The chronicle=news., 1913-03-01
100000 NEEDED
FOR OCEAN FLIGHT

London. March 1.-The a.goplaCe
exhibition at olympia this week has
failed TO a,;rac, much public suppoE,
and comp!a!ncs are heard that III.
British nation Is no more awake TO
its responsibilities In this respect
thar tn. British war office.
| Ono Of the leading authorities ~
III" show iS Claude Grahamc-whi'..
4 who. III The course OF chat with
your correspondent, said:
I Our transatlantic flight q, now
contingent solely upon the fact OF
the $:3o."oo required being yai,cd.
We have $s".Ooo. most OF which IL
American money, including OTTO II.
KahE's Sl5.0o1.
''Th.r" are ahsoln;-ly no iusu.pr-
abl" difficulties to the flight. \ ma
chine Of the necessary size with on
sin.~ Of suffici.n, power is easily
, built. and. in the even, OF accident.
. we would he able tn descend to m"
wafer and max" repairs.
II hope TO take five Passengers
md expect ih" journey to take from
20 10 80 hours. Ny idea ~ 10 form n
company with on" dollar shares.
pointing out 10 III" public that they
. are able TO assist In one OF history's
l.poch- h-making cycnts-the greatest
experiment In the science OF aviation
Naturally there Is something bIH
about the whole scheme. I have told
all those subscribing .hai ihcv are
assisting In ascicntifio venture. I take
their money only on these terms. II
is possible that they will not &c, one
/ cent back. On tho other hand. II sue
II oessful. as ! believe. We shall have
then the proceeds from exhibiting
the aeroplane At the San Francisco
Exhibition in 1915. That and other
plans ought TO return handsome divi-
dends.'
Mr.. Grahame.Whi,c is pcsssimls'ic
y. the progress In construction OF
military a"roplanes In England. lie
said:
We are unable 20 compete with
France. not because wc have not 20,
the capacity and the mnn, but solely
on account OF want oi money. The
government practically tells MS IL IL
ready to buy our machines. II they
are proved superior to anything In
the world. We are now able to build
n machine equal to any turned ont
AZ the farman factory with Its 1900
men. but until we are able to work
M large scale and experiment fur
ther II is impossible to construct n
machine superior to Fa-man's."
Mr.. Grahame-White did not meet
Orville Wright during the latters'
visi, to the plane show In fact. he
confcsses that since the Wrigh;s
have continued their lawsuit Tor
sl50.oo0 against him their relations
have no; been cordial.
1T is pity" he said. THAT the
Wright do not stop writing to evers-
one. I, would he better they came
and talked business. Six years ago
key had q chance o! scooping the
aviation businesses OF the world. 1H-
stead of proceeding the right wav
they just stood still. interfering with
the rest of the peoule In tn" avia-
tion business"
To get the most wax from an
apairy II paws occasionally to scrape
the frames. honey boards and the In.
side OF the hives. and when OLE!
frames are broken up. They do make
: nice kindling wood. hut before u.s.
: ing them they should be boiled. for
there is wax sticking TO the old
frames even after they are scraped
: seemingly clean. and as each pound
Of wax represents several pounds ot
/ honey. all cappings removed when
| preparing combs for the extractor
. all scrappirgs and trimmings and
bits of drouc comb are 10 he saved
, and rendered into wax.
Roger Bresuaban. private, is gal
looping around Tampa. Fla, the train
ing quarters of the Cubs in CarGin
:. n uniform. Mike Mitchell. Art Phe
Ian and pitcher HUMPHREYS are dix
cd out in Cincinnati toys: Al Bird
well sports aNIIostcn Brave makeup
$ while Otis Clymar is wearing Min
:. reapolis misti', giving the Cub squad
n tn. appearance Of prairie team.