The Hawaiian gazette., 1911-12-15

ioned snme tnhn Gums and signed
numsfons chIis ai thc local eiuha iia
Nhs Huni np' hs n guest at thf Pacific,
Conimffcihi aud Eiks tluhs, and wnt p
ffeuueui visitor NJ ihc two latter. iiis
company was entertaining. llo was OBJ.
parontly n man Of extensive experience
as traveller, and Ne talked aviation
like IN oidtimcf ut The game.
Aviation Committee Puzzled.
Tho arrest has served 10 bring out
the fact that Tor about three wOoks past
Gordon has lad a committee Of seven
Ellss. most Of them business mon, pro.
foundly mystiied. The plans for the
great aviation meet went all right un-
til the committee. before signing a con
tract or undertaking ATTY FINAL arrange
monts, asked Gordon for some creden-
tials to show that he was a Curtiss
aviator.
Gordon Indignantly refused to show
anything. He declared that he would
not subject himself to the humiliation
Of being obliged to show credentials.
There was considerable discussion, all
to no effect, and the committee declined
to go any further with the plans.
Convinced Everybody.
NOFQOn nNQ LHlkb Win htutIaA ha-
comb, Major Timberlake, Captain Car
ter, Macomb s chief of staff, Captain
Wilbur. Captain Winter, Lieutenant
Pratts and other army and navy men,
and he made a favorable impression
with them all. He was entertained on
board some of the cruisers now in port,
and here, as elsewhere, his company was
enjoyed, and his character as a noted
t.,
after his refusal to produce credentials,
many OF those who knew the situation
were inclined to maintain their faith
in him, and it was proposed to let the
matter of credentials 60, and have o
try-out instead. This might have been
done, had the Gus Schaefer biplane
been finished.
Gordon had not asked any advances,
and his terms, except that he wouldn It
produce credentials, were satisfactory
J to the aviation committee. This being
the case, the puzzled committeeman
asked one another what could possibly
, be his "gameD No one could answer
, with a theory that looked reasonable.
} All Gordon would say was that he
would fly if the committee would do the
J rest, and the committee was ready to do
JIG IGSb IL bOIuO0 pIONBy UbAOIN
/ money was spent in preparations, that
} he was really an aviator. On this dead
lock the committee dropped the matter,
: as announced in The Advertiser Sun
| day. 1t was by way of "letting him
, down easy,'' say the committeeman
/. that the committee merely gave out
+ that terms cuuldn It be agreed upon.
5 Gordon Was Game.
A new surprise was sprung when Cor
don came out with big front pagt
2 headline in the Star announcing NEE
of his own, and criticizing the Elks
! committee for its course. He followed
: it yesterday with a story in the Bulle
tin charging the Elks with being stingy
about advance expenses. According t
9 the committee, these hadn t been gont
9 into, owing to failure to get past tn,
: credentials proposition.
on Saturday that the first re
:. came. A cable was receiyed '-3f1s,ys fros, sia
. san franciscan, a member of the Ro
2 hemlan Club-ta--i -ii-----~---VvV UIdTC II
: Emmett Gordon was noted aviator ant
was in New York. The party in Homo
lulu, said the cable, was probably al
ex-chauffeur, whose only experienc,
! with aviation was an unsuccessful at
: tempt to fly at the presidio, San Fran
cisco. There was no certainty abou
; it, but it added to suspicion.
"That seemed to explain it ALL sale
= one of the committee, Except why
: Gordon didn't tell us the real facts
= We could probably have made dea
: to let him try out and if successful g,
: ahead with a meet as an amateur. :?
|. Buying Schaefer's Machine.
D. Gordon has been negotiating for
J. month past to buy Gus Schaefer IS bi
h plane. The terms were agreed upon
$ and he said the cash would be forth
t coming. Schaefer, however, had becom,
s suspicious, and before the arrest yes
terday he had announced that he woul6
not allow the use of the machine. ever
for a trial meet, unless the cash wa,
put up Gordon said he had money
: coming on the Korea yesterday, ant
I more due on the Lurline today.
Gordon claimed to have money il
! the Hongkong and Shanghai bank al
San Francisco, with which to meet the
checks he had drawn, and also spoke
of other resources. He insisted that he
did not expect the checks to be present
ed at the bank here, at least until after
the arrival of the Lurline today.
Went to Waikiki Under Arrest.
/. j. Walter Doyle of the Elks' com
r mittee offered to secure the $3.50 bal
5 if Gordon would produce certain docu
+ rhents of which he spoke couple o!
: weeks ago. One was a cable from tn,
t Bohemian Club, San Francisco, cIosin,
+ contract for Gordon to fly in Manila
!. and the other was letter from tn,
Curtiss aviation concern, releasing Cor
! don from further engagements. GordoI
( last night repeated that he had tn,
o documents, saying that they were il
( his room at the Seaside.
9 The offer of bail was repeated. oil
t condition. that the existence of thes,
( documents be proved, and as a result
the prisoner was taken, still in Sheriff
Jarrett's custody, to the Seaside, ac
eompanied by Doyle. There was iittl,
in his room. After lot of opening Of
= drawers and searching about, Gordol
suddenly said he recalled having giveI