Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1913-07-09


rapher who was taking" the whole
procedure for a motion picture con-
Germ. The movies" will not record,
of course, the return of the fish to
their owner, after the trip.
Shortly before noon Beckwith Hav-
ems dropped into. the harbor from
| Buena beach. He remained ou- in the
water, at anchor. fearing to come
ashore to the inadequate landing sta
! ton, lest the lack of police would
| cause damage from the crowds.
/ At 1880 Jannus pulled away. Start
er Harold F. Mccormick, Referee E.
Percy Noel and Mr.. Stephens, COM
! fortably ensconsed on the steam yacht
| Lydonia, forgot to show a starting
! flag, so Janus few about the harbor
/ to make sure he had crossed wherever
the line was supposed to be.
Half an hour later, while he was
about 500 feet up and going swiftly
across a steady side wind, loud re-
port and racing motor told him his
craft was propellerless. Shutting off
the motor he glided to the water in
the face of the squally storm that was
upon him. With a short oar he guild
! ed the machine a mile and half to
shore. then lost it because they were
unable in the surf to guide the heavy
| boat easily onto the rocks.
Ravens, without waiting for start
ing gun, slipped away directly for
Michigan City, and IN a moment was
|
Johnson tried TO carry passenger,
blu: could not get off the water. He
changed his magnetic system and
| started out alone. Fifteen minutes
later his Kirkham engine was dead
and he was drifting ashore. The
storm struck him and carried him
helpless down The lake for time fast
er than the motor boat of the lite-say-
ing station at South Chicago could go.
In a luli the motor boat caught the
helpless air boat and with ropes got it
ashore near Whiting, practically unin-
jured.
Ten thousand persons watched the
Curtiss boat descend gracefully at
Michigan City. Ravens at once warn.
ed the Gary life-savers to watch OFT
for Janus.
Il saw he was in trouble, and ran
down close to him. said Ravens. He
explained what the trouble was, and
said he would drift till / could get
help to him. So We pulled up again
and went on"
Ravens reached Michigan City in AZ
minutes, the distance being Go miles
by airline. His flight had been with.
out incident, he said, save the discov-
cry Of Janus plight, and he is ready
to continue the flight today, with a
lead of several thousand points over
Martin and Francis, if they get under
way today
Francis brought his tractor
Patterson airboat from Buena beach
! late in the afternoon. He was worn
out, having worked "a hours without
let-up, getting ready, and in the face
of the raging windstorm that swept
: down from the northeast he decided
to wait until today. The big Patter
son is the most substantial appearing
, craft that has appeared in Chicago
and its seaworthiness was apparent
| from the ease with which Francs
guided it onto the water and off al
will. 1t rose steadily, where the othe
ers jumped off in two or three leaps
and l. flies fast and strong.
Jack" Villas, who flew across Lake
, Michigan a week ago, was i'll and un
abe to fly. The others did not set vi
machines.
Mr.. Pickens, Mr. Noel and other of
[ ficials left yesterday afternoon TO
: Michigan City by rail, having aban
doned the idea of boat to follow tn,
, flyers: They will continue as ia
, around the course as the air ant
: water Graf, get.
: Martin expected to have his bis
/ hydro-aeroplane, the only one of it
: type in the race, ready to fly today
He and Francis. will fly out of III
!, harbor together early in the afternoon
: and expect to catch up with Haven
a before nightfall.
There is much concern on the par
e of the promoters to know how muc
=, of the $4,000 prize money raise
d along the 900-mile course will be give7
n the aviators. The whole amount wa
n subscribed contingent on the appear
t ance OF at least six aviators.