Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-05-22
Maehine's pIuno eriru, Death.

deavOr to attain supremacy or the Air,
when a monoplane the driver Of which
had lost control, plunged into a group
OF members Of the cabinet who had
gathered to witness the start Of the
race from Paris to Madrid, killing the
minister OF war and injUt ing the prime
minister, his son and / wel1-known
sportsnnAn. 51
The dead:
Henri Maurice Berteaux. minister OF
war.
The. injured.
Antoine Eannianual Ernest Monis,
Antoine Monis, son Of the premier.
Henri Deutsch de La Mourthe. tho
aged patron Of aeronautics AUTOMOBILE
ing and other sports.
A large number Of other persons of
note narrowly escaped injury.
The accident occurred on the avia-
tion fold at Issy Les Molineux. where
zoo, 900 persons had gathered to see the
start Of the race.
NJ. Train was plotting the monoplane
that wrought such havoc. With him
In the car was M. Bounier. a passen-
ger. Neither Of these men were in
1ured. The machine was wrecked.
Minister OF War Berteaux was hor-
rjbly mangled. The swiftly revolving
propeller cut off his loft arm. which
was found ten feet away from the spot
where he was struck. the back Of HIS
head was crushed in. his throat gashed
and the whole Of his left side cut and
lacerated.
Premier Menis Injured.
Premier Monis was buried beneath
the wreckage Of the monoplane. He
was taken out as quickly as possible
and examined by military surgeons,
who found he had sustained compound
fractures Of two bones in the right leg.
that his nose was broken, his face
badly confused and there were bruises
on the breast and abdomen.
M. Deutsch and NJ Monis were not
seriously hurt.
Among those who had narrow es-
capes from injury was NJ. Leptne. the
project of police
The general opinion Is held that the
lesson to be learned from the catas-
trophe Is that the rule prohibiting
spectators on the aviation field is one
that should not be violated even by
members Of the government.
Was Distinguished Man.
Henri Maurice Berteaux was one OF
the most distinguished men in France
engaged In political life. He had held
the portfolio of minister Of war once
finance and 1t was no secret that he
had devoted himself to army affairs.
He accepted that office again in the
Monis cabinet which was formed Marcf,
2 Of this year, He acquired a fortune In
finance and It was SO secret that ne
cherished an ambition to become candi-
date for president in 1913. His death
especially is untimely Tor France, as
with NJ. Cruppi he was directing tho
present delicate Moroccan question
which is still far from settlement.
Henri Maurice Berteaux. minister OF
war IN the Monis cabinet. was horn in
1882, and had long held q leading place
in the political and financial interests
OF France Privately he was an official
stock broker and was reputed to be
wealthy.
NJ. Berteaux succeeded General An
DIRE as minister OF war. but resigned on
Jan. IS, 1905. FIVE days later he was
;reappointed and accepted. On the 10th
Of the following October. however. at
ter an exciting debate in the chambe,
Of deputies, he resigned ana two days
later was succeeded In tha ministry Of
war BY NJ. Etienne.
When Monis was called on to form
a cabinet last March he elected Ber-
teaux for the war portfolio. Berteaux
was credited with having precipitated
the fall OF the BRAND cabinet by his
Interpolation In the chamber few
days l,eHoee. Hert4aux was known as
sociaiist and opposed to the BRAND