The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1910-08-27

on to say and for securing all rights
In the atmosphere necessary for Il.
complete reduction to possession TO-
the production Of nitrates. ozones ant
all other atmospheric derivatives ant
for the securing of exclusive rights il
the air over lands for all purposes
whatsoever Now. that" said she
"'for all purposes whatsoever ISM
that pretty broad?"
"a broad intellect composed It,"
"These rights happen-merely hap
pen-to gridiron every state in squares
marked by grants and leases to the
Air Products company?"
only child" said Craighead. do yor
understand the Craighead method OF
extracting nitrates from the atmos
phere by spontaneous discharges OF
statical electricity from electrodes sus
pended over the earth's surfacey"
"No." she said. do you?"
at is one of my specialtics." said he
''1f I might have you all to myself 70,
an evening I would explain. but for the
nonce by-by"
Mr. Craighead took much pleasure
in his position as press representative
of the Carson-Craighead Aeroncf com.
pany. The Virginin. her builder and
the contest with Aerostatic Power
! were matters on which the great dali
lies had men at work night and day.
! This visit to the neighborhood of
Shayne's Hold was n tantalizing mys-
terry. The mountain inn where the
Virginia had been laid up for repairs
had been visited by reporters and the
impossibility Of surface communica-
ton between it and Shayne's Hold
pointed out. The mysterious Craig
head had leased for the Aeronef cor
pOration the vacant aerodrome on the
roof Of this very building. gone back
TO the inn. whence the Virginia had
sailed to their leased roof within an
hour. and not by Shayne's Hold. after
which Craighead was the news center
from which emaDated the most as.
founding medley of scientific, psyche
logic. mystical and mystifying news
ever heard.
Then some one discovered that on
the day the Carson raighend company
had been formed the Universal Nj
trates and Air Products company was
born. with directors and stockholders
identical with those of the Aeronef
company. and that they had spent a
great campaign fund in getting leases
and grants for the extraction from the
atmosphere of nitrates and the like In
lines like those Of Scotch plaid all over
the continent. The air over almost
every highway had been granted away
by the owners Of the fee-the very
streets of New York being covered
so far as to cut the city into nearly n
hundred irregular blocks The other
great cities were similarly gridironed.
The space over the smaller rivers and
streams was mostly sold to the Air
Products company. The mystery in
this so stimulated curiosity that it
caused more excitement than the Vir-
ginia herself. for these seemingly
worthless rights over farms. streams.
roads and streets we're like a huge
spiders web spun as net over the
world-Europe and Asia as we'll as
America. Some one with great re-
sources was up to something big.
Something was to be caught in the
net-but what?
Craighead and Carson dined with
Mr. Filley, Mr.. Waddy's personal rep
resentative. a little man with a great,
scantily matched head and no body
who ate lobster and green turtle SOUP
day.
when shall we know?" asked Thee.
dore.
Soon" replied Tilley. "We'll cover
the whole country with injunctions
this afternoon and get hearing here
in few days. In very few weeks
we shall win the greatest legal trl-
umph Of recent times or-snuffed OUT"
That night began the series Of sen
sations that made SO memorable the
war for the use Of the air In the
courts of every federal district and the
state courts Of West Virginia Mr.. FIJI.
ley filed his injunction suits against
the owner of every known airship and
by the clause used in labor disputes
bound all persons. whether named or
not. who might with the defendants or
independently design trespass against
the plaintiffs rights.
The bill in New York recited that
the plaintiff was the owner Of all
rights of navigation In the air in Ger.
tain described belts or bands surround
ing the city OF New York. dividing it
into portions. and gridironing the con.
tinent: that the defendants had in tho
past habitually trespassed on these by
flying over them in airsbips: that the
passage to or from the city Of New
York over the sea. the river or other
route was impossible save by such
trespass. and therefore injunction was
asked prohibiting the defendants. their
servants and oil other persons from
departing from or coming to the said
city of New York through the air own
ed by the plaintiff or from navigating
any aerial craft across, ever or through