Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1910-09-02
THE BIRD men WINNING
THE WORLDS APPLAUSE.
Glenn Curtiss Makes Another Worlds Re-
cord and Distances d Train=Renowned
Aviators at Boston Ready for the :
Coming Atlantic Contests.
AVIATOR STARS AT THE HUB.


Boston. Sept. Enthusiastic in their
praise Of the Harvard aviation field at
Atlantic and each full OF determination
to make a great killing" i'll the events
of the Harvard Boston aero meet
Claude Grahame-White and A. Y. Roe
OF ENGLAND. and Wilbur Wright, Wal
ter Rrookius and Ralph tombstone,
five of the leaGing aviators of the
world are tonight in the hands of the
entertainment committees of the COM
ing meet which opens at Atlantic Sat
urday.
The Wright party arrived unheralded
and was found wandering about the
aviation field by the officials. The Eng
lishmen. on the contrary, were met far
down the narbor by newspaper men
and committeeman and escorted to
their hotels. and later to the field, In
automobiles.
While the rain, which fell almost
continuously throughout the day was
welcomed at the field. where it laid the
dust. and settled the marsh grass. it
interferred with practice flights and
the expected trip over the city Of
Cromwell Dixon's dirigible The dirig-
ible flight will take place tomorrow
when Dixon will deliver invitations to
the meet to Governor Draper and May
| or Fitzgerald.
When the contest committee closed
the entries at non. % aviators and 10
different makes Of aeroplanes had
| been registered. Among the latest to
| fila their applications were Stanley y.
| Beach. who will be seen in a Bleriot.
| equipped with a gyroscope for securing
stability. the first of its kind; III. Riet-
mann. with :Ielcopter. also the only
| one of its kind: II. A. Connors, with a
| Connors biplane; Augustus Post. with
| 4 Curtiss bipIane and John w. WILSON,
| who will be seen in a unique man pro-
| PEELED monoplane.
All the distinguished aviatOrs who
| arrived today experienced difficulty in
getting their machines to the field
| from unexpected causes. The two tri-
planes OF Roe and the Farman and
| Bleriot machines of Cirahame White
| while being taken to the aviation field
| on a lighter became grounded in the
mud and it was necessary to wait for
| high tide at dark.
The Wright brothers had sent their
machines to Soldiers field at Cam
| bridge where it had been originally
intended to have the meet. and the
cars carrying the two biplanes had to
be brought back to the city and sent
| out over another route to the field.
All of which will necessitate addition
| al hard work on the part of the me
chanics to get the machines ready to
| morrow in season for flights on Sat
urday.
| r. t.I Ia Ia r.
mon will get into the air tomorrow if
the weather is fair. and Dixon will
make his dirieible trip over the city
to Boston Common and convey the
invitations to the chief executives Of
| the state and CITY to attend the meet
| Claude Grahame- White was a com
petitor of Paulhan in the flight from
| London to Manchester. Eng. dis
lance Of 1856 miles He flew 113 miles
| before disseminating because of the
| intense cold and heavy winds. He Will
use . Farnan hiplane al the Harvard
| Boston meet Roe. the other English
| aviator. said that he will contest every
event in the coming meet in two tri-
| planes he brought with him. They are
| the only tri-planes in existence.
| The officers Of the Ard regiment of
infantry of ottawa today accepted an
invitation to attend the opening day
| on saturday AS the guests of the
executive committee the officers will
go to Atlantic in automobiles.
| Washington Sept Major Geo @
Sqtlicr. acting chief of the Signal
Corps of the army. has been desie-
mated as the representative of the
army to attend the Harvard Boston
aero meet to he held Sept, 3-l3
The American consul at Dumfermline,
Scot. has written about the eXorbitant
prices paid for antiques by Americans
| travelling abroad. He tells of antique
dealer buying an old Dutch cabinet for a
| few shillngs and selling it to an earl for
S1t6n The earl soon discovered that he
had paid more than the article was
worth. and 50 he took it to a London
dealer, who sold it to AN American for
1856 The cabinet was bought in the first
| place from An elderly Scotch widow
who has heard of the prices obtained
| for the article after she parted with it
| for a few shillngs. Another dealer got
possession tof a Chippendale table for
S2i 80 and sold il to an American for