Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1911-08-17

shore. None of. these could be veri-
fed. and stones fate was unknown un-
til Commodore James Pughs motor
boat. Disturber H. reached the Chicago
Yacht clubs landing with Stone alive
and well.
Reports that Stone had been drowned
we're flashed to the hangers. Almost the
first to hear Of his disappearance was his
wife. Mrs. Irene Stone, who, with her
baby awaited Stones return from tho
race for over the lake. Then Robinson
hydroplane pilot Of the Curtiss team,
darted in, and told that he had been un-
able to find any trace of the missing
aviator
Mrs. Stone began to weep. She turned
over the child to a friend
Hero, take the baby" she exclaimed
I'm going out to the lake and help find
Arthur"
As Mrs. Stone darted out from a group
OF friends who sought to have her re-
turn to the hotel. an automobile came in
from the lake front and assured Mrs.
stone that her husband had been picked
up alive
Howard Gill et the Wright team
promised the first feature of Roman
holiday when his baby Wright sud-
denly checked b. a rut ss 1t SKINNED
over the ground after perfect land
ing. toppled over with terrific force.
Gill was pinioned for an instant among
tangled wires and taut canvas. Be
fore startled spectators had reached
him. he dug himself from tho ruins.
Tho first man to the wreck graspcd
Gills hand.
I'VE thought You wore killed" ex-
claimed the spectator.
Nav, I'm not even hurt" replied
Gill, digging the dirt from his eyes
but look at this machine: it's a
wreck
Gill probably owes his life to the
new feature of construction employed
In the baby Wright biplane. The en-
gine instead of resting in the rear of
tho aviator's seat is fixed to one side
The effect Of Tuesdays tragedies was
manifest both upon aviators and specta-
tors. There was a noticeahly smaller at
tendance. on the field and at the han
gars the flyers grouped and presented OBJ
jections to further flying. Waiter Brook
ins expressed the feeling OF others
mo individual dare refuse to fly" he
said, his reputation as an aviator ot
courage would be gone and he would nc
branded as coward. Every man here
feels the loss of Badger and Johnstone
and none wants to go up"
At the starting gun at $3.50 o'clock when
usually a dozen machines are in the air
not one had started. Finally Beachey
and Ward got up. Ward minute later
was blown at lower Level over the lake
whence he returned with difficulty. Par
malice went half around the field and de-
scended. For two hours no other flyer
attempted to rise.
Several events had been called off and
despite the apparent success of Ward and
Beachey, the pilots still expressed fear OF
air conditions. Then Parmalee tried tc
go up again. 'rwi-e ftful gusts forced
him to descend.
Soon the race for speed about the course
was called Ovington talked to Chairman
Mudd over the telephone
Say" Ovington exclaimed, "you ar,
not going to attempt to have us try the
infeld course and bank those pylons are
you?"
That's up to the aviators." Mr.. Nude
replied They know about conditions"
Yes they thought they knew abou,
conditions Yesterday" replied Ovington
land you know where two of them are
to-day. We're willing to fly the lake
COURSE but II means certain death TO at.
tempt to bank those pylons."
The aiators then went to the Judges
stand and as the wind subsidized races
We're run over both pylon and Grill