The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1913-11-26
JANUS STOPS
OVER NIGHT At
ST. CENEV|E!E
Will Leave That City at z O'clock
This Morning and be at Cape
BY Noon.
GIRARD PARSONS UNABLE
TO ACCOMPANY AVIATOR
Tells Of Unsuccessful Attempt to
Shoot Ducks From Rlying
Boas.

Tony Janus stopped last night
n his long distance flight from St.
Lod TO cairo at St. Geneyieve and
will leave that city at O'Clock this
morning. He expects to arrive at
ape Girardeau at noon today. Cir
ard Parsons, the well known sports
man OF Rivers de, Mo, was unable
to accompany Janus in his flight,
but Aviator Duby is riding as q
"a op~rr the beat.
..a.s tg.i5 N intCre ting tOsy
about an attempt to shoot ducks
frcm his % has. The ST. otis
papers reported that he was hav-
ing trouble with the Federal mar
shals about infraction of the new
law prohibiting shooting migratory
birds on Federal rivers. His own
account OF the story is quite differ
ent.
The following is the speciiiea-
tons of the boat he is using:
Capacity .,.. ...,.. &C.. - seats
Weight g.. 49,. -. -. 1850 lbs.
Spread Of wings 80. D., aft, - in
Displacement .. " 2oo0 lbs.
Gasoline 49,. 49, - GAL
Luggage 49,. ....... 100 lbs.
All Wiring Stranded Gable
Motor H.. rs h. p. Roberts
Propeller H.. -. SO #. d., 6 it. p.
Equipment Tools. Extra Propeller,
Extra Sections.
AS matter of fact it was SO
old on the morning we went out to
.ry duck shooting from the flying
Aoat that was nearly paralyzed
My passenger was supposed 70 do the
hooting ari he had never been up
n any kind Of FLYING machine be-
ore To add to this the gun was en-
'irely strange to him In the flying
1oat my passenger sits 10 my right
and on the same seat bcsile me. Al
'Cr We got up flying 7 disr overod
hat my sharpshcoter shot from the
eft shcullcr which crowded me very
Nadlv. lit on the water and stop
ned the motor so could talk to him
md found that there was no chance
# his hitting anything from the
Their shoulder SO we got about hall
'rozen again pillow ne through tbs
water getting ice water on our face:
nd then went after another flock d
ucFs.
when I saw the birds opened
Up the motor for full speed and i'm +;
cry short tine VIC were runnin'
hem down numerically Well, ia
at passenger got 50 excited from thu
peed of the machine, the sight 0
he ducks, his eyes watering like
eaky faucet, and the strange auto
matte gun all combined that he sho
lis first shot when we were still
lbout a hundred yards away. Beinj
m the wrong side of the gun h,
damned the shell that should hayt
been thrown out and by the time h.
| rot II untangled we had flown 81
Hose to the birds that they wer,
lodging in all directions and a rea
rood shot gun shooter would hav,
oad trouble hitting them.
81 was so angry that put f.
hore and got out TO get warm. H.
had all kinds of reasons for every
h'n~ he lid wrongly and was rea
| 'poloCetic I had notion that m
,asolinc tank was nearly empty an,
when took look | found that
rad Just about enough to get bacl
o St Louis. 50 We started the re
urn trip. my passenger still prcpar
ID to slaughter eRy ducks tina
sight appear. Right near the Nc
[nloy bridge we were fast unnint
Town an exceptionally large flocl
when all at once the motor stoppe'
and ! was ont Of gasoline.
of course that settled the duel
'hootng for that morning. My pas
'enger said he sure would have got
'en five or six out Of the flock How
ever he was right good deck hant
md we padded the machine tn,
nile back TO the levee without an.
trouble
| Sure enough there was mar
'hal on the job and he took
'retty good look around the boa
| or sign of blood or feathers bu
| truthfully assured him that tn,