The Sunday Oregonian., May 18, 1913, Page 2, Image 2

1913.
CALIFORNIA GOVERNOR WHO DOMINATED LEGISLA
TURE JUST CLOSED.
I: CREATE IOOO LAWS
enuine Saving or X on
Democrats Grant Concessions
Regarding - Publicity of
Tariff Hearings.
Much Work Done at Sacra
mento Bifurcated"Extra
ordinary" Session.
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i CONSTITUTION CHANGES 23
4000 Bill Are Introduced Among
Which Are Many Freak Got
rrnor 1omlnaX Throughout.
I.lttle I' loft rndone.
SACRAMENTO. CaU May 17. BP
' clal.) From any viewpoint the for
; tleth regular session of the California
' Legislature, which adjourned this week.
undoubtedly will go down In history aa
! the "session extraordinary."
It broke all previous record! for dur
ation, as the solons were at their desks
for f 4 days, nearly two weeks longer
than the session of 111.
It was marked by the introduction of
I nearly 40U0 bills, of which one-fourth
'were passed, with constitutional
; amendments to be voted on at the 114
.- central election.
It was the first legislature to oper
t ate under the bifurcated plan, taking
SO-day constitutional recess after the
. first month, and thus concentrating tne
attention of the people upon lawmaking
for more than four calendar months.
It -was the first Legislature to meet
squarely the pressing Issue of alien
ownership of land, passing J'l'nb!j
five negative votes the bill which Gov
ernor Johnson declares his duty to his
state compels him to sign.
Other Probleaw Tackle.
' It was the first Legislature to tackle
I the redllght problem, to Prov,e. "le
ers' pensions, to enact a workmen s
; compensation act. to provide for a mln-
lmum wage, to Initiate state civil aerv
' Ice to enact a blue sky law. to make
I county elections non-partisan, to con
serve the water and water power of the
'"t'ls only stating the. facts to say
' that It will be remembered, commended
. or- criticised for what It did whether
advisable or injudicious, rather than
for what It left undone. In eplte of the
final rush, which caused the clocks to
ibe stopped for SS hours after the of
. f iclal time of adjournment, extremely
.few big measures were beaten or lert
. unconsidered. .
The extraordinary number of bills in
troduced at the preliminary "lon-
due to the ahsornte freedom enjoyed
by every member to propose laws of
lany character or Import, clogged the
files with many bills, quickly termed
; freaks, but which really never had at
' any time the proverbial ghost of a
; chance to secure serious consideration.
x-aJarofvro' la AppUe.
t Parliamentary chloroform was freely
applied when time became vaaua..s u
' t.rum searutn Ideas never re-
appeared from the committee rooms to
which they were referred. Too need
. .n,rr at all about freak measures
t hKomlni laws." said Oovernor Johnson
I at the close of the session. -They axe
not going to."
Th- Mfurrated. spllt-eesaion plan
came In for many r4 knock during
the busy times, but one result Iwf that
far greater Interest was taken in pend
' ing legislation by the people than ever
i before. In spite of the faot that many
. i..i.i.tnr. admitted that they bad
; riven little time during the recess to
. bills, it turned out that when It came
' to a vote the measure were better un-
H.r.tnnH ani that they were drawn
more- carefully.
While there was no physical manl'
ir.atation of the big railroad and cor
noratlon lobbies is at former sesslona
! tha amnion was hampered by a large
number of Individual lobbyists, of
whom not a few were women. The
interference with the actual conduct
' h.i.ina. esoeclallv during rollcalla
- by the members of this visiting third
'. house became so acute that the rule
..in.t th admission of lobbyists to
' the floor was strictly enforced during
i the closing week.
TfrnnrhAtit the session Governor
', Johnson commanded the situation, and
although it was predicted, by some at
the first of tne aession uh u
1 K.r.hin of 35 Democrats and li Be
' ....Kii.na of the total of 12 legislators
I would result in combinations fatal at
critical times to closely-contested Dins,
. the nrozresalve measures Known 10
have administration origin or Indorse-
- tnent carried decisively.
Geverae Jaaaaom Dsmlaatea.
r.ni.mor Johnson's leadership was
the dominant element that directed the
positive framing of the alien land bill,
.arnred Its oassage. notwithstand
ing Secretary Bryan's visit, by the vote
of 35 to 1 in the Senate and 72 to 3 in
. the Assembly. This bill prohibits own
1 ership of agricultural lands by persons
' Ineligible to cltlsenshin. It permits
leasing by aliens of such lands for
three years.
Johnson has 80 days, or
' until June la, to examine and afnx his
I els-nature to the 10U0 odd bills passed
. him Ninety days must elapse from
' .jn,.rnmin before bills, not carrying
an emergency clause, become law. This
constitutional provision was aaopieu
. to permit the referendum to be In
' To measures of administration origin
or support, the appellation "ten cora
' nandmenta" was given. This was be-
-.,.. Oovernor Johnson In an lnter-
'. view during the session mentioned ten
i.m which he considered worthy or
' casaage. In reality there are at least
-a m.ior measures of far-reaching lm
oortance and effect, including the alien
I . ... . LI V. w 1 .- . . .- ti 1 1
, land Dili. ior wmiu iuv -.
responsible. Among these are the fol
Workmen's compensation act, which
Governor Johnson says em Domes me
philosophy of humanity, requiring em
' plovers to compensate employes for
. ir,i inlurv. and making an ap
propriatlon to establish state industrial
. insurance. ...
Minimum vim law. designed with
provision for appropriate investigation
' . in. ura living wages. Industrial
. .w.-. enmmlsslon to Investigate
hours, labor and condition of
women and children, with full power
n tw new rates of wages.
ion act. making appro
priatlon for orphans, half orphans and
. i -v. n .1 r-.n rnnntlcij to D2T
i loanuuiicu . ..... -
....! umnnnta.
Immigration and housing commission
,'to anticipate the problems that will
come with the opening of -the Panama
; Canal, and to prevent exploitation of
Immigrants.
' Blue sky law. to protect Investors
' --. n.tr legitimate enterprise, oy
creating a commission to supervise the
.Issuance and sale or inieaimcm. .
curltles, with power to refuse certlfl
tates to concerns whose plan of busl
' ness Is "manifestly nnrair, unju-i ...
Inequitable."
. ,Ji. rlvll service In state o
.h. ni.n to he nut in operation
. hv a commission, and providing for
exemption of but few employes.
r-ir,.. ronntr elections from do
.' main of politics, by making election
... I . r.
iUdllght abatement and Injunction
f rex
I-'
HIRAM W.
bill (signed), providing that on com
plaint of any citizen that buildings
are used for Immoral purposes, in
junction may be Issued against the use
of the building for one year.
Appropriating IBOO.OOO to put into
operation the system of distribution
of free textbooks.
Reora-anlzina- the State Boara oi .Ed
ucation; to consist of lay members, to
onolnt experts to supervise tne com
mon schools, high schools, and voca
tional schools.
Commission to investigate system
of rural credits In vogue In European
countries.
Water Board Created.
State Water Commission, with con
trol over all water used for power or
Irrigation purposes. Functions simi
lar to those of State Railroad Com
mission. Wets-hta and measures act provld-
ng state system of regulation and
Inspection. '
Revenue and taxation net isignea
raising rates of public utility corpor
ations and providing an Increased bi
ennial revenue of f4.000.000.
Annrnnriatlona of $2,054,000 to In
crease the facilities of Jthe State Uni
versity at Berkeley, with special pro
visions for agricultural work.
Va i-l mi acts to ameliorate tne con
ditions of children compelled to work
or requiring the protection of the state.
Other measures passea Dy tne iBio-
lature are:
Extending the eight-hour jaw tor
women to jnciuae training
nurses and employes of lodging-houses
and apartments. ... .
Closing saloons rrom z a. . -
A.M. . . .. .
Direct election or unneo. bmw Del
ators. .
Providing for teachers" pensions.
Indeterminate sentence for all per
sons convicted of crime, except tor
murder. .
Declaring pipelines common carriers
and placed them under the Jurisdic
tion of the raliroaa commisnion.
Regulation of tenement nouara.
Tniruiinr the automobile and motor
vehicle licenses, placing collection un
der department of Engineering, for
dividing net receipts between counties
and state.
Establishing state vocational icnom
for women and glrla To supplement
redllght Injunction bllL
Ilaaajna- Art Revised.
Revising state banking act, adjust
ing the law to new conditions.
State regulation of dairies, wnn nw
standards for milk and cream. a
Creating State Bureau or Lrimmiu
Identification.
Licensing of real estate dealers, mmi
m h. nd to advertise the state.
Requiring registration oi iuuereuit
persons.
Discriminatory pracucw
late and encourage competition oy pro
hibiting certain business meinoas,
State irrigation commiaaion.
with
auDervlslon over districts.
Licensing of hospitals and nurses,
except those maintained by state, coun
iltv
net container aci rcquuis
net contents of package of foodstuffs to
H nrlntMl Oil OUtSlOe.
LeKlslative counsel ounn i
In drawing up new laws.
whit slave act. similar u i
totnta. nroniDlunK irauio
. n 4-
Game laws, lncluaing non-aa.ie i
4nck except In November. Bag limit
reduced from 26 to lt per ay.
.ApproaHatloas Are 1SMK.000.
naneral appropriation bill of J13.500,
000 for carrying on state government
e th. next two yeara This Is an
. r .nnroxlmately I3.0UU.OOU
Among the bills wmcn were
or left in committee were:
In the computation Dy iinn.rii j
Insurance rate as Dei ween f
Place- . v h-
Antl-injunciion u...
labor, also bill to legaiiae
" vJl.io. Mil. which would have
reduced number of rounds to eight, and
have restricted cnarge mr
to 25 cents. .
Restricting operation of gold dredg
ers to non-agricultural lands.
Abolishing capital punisnmeuu
. n'u1tu si mir gt .aat.
Dr.c.ntinr nubile school children
from belna: kept In "after school.'
Providing for removal of
cemeteries In San Francisco.
n il w. .... . Xnnln.
.certain
rmniuiviua . .
Providing for payment by atate oi
...!.. -xnennes of political parties.
Prohibiting the use or sale of liquor
in San Francisco Exposition.
Abolishing the Assembly and vesting
h l.rialatlve function In a elngl
nvu. v. - . .
Reaulrlng cement to he packed in
limiting the number of saloons to
one to every 800 lnhabltanta
Pmhlbttlnir run clubs.
Requiring all lobbyists to secure ere
j ..i. (rum the Hecretarv of State.
Regulating tho dress of school chil
dren.
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JOHTfSOJT.
PUPILS 10 COMPETE
Essays to Be Given on Parks
and Playgrounds.
PLANS TO BE SUGGESTED
Contest Instituted By Committee of
Portland Women With Co-operation
of Educators Is to
Begin Tomorrow.
The following questions are to be
answered in an essay contest commeno-
ing tomorrow, which will be entered in
by High School students and grade
school pupils In the seventh to ninth
grades, inclusive, and fourth to sixth:
Shall the parks and piaygrounas oi
the city be separate, each rrom tne
other, or shall they be consolidated?
How many shall we have, and shall
they be large or small? Shall park
roads be open to automobiles, or shall
some be restricted to pedestrians and
horses, driven or ridden?. What equip
ment shall the playgrounds have?
Shall thev Include space for school gar
dens? At what hours snail tney oe
opened and closed? Shall girls and
boys have separate places for games
and recreation, or shall the grounds be
open to both at all times? Where shall
the parks and playgrounds be situated?
Shall the children have voice in the
government of the playgrounds?
The plan Is to get an expression irom
the younger generation as to what shall
be done with the park bond issue. r.s
savs that are worthy will be published,
with the Idea of showing the attitude
of future taxpayers to the important
matter of parks and piaygrounas.
In the preparation of these essays use
may be made of any maps and plans
of the cltv. exceDt those known as the
Bennett plans. It Is the hope of the
committee that every student in the
city, eligible to the competition, shall
forward his or her scheme of parks
and playgrounds to Mr. Frank Kigier,
unerlntendent of schools. Tne compe
tition opens Monday. May 19, and closes
Tuesday. May 27. The committee, who
win luda-e these essays will be an
nounced at a later date. The1 commlt-
taa In a-eneral charge of the competi
Hon la as follows: Mrs. Henry Ladd
Corbett, Mrs. Elliott R, Corbett. Edgar
M. Laxarus, Morris rl. wnltenouse, kod
ert 8. Strong. V. Vincent Jones, Mar
shall N. Dana. G. Klrkham smith, ine
executive committee in lmmeaiaie
charge of the plan outlined is as fol'
lowa: Mrs. Henry iaaa orDetu cnair
min. Marshall N. Dana, C. Klrkham
Smith.
Mr. RJgler, superintendent or scnoois.
Is co-operating with this committee
and will send out a circular letter to
the principals of the schools, asking
that this competition be Incorporated
in some of the regular Engiisn classes
for the grades eligible to tne contest.
JAPANESE ISSUE WAITS
BRTAN AGAIN' WARNS AGALNST
"GUESSES" AS TO POLICY.
Official Washington Will Walt on
Action of Johnson Before Resnm
lug Negotiations.
wioHiwdTOW. Uav 17. Tho Japan
... negotiations over the Calliornia
alien land bill have not advanced the
slightest during the last 24 hours and
there Is no expectation at the State De-
..rii..nt or at the Japanese MnJ
that there will be any developments
In the immediate future. Governor
Johnson has not yet signed the land
win - e.r .a official Washington is
advised, and that appears to be the
.. rnniition orecexieni iu
mr.iUn of nea-otlatlons.
The officials are doing everything
they can to discourage sensational stor
ies of strained relations between the
two countries and Secretary Bryan
.rain today admonlahed newspaper
callers against speaking as to the Gov
..m,ni'i nolloles.
Mr Bryan has had a long conference
with 'President Wilson, but It was said
that the relations between the United
a..... . t,a .Tanan were not discussed.
.uhinrh it was presumed at first that
the conference was for this purpose.
CHANGES NOT ANTICIPATED
Western Senators . Fighting
Free
Wool and Sngar Expected to Pall
Into Use and Accept It
ns Party Measure.
WASHINGTON. May 17. Announce
ment today by Chairman Simmons, of
the finance committee, that suo-com-mittees
considering the various sched-
;,i.. 'r the underwood tariff Dill naa
determined to grant more time to pro
testing manufacturers than at first
waa intended, aroused considerable in
terest at the capitol.
Although the effort of Senate Repub
licans to force public hearings was de
feated by a. vote of J6 to 41, the min
ority leaders see In the changed tac
tics of the uemocrats tu.iooow,.
which they assert resulted from the de
nunciation of secret consideration ui
the bill. . '
Another Interesting development was
the intention of Senator Hoke Smith,
of Georgia, a member or tne suD-com-
mittee considering tne cohuh
chemical schedules, to have the private
hearings conducted by him taken down
by a Senate stenographer.
Questions to Be Submitted.
This Is an innovation which the- Re
publicans assert was brougnt aDout
through the insistence of Senators La
Follette and Bristow, who urged that
the private hearings be published for
the benefit of Senators not on the fln
It also has been
agreed that the finance committee will
ons on coBts and production proposeu
by Senator La Follette.
Still another liberalizing feature re
.nitinir from the debate on the Penrose-
La Follette public hearing amendment
was the reiteration Dy- senator no
Smith and some of his colleagues that
members of the press could attend the
private hearings. That was tne rirsi tne
no-.n.ni-TTin ever had heard of it and
It also was news to other members of
the finance committee. Senator Smith
conferred today witn otner mimuci.
of the committee and found they were
greeable to admitting newspaper rep
resentatives.
Department Officials ueara.
Senator Williams' subcommittee gave
hi-i.r heorinc- todav to Assistant Sec
retary of the Treasury Curtis and As
sistant Attorney-enerai utobkii
the administrative features of the bill.
We will try to have tne Din reaay
for the Senate by June," Senator Sim
mons said today, "but It probably will
be a little later than that, owing to
the fact that the sub-committees have
agreed to give a little more time to the
manufacturers who are protesting
against the rates in tne unaerwouu
bllL They have decided to do this ow
ing to the Insistence and persistence
of some of the Interests affeeted by the
bill. We already have lost a whole
week by the prolonged debate on the
reference motions, out xne "
be pushed as rspldly as possible."
Chairman Simmons will call a meet
ing of the finance committee Tuesday,
.i k. nr.hbla time for holding the
Democratic caucus on the, bill will be
discussed.
Committee to Stand Pat.
n.mocrats of the committee have
practically decided they will propose
no changes m tne ireo o--
schedules ana mat icuii.i.
to the present schedules muni ran,
hoi- .ht to the Darty caucus. Ac-
.n.Hinr to the Dresent plan the sub
committee having tne worn
schedules under consideration '
ten to all arguments Senators wish to
ay before them, but win repon w.
hill to the full Democratic memuor-
shlp of the committee without recom--...joiiiMK
The Democrats of the com-
mirt.t will refer sugar and wool to
. .,n and the Senators inter
ested will have an opportunity to make
a final appeal. If tney rail, leauem
lleve they will support the entire meas
ure when it comes Deiore me
ToaHor.. do not exDect tne iwu iui-
lana Senators to aDiae Dy a
i.i ocoinxt suirar. but the vote yes
terday on the question or nearniso "
given them confidence that when the
last word Is said In caucus the West
ern senators wnu
i .mr will accem tne um aa a
party measure and vote for It.
BII.Ii PROTESTED IX VKAXCJ
v,n,rirr Object t Administration
Features.
tatts Mav 17. The Underwood
tariff bill, as far as it relates to French
industry, was energetically condemned
todav at the monthly meeting of the
National Association of Industry and
Deputy Georges ueraia, in ois
the tariff bill, expressed his ODjecuon
it administrative clauses, which.
. ,J rf rollpVlnET ine Kieab .iiu
j nirh he declared exist In
trading: In the United States, increased
them arbitrarily. "When Underwood
and his friends say they are only ap
plicable to professional defrauders,
said Gerald, "this affirmation is not
sufficient for Jfrencn -
.r know too much about the ad-
of tho American tariff."
""-- r-V7 Th.
rTj how the United States,
by Its Fanama Canal act. has violated
the Hay-Pauncefote treaty and how
the state of California has violated the
United States treaty with Japan. The
projected tarirr, wnicn
io subsidize American shipping, vio
lates 20 treaties those made by the
c.ot alth RDaln. Great Britain,
Italy. Austria-Hungary, Denmark. Bel-
glum, etc. yet i sun ', :
and the United states win w
arranee a practicaoie aB.cc...cu..
ar f!.nn commended the -judicious
e nenutv Gerald and to-
gutted that he 'United States, al
M. . professing the desire to live
on g-d ?erm. with aU the world doe.
not give any pwu. - -
France.
Voting Plan to Be Explained.
. wi..iii.irii .xolanatlon and demon
h. nrferentlal voting sys
tern will be a feature "'Attorn., Albert
E. Gebhardt's lecture at c- A.
auditorium Tuesday at 8 P. M. This will
k the lecture of the series on civil gov
eVVmtopics giver, under the auspice.
of the Federatea women a
. ' j are onen to all, no ad
.:1 win he charged and no collec
-arm he taken. Women voters are
especially Invited.
t76 Weber Pianola Player Piano for
nK Oraves Muslo Co, Removal Sale.
tomorrow. See advertisement, page 10
section ! . t
s
alem
Choose now before this magnificent stock has been picked
over by those who are shrewd enough to be the FIRST buyers
when such a sale is announced.
Select any fancy suit in our entire stock and know in ad
vance that no matter what suit you may pick that, regardless
of the former price (regularly $15 to $40), that now you'll
find a clean saving of
Even Staple
CLOSER BONDS ASSURED
GOVERXtEXT TO AID COIiIiEGES
IX AGRICULTURAIi WORK,
State Colleges and Experiment Stations
to Be Made Official Agencies In
Carrying Out Plans.
WASHINGTON, May 17. Closer rela
tionship between the work of the De
partment of Agriculture and tnat oi
agricultural colleges and experiment
stations was assurea at
here today between Secretary Houston,
a coiQtant, Secretary Galloway and rep
resentatives of the Association of Amer
ican Agricultural colleges ana ipc.i
ment Stations, including F. H. Jenkins
president, director or tne tonn
Experiment Station; President Thomp
son. Ohio State University; President
Sparks, Pennsylvania State College,
President Hill, North Carolina College,
and Directors Jordan. Russell and Hills
of the New YorK, wi...
mont experiment stations, respectively.
a n.,mmi.nt committee will be
named and frequent meetings held be
i .v KoHnnni and state agricul
tural workers. The most Important co-
n... .ffort will be to devise means
for securing ins s''
both to farmer and consumer from the
..,w.nrnlil division of markets
and rural organization service.
The department, it was said after the
conference, desires to co-operate along
many lines, recognizing -----college
and the experiment stations
staouM be the official agencies through
which most of the agricultural work of
the country should be undertaken.
PE
WASHINGTON COUNTY EXPECTS
TO PAY $10,000 YEARLY.
Forest Grove mny
$62.50 a Montli Cupid Saves
Court Neat Amount.
HILLSBORO, Or., May 17. (Special.)
Applications are pouring in
County court ior aiu
.... of ihA widows' pension law.
which takes effect June o. ana uc
estimates that Washington County will
pay at least 10,000 In pensions a year.
So far no applications have been filed
excepting where the families are large
One woman. Mrs. Emma V.. Russell, of
Forest Grove, wnose n""
March 6, relates that she has nine chil
dren, eight of whom are under 16 years
of age. This tamuy win uvjoi.
county J62.60 a montn, as mey
other suoDort. Another woman irom
the same town has several children.
-a v, Husband is wholly incapacl-
ouu .,, .
tated, and she wm come
a tha law.
Viaiuuo - . , , i ..V,
Another case mat nas oeei.
before the court is tne case ot a
. i nmn who came to the county
, . .trie husband in California,
'"""6 " .. . .,C .V.1
the family now arawing w
i- ,-oiintv in that state. She has
ithflHrfin.
xnni. 'Jndie R'easoner. yesterday
performed a marriage ceremony for a
. - wria hart TJL'fl P h 1 1-
Forest urove wiuuw .
and tniS Will OttJ
$200 annually. -
INJURED HUSBAND SHOOTS
Navy-Yard Employe Kills Electrl.
clan and Wife Is Snicide.
VH.T.MO. Cal.. May 17- J. F. Rainey,
an electrician of the first class, at
tached to the receiving amp v,i
- AA todav bv Joseph Hov-
ersby, an employe of the Mare Island
Navy-yard. r
Hover8hy leu ior wu.n. "
Ing as usual, but returning unexpect
edly surprised his wife with Rainey.
Drawing his revolver, he shot twice.
Rainey staggered from the house and
fell dying on the sidewalk.
Mrs. Hoversby swallowed poison and
died. She made no statement.
Rainey had an excellent record In
the service. He was 25 years old and
had enlisted in New Orleans in 1909.
The Hoversbys had been married 20
years.
C00PERSPRA1SED IN CANADA
Former Oregon "Aggie" Plays Star
Baseball in-North.
OREGON AGRICULTURAL COL
LEGE. Corvallis. May 17. (Special.)
That Harry Cooper, the conference
baketbaTstar and erstwhile captain
and first baseman of the Oregon Agrl-
I Phedey&Cavender
- 5 FCrO rth at. alder 1 s
Woolen
Mills Cos Going
Out of Business
Blacks and Blues Reduced
Successors to Salem Woolen Mills Clothing Co
cultural College baseball team, who
eloped to Regina with "Billy" Hulen's
Canadian Leaguers, is making good
with a hang, is Indicated by the fol
lowing clipping, descriptive of his
work at short in a recent game played
on the Medicine Hat grounds:
"Without detracting a mite from' the
brilliant work of Beer in the box, the
palm will have to be awarded to
Cooper, Regina's lightning shortstop,
for playing the star game of the con
test. Cooper, who captained the Oregon
Agricultural College and who chose
playing with the Red Sox rather than
waiting to have a degree conferred
upon him by his alma mater, was at all
times at home in the short garden.
"Ho accented four chances without an
error and every one of them was of a
most difficult character. Not only was
his fielding easy and graceful, nut ne
hart a maernlficent throw, and, for a
ball to roll into his territory meant sure
death. He certainly has big league stuff
in' his make-up and it should not take
him more than one season to develop
major league caliber."
Cooper vvas a senior in the pharmacy
department at Oregon Agricultural
lege. ..
AIRFLIGHT OVER STRAITS
CTJBAX FLIES FROM KEY WEST
TO IIAVAXA.
Domingo Rosillo, wins
Being First of Countrymen to
Accomplish Feat.
HAVANA. May 17. The first alrflight
across the Florida Straits by a Cuban
aviator was accomplished today by Do
mingo Rosillo. Leaving Key west at
5:45 o'clock this morning Rosillo com
pleted his air trip to Havana, at 8:10.
crossing the 90-mile channel in two
hours and 25 minutes.
The announcement of his start from
Key West had been given by the dls
charge of three snots irom
Fort, and when ne came mi v.o
was hailed with acclamations by vir-
urholA OODUiaUOn VL me ii-J.
of whom the greater part had gathered
along the sea and harbor fronts.
Rosillo approached the city flying at
an altitude of 2000 leet.
By the accomplishment of this flignt,
Dnellln wins the prize of S10.000 of
fered by the Havana City Council to
the first Cuban aviator io
straits. .
J A D McCurdy. a Canadian, made
a flight across the Florida Straits on
January 30, 1911. but owing to an ac
cident, was compelled to descend in
the water 10 mues irom nv.u
Augustine Parla, another Cuban
..i.inr. attemoted to make the flight
shortly after Rosillo started, .but was
forced by high winas io iuiu v...
Before Rosillo's departure, Parla sent
a delegation to him, asking that he
flight be postponed. Rosillo dec lned.
When Parla was Informed of this he
was said to have threatened to kill him
self, and was declared to have placed
a revolver against his tempte. Friends
interfered, and Parla decided to at
tempt the flight, which he later was
forced to abandon after two of the
wires on his hydro-aeroplane had
snapped from, strain caused by higa
winds.
ACCIDENT 3000 FEET IN AIR
nir.tr Disabled Craft to
Aviator
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Earth in Safety.
TACOMA, May 17. While 3000 feet
In the air this morniug the engine of
Aviator Harry Crawford's new biplane
sVuck anl forced a thrilling volplane
to safety. Executing a spectacular but
scientifically correct emergency move
ment, the aviator managed-to
csAA urnwii H Riarmeu at
sight saw the machinist astraddle the
engine, frantically struggling to set
ft right, while the airship darted
toward the ground, first at one angle,
then at another. Crawford "aid:
"As quick as we saw something was
wrong I yelled at Herbert Munter. of
Nome, Alaska, who was With me, Tne
throttle is stuck: fix it.' He jumped to
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