The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1909-01-06
Science. Sociology,
Religion and Other Data.

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Continuous mechanical flight as
human feat has been publicly demon
strated to the satisfaction of the
world by the two American aviators,
Wilbur and Orville Wright, giving as
surance of new military weapons and
promise of practical commercial APP
plications. Having finished their Sc
cret trials at XIII Devil hill, North
Carolina, last May and having receiv-
ed patent protection here and abroad,
the Wrights made public the details
of their work. Wilbur then took one
machine to LIE Mans, France, and Or
vile another to Fort Myer, Va. for
official trials in September. Orville
scored first, making a record fight Of
/ hour IA minutes 20 seconds prior to
the fatal trial Of Sept. n, when the
aeroplane, carrying the inventor and
Lieutenant Selfridge, fell with q
broken propeller, killing Selfridge and
breaking several Of Wrights bones.
Later Wilbur sailed the air alone l
hour and 81 minutes and on Oct. 10
took along one man for l hour min
utes 45 seconds, winning 100000 for
the invention from a French syndi-
cate. Farman and Delagrange also
made successful aeroplane fights In
France, the former winning the Arch
Deacon prize for the first circular
mile, while the tetrahedron machine
of Bell and Baldwin at Hammonds-
port, N Y. was flown short distances
Count Zeppelin of Germany again
led the world in the dirigible balloon
field. although his series of flights
eliminated Aug. | in the burning of
his huge rigid gas airship at Mayence.
where he had paused In storm for
repairs after continuous journey Of
261 miles in II hours With popular
aid he built another ship in which he
made more fights In November, win
ming the kaiser's praise and selling his
invention to the government.
The dirigible balloon built by Thorn
as w. Baldwin on official trial at
Fort Myer. Va. in August attained q
speed Of 1916 miles an hour on u two
hour trip and was bought by the war
department for $4,000.
Both the pan-Anglican conference and
the Lambeth conference at London
went OH record for socialism. The
Methodist general conference at Balti-
more took advanced ground for indus
trial reforms and prohibition. but re-
fused to change the code Of di cilsline.
The Episcopal diocese Of New York
made a working arrangement with or
ganized labor. On the other hand. the
American Catholic 500 ety sharply con-
demned socialism. The first assem-
bling OF the Catholic hosts In this
country took place In Chicago In No
vember. the occasion being the ceiebra-
ton Of the transfer of the United
States from a mission country to q
country with an Independent national
church.
Signs Of a coming unif1cation Of ain
churches were seen first In the wcrsn
interchanges between the Methodist
Episcopal conference at Baltimore and
the Methodist Protestant conference at
Pittsburg. In the union motions be-
tween the latter and the Congregation
al and United Brethren. In the union
favored by the Presbyterian general
conference at Kansas City with the
Reformed church and finally In the
Arst meeting Of the great federal coun-
ell Of the Churches Of Christ In Amer
ica at Philadelphia In December. This
council also took advanced ground for