British authorities.
A Handley-Page, with its powerful
motors, and ' its great usefulness in
bombing expeditions, and similar war
like enterprises, is not easily replaced.
One of them costs many thousand dol
lars and H takes a long time to build.
The, particular vehicle In which we
were to embark had engines-of sOO-
horsepower, and was capable of carry
ing 20 passengers. We had seen under
construction at the Beardmore plant
on the Clyde a Handley-Page with mo
tors of 3000-horeepower. Undoubtedly
it could carry many tons of explosives,
and sail to Berlin and back unless the
Germans stopped it. The whole trip
would, of course, have to be made at '
night. To a machine going 120 miles
an hour a round trip from England" to
Berlin presents no special difficulties,
so far as distance is concerned.
Day Seems Ideal One,
The day was cloudy and misty, with
an absence of wind, and to tbe un
initiated it seemed ideal for an air
voyage. The cloude would hide the
machine from any prying German eye.
r wandering German aces, out for a
record just think of some murderous
Prussian pirate bagging 12 American . ,
journalists at once! and the landing
ould be made on the other eide in the
quiet of the breezeless shores. But Just
there the pleasant bubble of editorial
imagination got a rude pin-prick. If it
was rainy or foggy in France, they
were told, it would be dangerous to
land at alii With so weighty and pon-
erous a machine, it was vital that tho
pilot see .exactly where he was going,
and know where he was all the time,
and be able to land in a place with
ample room for any necessary mancu-
er. If he got lost in a fog, he was
likely to hit the earth unexpectedly
and then where was he, and everybody?
"However," said the Scotch colonel in
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