New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-06-16
WOMAN HELPS HAM|l TON
Miss Todd Gives Him a Propeller
for His New York Flight.
MAY TRY IT TOMORROW
While Dozens Wait with Offers.
Aviator Slips Away and Buys
an Automobile.

The first time in the history of the world
! that woman has come to the assistance
| Of an aviator. except by her confidence and
| sympathy was yesterday, when Miss E L.
! Todd lent her eight-foot propeller to
| Charles X Hamilton at Garden City, Long
Island. Hamilton expects to show in flights
! from Governors Island to-day that wcm-
| ans propeller is the equal of those made
! by men. If he does, a new argument for
! the suffra gists will be one result and an
early fight to Grants Tomb will probably
| be another
The trip up the river and return will. It
! is promised, take place in q day or two If
the weather is all right it may take place
| tomorrow
Glenn H Curtiss left the city yesterday
| for Louisville accompanied by press rep
resentative. three private secretaries, two
mechanicians and heap of unanswered
mail He was quietly elated over the
courts decision vaca ting the temporary in
functions brought by the Wrights. He said
he intended to manufacture aeropanes on
large scale.
This decision of the courts will result In
wonderful activity in aeronautics and a re-
sulting practical advance" said Mr.. Cur
tiss. Many backyard aspirants for aero
nautic rewards have been kept in their back
yards through fear of what the Wrights
might dc to them if they few over the
fence. OF course, the Wrights can keep
on asking for injunctions if they care to
go to the expense and trouble, but L hardly
think 1t likely now They were the first to
fly and they are entitled to the rewards of
their invention The trouble is. 1 think
that they have tried to make their patents
cover too many things. And when the
;nc% ham
back on the plea of lc the poor inventor.
Hamilton changed yesterday from the
skyway in his biplane to the highway in
q newly purchased automobile. He has
long wished TO ovn an automobile. The
purchase was made In a Hamiltonian way.
He did not tell his wife where he was
going yesterday afternoon nor did he in
form his farried press representative. Be
fore O'Clock he left his hotel and was
gone for hours. Men from distant cities
called with propositions. each mail brought
letters offering attractive sums for aero
plane flights, but P. L. Young. the avi-
ator's representative. had to recite to him
self classics upon the virtue of patience
He said last night that $4,000 worth of
flying contracts might easily have been
signed if Hamilton had been present to op-
crate the pen But Hamilton was away
from all of these things and when he had
secured Miss Todd's propeller, he tele-
phoned to Mrs. Hamilton to be ready for
an automobile ride to Coney Island, and
they spent the evening there
Hamilton is due at Nashville, Tenn. next
Monday, and some delegates from New !
Britain Conn, his birthplace, are urging
him to spend day there. and promises OF
the Hudson River flight are also being
made. Hamilton is harder TO manage
than q French aviator and those who have
longest endeavored to keep him 10 a given
course of action have learned when
speaking of the future to emphasize he
may
The aviation committee. composed of
Clifford b Harmon, Walter L. Farchild, |
Captain T. S. Baldwin, Joseph Seymour |
and Frank Van Anden. with the consent
of the executive committee of the Nassau |
Hospital Associa ton. will give a tag day
on Saturday afternoon at o'clock on the |
aviation field at Garden City. Tags win !
be sold for g cents or as much as may be
offered Fifty per cent of the proceeds will |
go TO the hospital and the rest Will be USED /
to improve the aviation field
An interesting programme has been ar
ranged, consisting of races. speed tests. en-
durance tests and tryouts of new machines.
One of the events will be race between
Can+ain Baldwin and Joe Seymour.