The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-17

ATWOOD KEEPS GOING
eaIloonIst is the Only One to Lose
His Life While Giving Exhi-
bltIon for Benefit
Of People.

driver OF queen MOuOpldHS, WAS
snatched back from death at the in
ternationai aviation meet here after
hone for his life had been given up.
Howard Gill. in baby Wright,
scsrne almost as close to death, but
ESCAPED from under the wreck of his
], nachine unhurt. Lincoln Beachey,
after being driven far to the south
and fighting his way back above the
field, glided 5000 feet in safety to the
earth, after his engine had stopped
suddenly. James Ward had an equally
hard task to make his way from far
out over Lake Michigan, but descend
ed safely In the field.
stones machine fell into the lake
at dusk. He leaped from the falling
plane and was rescued at the point
OF exhaustion by a motor boat after
he had supported himself in the water
for more than an hour. His machine
was not recovered.
That Stone was rescued was at
srihated largely to the insistence OF
his wife that he guard himself with
life preserver. In spite of the order
that all flyers should wear life pre-
servers, Stone, with others, start.
for thei1- machines unguarded. Mrs.
Stone ran from the hangar just be
fore Ties fight and insisted that her
hushand wait. while she tied an in
Hated automobile tire about his shoul
ersy
Unnerved by the deaths Of William
RI Badger and St. Croix Johnstone
ard deferred by high wind, many Of
tle flyers here protested against going
" nn and warned the contest committee
that the areoplanes could not be con
trolled in the half gale that prevailed
Ii the upper air. The judges were
ihsistent and finally half dozen fly
yrs arose for cross-water race from
the shore around the crib, three ant
a half miles out.
Thomas Sopwith had completed tn
second lap of the race and been de
clared winner, when cry aros
that Stones machine had fallen int
the water and that the aviator wa
drowned. Later it was reported tha
Stone was rescued and tug wa
bringing his body to shore. None 9
4 these could be verified and Stone
4 fate was unknown until Commodor
| James Pugh's motor boat Disturbe
II reached the Chicago Yacht club
landing with Stone alive and we'll.
Reports that Stone had bee
drowned were quickly flashed to tn
hangers. Almost the first to hear {
his disappearance was his wife, Mr.
Irene Stone, who with her bab.
awaited stones return from the rae
far over the lake.
\ Robinson, hydroplane pilot
the Curtiss team, darted in, and tol
that he had been unable to find an
trace of the missing aviator.
At this Mrs. Stone began to wee
She turned over the child to frien
"Here, take the baby she e
claimed, I'm going out to the laf
T to help find Arthur
Killed by Balloon.
MOUNT VERNON, Ind, Aug. IL
While making a balloon ascension
the Mount Vernon fair T. Y. Artwa
q balloonist, was instantly killed whe
his parachute became entangled Wi
some guy wires just as he WAS lea
ing the earth. Artway had given Il
signal to cut loose AS the ballot
was clearing the poles which suppol
ed the balloon the parachute caug
In the guy wires. hurting the unfortu
ate man to his death. q distance
about 25 feet.
One year ago Jack Cassell. b;
loonist. lost his life at the Mount W
non Fair when his balloon burst, hu
ing him thousand feet to his deaf
Artway's home was in Shelbyvii
Ind, and he was 30 years of age.
verdInes Falls Into Ocean.
TORUvILLE, France. Aug. 17--Jul
Verdines. the French aviator, fit
from Paris to this place in 51a houl
He missed landing on the beach o.