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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-03-06
LEVI P. MORTON
CRITICALLY ILL
Ex-Vice President Suffering from Har-
dening of Arteries-Native of
Vermont.

NEW YORK. March 6-Levi z.
Morton, former governor of New York
and vice president of the United
States during the administration Of
benjamin Harrison, is critically i'll
and his recovery is not expected. He
has been in low condition several
days, suffering from hardening of the
arteries. Mr. Morton is 50 years old.
lie is one of Vermont most distin-
euished sons. He was born in Shore
ham in Addison and built in Wash
iugton magnificent hotel which he
named in honor of his native town.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-03-06

\ lawyer can put 1000 words togeth
er and ma Ike them worth 81 900. That :
legal ability.
\ poet can put 1000 words together
and make them worth Is plunks. pay
able on publication. That 5 poetry
Washington Herald.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-03-06
Police Called Out in Rochester. N. Y.

Police Called Out IN Rochester, N. Y.
ROCHESTER,, n. Y, March 6.-The
police were obliged to use their clubs
freely today to suppress disorders in
connection with the garment workers
strike. The workers in the factories
We're pelted with snow and, ice and
MANY windows were broken. 1t is es-
timated that 1900 people had a part in
the disturbance and many arrests
were made.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-03-06
BANKERS WIN THIS ONE.
Out Rolled Esteys In Masonic Bowling
Tournament Last Night

The Bankers defeated the Esteys in
the Masonic bowling tournament last
evening by margin of 26 pins. The
Bankers rolled a total of 1852 while
the best the Esteys could do was to
get a pinfall of 1926 The next game
in this tournament will be tomorrow
evening between the Merchants and
the p. & L. team. The score of last
night 5 game follows:
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-03-06
BRATTLEBoRo PERSONAL.

Miss Nina Nourse has resumed work
in the Central Vermont Office after a
two-weoks' absence on account of i'll
ness with mumps.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-03-06

Richard Streeter of Springfield,
Mass, came Friday to his grandmoth-
er s, Mrs. Lester Clark's. Her daugh-
ter, Mrs. George Streeter, and the lat
ter's son came Saturday. They are
still there.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-03-06

Mrs. ". f. Sturges is visiting in
Boston.
Miss Julia Streeter, nurse, came home
Tuesday.
William Miller has gone to Bellows
Falls, where he has employment with
the Vermont Farm Machine company
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1913-03-06

$40 361 3S9-1126
Washington Journal., 1913-11-22
ct. @uricn- Stride.

Sonntag lit o~eraommuniontaq fir
ole &inOer. 9ei Ser III. Meiie Inn
7.3O gebeu file gemeini6attlid eur III.
4ommltnion unO nm 3 llbr nahmit.
tags baben iie ibre regelm1Biae Ser.
lammlung. 8erianmlitna 0es 9lr-
mellieelenpereins gleid nad Der @cs-
per Inn A llbr.
Sim 0nnfiugungstage lit Der Got
tesoienit ME foIgt: @usitcuune ser
bl. communion INN Z ltbr. Sl. Mei-
ie Inn s llbr. So6amt nit paiienOet
EreOiet fir 0eu Gag INN 8 ltbr. Ser
Gbor miro inter 2eitling Oes Serrn
@rof. @umpredt, Oes 0%irigenten, elm
beion0eres Yrogramm bel Dem Sod
ainte aitffiibren.
Gin Den A0nentlonntoaen miro scr
@odp. &err 81. S6umaher BEL 0em
@o6omte Die Ereoigten bolter. Sir
Sonntag, 80. 0obember, lit 0as Che
ma; Gbriitls, oie Iopentsiebniudt
Der @0lfcr; fir Sonntog, Z. 9e3enI-
Der: Gbriitus, Ser Neuidopfer ser
@elt; fir Sonntog, Ia. DECEMBER.
Gbriitis, Ser @riinOer oes @ottesrei-
DIES olf grOen; fir Sonntog, 81. De
5ember: Gbriltiis, sic Qiiele oes Sc
bens.
Cine oreitdgige ugietreat" fir sic
Silngfrancn iino 6roten beoinnt oin
Sreitag, 5. 0e3ember. ntO enoet aln
Seite ser llnbef(edten GmpfGnguis,
Oeit s. 0e3ember. Mor9ens I'M T.
100 nu0 s llbr IiiiO 81. Meiien mo
@reoigt. Seoen 9(beno I'M 7.30 lit
&oienfran5, 9re0igt mo Segen. Sir
Die Siinglinge unO MGnner beginnt
Ole y&etreot" nit Oerielben Orontng
on 0onnerstag, IL. 0e3cmber, nno
enoiet am Sonntaa, IA. DECEMBER.
0ie Yre0igten mer0en bon einem
Sodm. Miiiiondr gebalten weroen.
Washington Journal., 1913-11-22
@eFOrbem.

Am Somstog, Sen Is. Nopember,
friib morgens, perltar6 nod furser
&ranfbeit 8rar @liie Settler, Satin
bon 2ouis Settler, in i6rem Seim,
SO. 301 M=StroBe N.-@. sic mar
in Yorta BEL Wlin0en in @eItfohler
i'm Sabre 1851 %geboren; fam 1869
na6 Gmerifo nnO beiratete 2ouis
Settler I'M Sabre 1870 bier in @oib-
ington.
Serr 2ouis Settler bat pieIe Sabre
lang elm Sdneioergei1dft bier in Ser
Staot betrieben uno lit iebr mobf be.
fonnt. 6rnu Settler mar Itet5 Gin
aftibes MitglieO BEG Goncoroio Srall.
ell : 8ereins mo an Boblt1tiqfcits-
merfen beteiligt. Sic binterl1Bt sen
@otten 2ouis Settler uno z &n6es,
5 S0dter unO 8mei Sobne, nno s
@roBfinoer.
Sim Montag NaAmittag fano oie
@eItattnng bon oerBo6nung aus, no
8altor Mer3eI Die 2ei6e~ einie9nett
onf ben Troipect Sill 6rieobof Itatt
Sier leitete Eoltor Men5eI sic Seief
li6feit. Die @lumenipenoen bepie-
fen, mie lieb 0ie 8eritorbene Ser Sn.
Mile, Den @ermanoten Nadbarn mn
Srennoen getueien mar.
Washington Journal., 1913-11-22
GOmarO g6ner tot.

Sm aht5igiten Sabre ieines Sebens
oerItarb am NlbenO 0es ID. &opember
in ieiner @obnung, Alb @oit Capitol
StraBe, 6err @ouaro Abner. Usbo-
rem am Ia. Sanllar 1884 in W 3.
baoen, fam Serr glbner I'M Nliei pon
20 Sabren nad amerita. Giei sab.
re ipdter beiratete Ell 2olile Oiii0eu,
nit melder CT 1863 nad @ai6inltop
ber5og. Nod i6rem 8oOe heirotcte
er i'm Sabre 1873 6rau aorl Gwol0
gugels. 1892 3og er iid ieiucS lei
oenOeu 3uitanoes pegen BON &c.
I66ftsleben 3uriid.
Der 8eritorbene beioB, ais CT nod
geihGftlid tdtig mar, ga mo beute oaS
@uid : @eb6lloe itebt, elm &eiIanront
NIT SommIergorten, Oas picl beildt
uno Ser Sommelpunft 0es Gcitid)-
tlnns mar.
@err Abner trot Dem 0roen DER
glfs flir3 mad oeren @riinoung BET
Dem Sdn9crbunn gcborte cr ais @6.
renmitgle0 an.
glm Montog gSahmitto9 pltrOc Die
2eide in Der @obnutg bon Scrrn
Yoitor 6. 9ettbarn eiugeIegnet. Sine
MoIIe BON 8litmcn 3eigtc BON Der 80
pularit1t OeS olten 0iiloers, melder
Washington Journal., 1913-11-22

lett 10 Sobren al i6mer3baftcm
Ebeumatisrls lit, Die Sdmer3en
NIT @eoulO tritg, ullo itets perludlte,
leiner lieben Sralt, oie i'm Gag un0
ytadt pflegte, bod ettpas BON i6ren
Ytli9ten SIT erleidtern. Sn Ser Yro-
lpect Sin 6rieobof=Gopeue Iprof ga
ltor 9ettbarn Die Glfs-Soge CAB am
@rabe i6r ergreifenOes 3eremoniell
Dem beritorbenen @ruOer uno @aItor
Wfen5el lprd6 0as @e6et. Der San.
gerblrn0 iang.
SIN 9auie mo an @rabe morell
biele Der gllter, olten Oeutid)en Dir.
ger anpeieno, sic ale oas @cfii6I
botteil oaB pie0er elmer ser y9llten
@uten", elm e6ter, gutter 0euti6er,
oabingei6ieoen mar. @r binterl1Bt
Die 8ittue, einen Sobn, 36eoOor,
nno cine Sohter, 6rau Sarnes $.
Sbee. &or iiber 3 So6ren ging ibm
in SoOe boroits iein gteffe @ouaro
s. Abner. Der &eritorbene NOR nit
Dielen prominenteu HerIonen mo6f-
befannt. Gs tat ibm iiberalls tpobl,
penn er am &ranfenlager beIuht
mur0e. Mft Der Musfii6rung Oes Sci
6enbegdngnilies mar Serr 3ur6orlt
betrallt por0en.
Washington Journal., 1913-11-22
0anfiasnns.

glus tieiitem &cr5cu oanft Die In
ter3cihnete fir Die pielen 8emeiie scr
6reuuoIdnft, pGbreno Der langid6ri-
gen 9ronfbeit, Ole pradtoolleu 8lu-
menipeuoen unO Die ber5lihen Sc
meiie oes @eileioS anldBIi6 ocs 90
oes mo 9egrdbniiies micres lieben
Gerltorbenen,
G0unrS N6ncr.
9eIon0ers 0onfen mir ser @al6-
ington 9oge Go. 10, 9. g. 8. Gifts,
urlo Dem @~aibington Sdngerbuno
fir ibrc 3erenlonie uiO Sen ihonell
@eianq, mo Ben Ealtoren Men5el
un0 0ittbarn Der GoncorOia Stride
fir Oie @orte oes 9roites.
SIN Nomen ser Sinterblie6enelt,
5rnn Selene N6ncr,
Mittnc.
Washington Journal., 1913-11-22
GOiuarO gbner.

@0mar0 Mblter, elmer Don Waibtllg-
tons @ionierer, lit CUR epigen Hlibe
abberllfen moroen. 9ieienigerl, Die
bier m1brenO Ser lebten so Sabre
gelebt bobei1, periteben ben 8ert ei-
mes 9ebens, oos 6uuptiddlid Der
@r5iebuug Ser Ni6toertiden &c
iDeibt mar, Inn iie Die lo5ialen Nn-
nebmli6feit anerfenncn 3it nladen-
Oie oas ate @oterlanO geihmitdi
uno groB gentodt baben. gOwaro
9(bner mar Der @orfGmpfer einer
9eipegllng, Sic ibren S0hepunft IN
ser 9ilOung 0es @albington S6iit=
SenpereinS errei1te, Ser ieinen Nlab
etpa ga batte, mo 6elte Der @ai6-
ington Mmerican 2eagle @oie 9aa
Club Iqinen Spielplos bat. 8on
bier plr0e 0as @duptquartier na6
Dem ipGter 10 beriibmt geiporOenen
S1iibenparf uerlegt, einem Blab
mebr nod Nforoen gelegerL mo bellte
etma oie Georgia Nnenle lit. Ole
fer Yorf NOR Sabre lang niht nitr
oas Bette, mas es i'm Oeuti6en ge-
ieQi6aftli6en 2eben CAB, aber ebell-
10 aud fir Sic Ni6t-9 elttiAen, sic
Ii6 BORT amiiiierten, mie ME mebr
ieitoem. Yr1lioenten, &abinetmit-
glie0er, 0iplomaten beiltdlten Den
Yorf, ltno al iener Belt fam ME oel
@eiit gum @ori1ein, Der ii9 iebt BET
oenen 3eigt, oic in p0aiger @nt6alt-
famfeit elm @eilmittel natiirli6er
ltebel ieben.
9err Mbner mar aid Der 4ionier
oes 9on5ert-@ artens, Ben er an s.
StroBe, 8tpiiden Siebeilter nno sld)-
ter StraBe, eroffnete, nu0 Der bon
Sod ltn0 Nieorig beiudt mut0e un6
in Dem @eieb uno SrOntng INNER
olfredt geboIten murOe. Sft babe
id General Sherman unO ieinn 9a-
men BORT getroffen, e6enio einmal
General Grant nit MitglieOern lei
mes Stabes> sic iih an Mnlif uno
@eIang nno Ser MGBigfeit, sic BORT
berrIhte, erfreuten. Sp1ter bate
er in Ser Nennten StraBe elm wobl
renomiertes Gaze, in Dem 0ieIelbe
alaiie bon Qellten perfebtte, unO IN
Dem mand lofales, nationales nno
intcrnotiouales 8antett 9egeben
tpurOe.
~
Serr Mbner mar elm genialer Sc
f1brte, pisrei6 uno bumorboa, elm
Sreuno BON 2iteratltr uno Elm Men-
iAenfreun0. Sft bat cr @eOiirftige
unteritiibt, ielbit nern er oos @elo
Oa3ll bergen maBte. SIS mar Elm
lie6rei6er gbemonn, elm 8drtli6er
@ater, elm lopaler 5reuno.
2onge Sabre 6inourd lit er On
palioe gepeien, aber trob aler Yein
nno alien l1ngemahs lit er Ood itets
freunolid geipeieii, mo 0o3ll perbal-
fen linn aitd oie liebrei6e @flege,
3uneiglng n1o Ser5lihfeit ieiner
@ottin nno Sodter. Sd bin liher,
iein Nnoenfen miro fortleban ais Oas
zines Gbrenmannes, i'm bciten Sim
oes @orts, un0 es lit 81 beoauern
BOB ser 9ppus Oes 9eltideu, lpie
i'm @err S(bner nerforperte, langiam
nusitirbt.
(ge3.) Simon @olf.
Washington Journal., 1913-11-22
0%antasnns.

Sir Oie OieIen @eueiie Oes Del.
leiOs, fir Die 5a6lreiden, idoncr
8lumenlpeu0en bel Der 9ecroigund
unierer teileren gcritorbeueI
Sran Gliie Settler,
DEFENDERS nber Dem 6rouenOerein ser
GoncorOia-airde mo Serrn 9aitor
@en5el fir feline 8roitesworte, IA.
gen mir aufridtig Qonf.
Die trnuernOen Siuterblicbencn,
GOnis Settler, @otte
nebIt ainoern mo @roBfinOern.
Washington Journal., 1913-11-22
Gas M0bcIael@dft BON SOpmOOO

9aS MobcIgelddft bon Sopuooo
all Ser 8. mo 9-StroBc, g. 50, Of
@feriert M0bel at mirflid nieorigen
Yreiien. Sa, nod mebr, eS aibt iei=
nen aiin0en and laibte 3ablungsbe-
oingungen, ioooB iib ieOer oas So
tige anldaffen fam aiid ipenr er
nift 10 re6t BEL Safe lit. Sn Dem
@eiddft meroen 0ellti1e 2unoen bon
oeutiden 9Gufern beoient. Man be-
rufe iid anf oieie 3eitung.
Washington Journal., 1913-11-22
sOOes Nnscise.

gs peritarb nad lauger, idnler5Ii.
der 9rnnfbeit. Die er nit GROCER sc.
OulO ertragen, an 6reitog, Den IA.
Nopember, abeuOS 10 llbr, Ser
GOnarO N6ner,
infer 9eliebter @ottc, Gatcr, @roBpa.
ter mo 0nfel.
SIN Namen ser Sinterbliebeuen,
9elenc Nbncr,
@attin.
Washington Journal., 1913-11-22

Ole nGoncoroia. air d e"
madt @orbereitungen fiir Elm groBes
2on5ert, oos am gbeno bon Mittpod
Ben 10. DECEMBER 5. s., irnter Sci
tung oes 9rgnniiten 8rof. Scooter
itattfinoen jon. Ser @intritt mirf
25 Gents pro @erion betrogen.
Washington Journal., 1913-11-22

Mm 9anftage, n1diten Dom
nerstag, lit pie iibli1 in Ser Goneor-
0ia Stride morgens II Ilbr 0eiltider
@ottesoienit, in meldem @aitor Men.
5el Die Yre0igt boIten miro.
Washington Journal., 1913-11-22

Seer Gin outcs Bort fir feline
9ofal6eitiuig cinle0t uno fir 0cren
gerbreitung nirft, foroert mir fem
eigenes Sntereiie niO oos @obl Der
@emeinoc. @ollt SIR oas nid)t tiiit,
in0cm Sbr ooS nSouruoI" gurcn We.
fannten empfcbltS
Washington Journal., 1913-11-22

Sir oos n@aibinqton Sournal~.
Nmf Ocm @aiGingtOn MOnnmcnt.
@nibingtott, 9. g.,
Iienstag, oen 4. Nopember 1913.
Bon @il6elm S%enignts.

sd I6orte bonn Mllsgud oes Monlt-
mentS,
fiinfbunoert Sub in ser Sobe,
binunter aufs acknowledgements 2ano
Ga tporen Die Menlden r mie 5lDbe
ga tporen Die Meniden wie 5lobe
10 flein,
n oas idien mir Die ridtige ShGb-
ing 81 iein ~
oenn Tie rennen nio biipfen rnO Iprln-
gen
meilt nllr nod Oersanslidem Gingen
0ie Staot lag gcbreitet, Elm Sduicr-
meer,
nit &lppeln unO &irdttrmIpiben,
pom li6tgefiiBten Eotomac Der
lab i6 lilbern oas @niier bliben.
Der &aIen, ein griiner 3eppid oaran
nit Sdotten, 10 fein mic aus Silt
grall,
BON hoben @1umen tief unten,
lUul utllleul Htil UIHt 9Slplttutfoi
Dem bunten.
Nls 10, ailsi6auenO, bonn Mtonlment,
meme gu9en Die Shonbeit tranfen
oeS 2anocs ringsum, Der ~flarblaucl
2uft,
ga flang's mir i'm Sim pie elm Gan.
fen,
mic Elm 9anfe,t, Gem, ser III Ser
Sobe tbront,
mo 2iebe NIT Sdonbeit 5uiammer
pobnt,
lino i6 rief in oie @inOe, oie ilieBen
Sieie @elt LAB mid lang nod genie.
ben!
Washington Journal., 1913-11-22

m Sonntag, oen t6. 5. 90.
pcridieo in ibrer Sobnnng, 2i00
6laglcr @lace 9t.-@., 6rau Caroline
Soepfcr, Oie @ittme oes perItorbenell
Seboition Soepfer. Die @eeroigung
fano an Mittmod nod Dem &roipect
Sill 6rieobof ltatt.
Washington Journal., 1913-11-22

@IobIi9 ans 0ieiem 2eben ab.
berufen lit am Sonntag, ben 16. 3.
%, 3rali @orp u. Nir, geb. Sor-
0on, @ottin BON Gbeooore Nir, i'm
43. 2ebensiabre. Nad elmer &eqii.
EN- : MeIie in Der 81. Marienfir6e
fono Die 9eerOigung an MittmodI
anf Dem Marien : 6rieobcfe itat.
Washington Journal., 1913-11-22

G6as nn0 Miarp gdert, | g.
$. nno Grace Gaufmnn, / so.
z. nno Sorob 9uid, 1 g.
SuOeSfGle:
gouaro Abner, 70 Sabre alt.
@liie Settler
". @liiobetb aleinbenn, 70 s. alt.
aarl q. Sanoberg, 50 Sabre alt
Margaret u. 8ed,
9aroline 9oepfer.
Marp Nir.
Washington Journal., 1913-11-22
GrUIpeft Sill TrieShpf.

Gum Anoenfen an oie Gotten, mel
DIE ouf Dem Yroipect Sin SrieobofC
ruben, fin0et, mie felt Sahren, aud
morgen Elm @ottesOienit Itatt, NM
spar 3 mir nahmittugs. Sn Die 2ei-
tung oesIelben tperOen lid teilen Oit
Serren 8aItoren @idaro Sdmiot.
SAUL Men5el ln0 Sames gnbrer.
Die 6eier miro in folgenoer Orb
naitg Dor iid geben: @eiang; @ebet
6hriftleftion; @laubensbefenntnis
NnIpra6e: @brm. @aul Men8el, Ea'
flor Ser .Goncoroia-9irhe" @eiang
9[nlprade: @aitor s. @ubrer, HdItol
Ser grIten 9ief. Stride; Hroper
Spmn; 2oro's 3raper; geneoiction.
MiIIer 8rog. @onOclbil-
ser Ebeater.
30. 507-509 Nennte Str, N.-W
SG9Iid meme Silber.
Washington Journal., 1913-11-22

N6Ommiert anf Sas u@ai6instun
SOurmal".
Washington Journal., 1913-11-22
gtndrnf
an ieinen tcmren SrcnnO
GSuarS gl6ner.

gto6 lan9em &f nno IHmerem
2ei0en
@rlolung bradte oir Der 600!
M0ft', teilrer SNtnO, Did folt be-
nei0en,
6rei biit ou iebt bon oller @rocrnot,
lno bod, fattm fam id es erialiell
llno aus Dem altg' oie Gbrdn(
i6lei6t,
SAB OH nuf emig inns perlaiielt.
Stub lanft, Die grOe iei Dir leihtl-
&uoolpb Sour.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-09-07

insisted that he could do anything I did.
helped TO untangle his dead and broken
body from that very machine few min
utes later. AS we worked 10 clear him OF
the maze Of wires and canvas, his mech
anician turned TO me and said:
Mr.. Beachey, Rutherford said just now,
before he went up, he was going TO outdo
your stunts or break his neck"
Just an unexpected pu1 OF wind, and 1t
was the end. He wouldn't listen. and he
paid the price with his life. He was doing
what they call my Dutch Rolls"
Phil Parmelee was killed doing my Fig
ure Eight" ! used to complete the entire
evolution with my hands OF the levers.
guiding my machine with my knees and
she motion Of my body only. Phil was de-
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-09-07

came straight down like a stone. AS I
neared the ground l turned UP the planes
nose and landed in a distant part of the
field as gently as bird
And I've done it hundreds of times since.
No living thing has ever gone through the
air at the rate went One day we fg-
ured the speed Of the drop. From an alti-
tude Of 5000 feet until the time | brought
up the planes nose near the ground trav-
eled at the rate OF 156 miles an hour. Just
twenty-three seconds it took to cover the
distancel
The boys who tried to follow me in that
drop, IN most cases, went at 1t blindly. Be.
fore taking up the planes / had been a
drigible balloon operator for five years.
Study OF the air was fad with me. When
l took up the planes ! knew a little more
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-09-07
o Opposite Come
the AoAn Had On

termined TO master that He died trying
10 do H.
Horace Kearney wanted TO be the star
at our Los Angeles meet DO something
10 outshine Beachey." seemed 20 be the
cry, So he attempted n fight over the
ocean from Los Angeles to San Francisco,
where a meet was 10 follow shortly after
He took with him rs n passenger Chester
Lawrence, automobile editor OF the Los
Angeles Examiner. A single pontoon from
that machine is all that they ever found OF
IL. kearney and Lawrence were never
seen alive nor were their bodies found
Billy Badger. a college graduate and
rich. died in the pit at Chicago during
the big meet Billy was doing my vertical
dip with the come In" Billy was all cour.
age and the joliest fellow ever knew. He-
was happy -go-lucky and simply trusted to
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-09-07
Desperate Feats, Lincoln Beachey, the Worlds Most
Daring Aviator, Tells Why He Is Afraid to Fly Again

luck He didn't take the trouble 10 re-
inforce his machine, and the result was
that when he made the drop the force Of
the air crumpled the wings Of his plane
up about him. He forfeited his life with
a smile.
Eugene Ely was showing a Georgia
crowd the Dutch Roll" When. they dug
Gene out his last words were: Il lost com
troll"
Cromwell Dixon, a mere lad, wanted 10
BE better than Beachey." His machine
crumpled when he was trying the dip.
Cal Rodgers, the man who few from
coast to coast, died In the surf near Los
Angeles doing tie dip. Rodgers was dip
ping down and chasing sea gulls for the
amusement OF the crowd. He plunged into
shallow water and died under bis machine
John Frisbie went down 10 his death do
ing the ocean Roll"
] was engaged especially to do stunts at
the Chicago meet I appeared on the last
two days only, but my antics In the air
saved the meet, they said. When they
saw me perform the first day they were
betting in the Auditorium bar that I would
not live the meet out. When I few over
Niagara Falls and down the gorge they
were betting two to one that / would not
attempt the feat and hve TO one that I
would never get out of the gorge alive.
did, though, and landed IN Canada in six
minutes, getting $4,000 for the feat So
perhaps I've been forced TO do these
stunts.
The aero-scientists said man couldn't
go up In the air and come straight down,
because the pressure on the top OF the
biplane would crush It and turn the thing
over. With my hat off TO science. will
only say that ! dropped straight down
daily for two years. There was pressure
on the top. Lots of times I thought the
canvas NIGHT burst, but IL didn't
The Chief OF Police OF San Juan, Porto
Rico, whom l know very we'll in a social
way-not through professional atten-
tions-coined the saying: ITO fly better
than Beachey means death" Those words
seemed to be always before my eyes.
/ love the game and believe In II We
can't even dream OF the results yet TO be
attained. I know I've got plenty OF cour-
age. I always felt sure OF myself-so sure
that the thought OF death never even both
cred me But my conscience won't let me
go on with my work. Only one thing will
ever tempt me TO take my place In an
aeroplane. II ever the United States is
forced into war, and Uncle Sam wants
me to ay for "Old Glory" III hy-but unU
then I'm through
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10 eNa Hllile every
hing before trust
ing myself TO
chance.
I " at c b @ d
Rutherford Page
trying out some
of my stunts in
a brand new Cur
tiss machine. He
was FOOLS h ly
brave and ! tried
TO warn him. He
laughed at me. He
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about the elements than my brother bird
men. Most OF those killed had never been
off The ground in anything Some Of them
didn't even take the trouble 10 look their
machines over before going up Generally
they left IL 70 a mechanic. never tailed
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ue0' determined to master
ackels to the widow OF
r.a ! sa !, Francisco when I few
E she sent them back.
49, ~ . see you fly again" she
forget that Eugene would
Ns Il be had never seen Won
as' Ksaruey died Mr., Ko,r.
- ', p,uIui letter reminding ne
'' a few months previous
sIst never seen you and tr;oo
~ sying," she wrote, '
nsl November, heard sew.
~ h. .. aeout the hangers talking
a., ,s,ualsht glide" wanted
,s ssld then. because when I
tr.s only laughed, and | was
\, ...l, .aI-not for myself, but be,
h sNI Sln they would follow nv
ss.' y. as Deaths pacemaksr,
sy,.s' people demanded thrills
ss.S ., ! was never egotIsticaI
~ ,s,1 aat the crowds came to
Cd ~ s.,ll "a putting a biplane
4, h ,s,.c alck-dos stunts. e There
"a. 1s a.t inat drew them to nv
,ssI,sss ssslrs to see "somethinz m
fcsS ,S .! Course, my death.
trs mat I would be killed
sts i'm ~. !. near a wanted 10 miss
ts. .a ~ y, y they could help IL
&ls IN, ~ vere always against
tltsI sI,ne ~. that II I did tumb,a
ss 70, o,, want my Anal bumo
rbas ,cs,s S,ssr' II 1t came nv
- qme-wielder T wanted
~ s'aands Of feet ! | wanted wsntsd
lS,.a ala "a the grounds a,'be to be
essboI.s out the latest rag
= flis. usT IN, all to say as thev
scasl. oeachey was
20 y IN, .sas vsrtical GLIDE
lns tsousSsssnat tscslSsnt That happened
a'ss ~. ,as altitude I'd lest ,scdn, In the .s
So sss ,sry WAS ss.as high above
y y, tAs eye ssSoa'sTfgl; cou'd ;d;, for
ssssl. 'sa IN a Isvs daaps,n,sn ,nas t,le re-
y So,s much 20 i,as tha, !, way. a. :.
sGIsn, ssIs,lnl,! I began 't 70. IN I'm Inc q
Ik-<t1t dea a, oul aud fo,,ct,
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10 get used TO the increased air pressure.
Gradually mastered IL. One day, letting
only a few friends know OF my intentions
I determined TO make dead drop from ar
altitude OF 5000 feet Well. II had failed
wouldn't be here to tell about 1t now,
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1, dead! ana touch me with oony nuger.dp Ny
ssa aruan s ueseribe my feelings In that dread
- toefore me was thirteen. Every move for self
" ecamv Degan to drop, drop, drop with CHASTITY
Throuss sted the nose of the plane down at
ts'ery agony s the clouds whizzed, the wings Of
s,, wire ~ rom the strain of the resisting air, which
'sa vas ps,ir N. machine Until It sounded as If
s my requiem on giant harp