Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-06-20
STEPS ARE TAKEN
70 STOP FLIGHTS
DEATH or ANGATORS SUNDAY
SPREADS FEELING.
FEARFUL Accidents Seen
Lcnnard Had Planned To Retire from
sport-Popc starts Movement TO
Curb Death.

BY Associated Press.
Paris, June Scarcely recovered
from the grief that followed the death
Of Minister of War Berteaux, when he
was struck by the acroplane Of NJ.
Train at the outset Of the Paris to
Madrid race this city is again in
mourning today as a result Of the
heavy toll OF life extracted yesterday
in the first stage of the European cir
cult aviation contest.
While the race Of death for $4,000
offered in prizes by various news
papers ana municipalities, was still go-
ing on today with manned bodies and
wrecked aeropanes marking the route
of the flyers between here and Liege,
concerted efforts were put under way
to prevent similar contests in the fu-
turc. Even the happy go-lu lucky
Frenchmen have been shocked by tho
terrible toll Of death exacted
Aviator LeMartln, who was crushed
to death when his machine went
wrong Immediately after the start and
crashed to earth with him. had be
come the hero Of the masses by his
| daring aerial work, while Captain
! Princetau was the premier aviator ot
the army and for his work in that
! branch had won his promotion from
a ueutenancy on the very day that he
was killed. His body, charred from
the flames that burned him to death
cred him with blazing gasolene, lay
under guard Of six chasseurs today,
while a French flag covered his al
most unrocOgnizable features. lie
viii be given a state funeral. While
he was not competitor In the race
from London and return be had. pev-
ertheless, taken this opportunity to
work out some scouting problems
that wero expected TO prove Of ines
timnble benefit to the French army
Aviator Lendorn, who was also
| burned to death when his reservoir
| exploded, was not so well known as
the other two ayiators. but had made
many friends in his brief career.
Though fully a dozen of those who
started suffered injuries OF one kind
or another on the first leg, the only
one who may be fatally hurt is eX-
Lieutenant Gaubert, who entered un-
der the name Of Dalger. He fell fifty
miles from Paris aud Is lying uncon-
scious I'm n farm house.
Among the others injured more or
less seriously are Aviators Billie, Lori
dan, oscar Morrison and MORN.
Five Of the contestants arrived
within less than half an hour. They
We're Ameigo Bathst, Gilbert YER
ript and Kimmerling.
Nerript, n Dutch aviator, saw from
n distance the disaster that caused the
death Of Lendon.
81 die not know who II was that
met with the disaster until ! arrived
here" he said. But ] saw the aero
plane fall like a blazing meteor. II
was after / had passed Calish-Thiery.
| heard a sharp explosion and saw
the machine outlined by the flames
that followed. Then It dashed to the
earth.
81 headed my aeroplane in that di-
rectlon. but Just then | lost control
OF my motor and by the time / had
rlghted tho aeroplane / had lost sight
OF the flames. Believing that II the
aeroplane was no longer burning. It
would be impossible for me TO find
II, I proceeded toward Llege.
Poor Lennard. He told mo that
II he did win one OF the prizes he
would retire from tho sport"
All the aviators arriving today re.
port that they were delayed by the
treacherous wind and had to halt at
various times.
Pope Starts Movement.
Rome, June 19,-rhe first broad
movement aimed 10 curb aviation be-
cause Of It's frlghtful cost OF human
lre, viii be launched by Pope Plus.
Shocked and grleycd at the killing
OF three avators and the injury OF
five others near Paris in the start OF
the European circuit flight yesterday.
the Pope made Il known today that
he viii soon launch an international
crusade against acroplane racing for
money prizes,
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