Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1911-06-22

rivers when 1t was observed to pitch
swiftly downward and into the trees.
The biplane was broken badly as it
fell at the foot of an oak tree. A
corner of the motor struck LIE Martins
head, crushing his skull and his right
leg also was fractured in two places.
The aviator was barely alive when he
was taken away by Red Cross sur
geons, and he expired a few minutes
after reaching a hospital.
Disaster overlook Captain Princetau
almost at the start. He had scarcely
got well into the air when one of the
planes of his machine caught fire. He
was seen struggling to undo a strap
which bound him firmly in his seat so
as to be free to jump as he glided
toward the earth. Before he could
loosen the belt, however, the motor ex-
ploded and flaming benZine covered
him. He did not utter cry and when
the Wreckage fell to the ground the
captain was dead.
Captain Princetau probably had been
asphyxiated by the first burst of the
benzine flame. He was one of the most
courageous and capable aviators in the
army. Princetau had been a lieuten-
ant since 1900 and was gazetted a cap.
tain in the official gazette yesterday
morning for exceptional services rend.
cred to military aviation
Scene Of Former Tragedies.
A tragic coincidence of Princetau's
death was that at the exact spot where
he fell, Laffort, the French aviator,
and Pola, passenger, were killed last
December in the competition for the
Auto clubs prize for the flight from
Paris to Brussels, and only few yards
away the French minister of war met
death four weeks ago.
Ten Of the competitors, Tetard, Ga.
get, Duval, Contenet, Charlix, La Bou.
ret, Gilbert, Romance, Landron and Eu.
ping, although they started officially
never got beyond the limits of the field.
Either on account of the gusty wind
or because their machines developed
eccentricities they all came down.
Sixteen different styles of mono
planes and biplanes were used.
Seven Reach Liege.
Liege, June 19.-At the closing OF
the registers seven of the aviators who
started from Vincennes on the first
stage Of the European circuit race,
had arrived here, distance Of 800
kilometers (212 miles). They were re-
corded in the following order:
Vidart, 3 hours, 13 minutes; Vedrine,
; hours, 80 minutes; Weymann, 9
hours, IS minutes; Beaumont, hours,
minutes; Barra, hours, minutes;
Duval, hours, 81 minutes, and Garros,
hours and 3 minutes.
Renaux, the only aviator to carry a
passenger, had had luck. He was
wind eddied, when within 200 yards OF
the aerodrome. He was not hurt, but
the propeller Of his machine was splin-
tered, obliging him to await the repair
automobile, within sight of the goal.
1eset by Difficulties.
All the men who arrived declared
that the flight from RHEIMS was the
worst in their experience. They were
beset with furious eddies, amounting
almost to whirlwinds, which forced
them to mount far above the clouds
and grope their way by compass. vi.
dart was completely exhausted. In ad.
dition to the difficulty be encountered
in keeping his machine level he sui
fered from air sickness. Many times
he thought his last hour had come
and that he would fall.
Barra also told of the danger from
the winds which drove his machine in
all directions Once an extremely Sc.
we're gust tore off his goggles, but he
caught them with his teeth as they
were dropping and almost capsized
the machine in doing 50. OF the other
contentants, Willie, Dhespel( Bobba,
Amerigo Verrept, Contennes and Pas.
calare landed near Rheims, either MAX
ing repairs or awaiting second ma
chimes to replace their damaged aero
planes. Kimmerling, Tabuteau and
Wynmalen are stalled at Mezieres,
while Allard and Lesasseur are at
Rethel.
Former Oregon Senator Dies.
Portland, June 19.-George Wyck-