Bisbee daily review., 1913-12-19
HEAVY DEATH TOLL IS PRICE PAID FOR
 CONQUEST OF AIR
Aviation Attended by Many Casualties During Few Years Since Wright Broth CTS First Flight

WASHINGTON. D. C., Dec. 1S.- The art of ayiauon. or flying in heayier-than-air machines, win be ten years old tomorrow It was an De eember IT, 1903. that orville and Wilber Wright, the famous Ohio ayi- ators conquered the air in a series of four short, successful flights at Sinlms Station. Since that time the seroplane industry has been Tevolu- tionized. It has been taken up by the people cf all lands and some winder- ful flights and feats have been ac- complished. uring the past ten years the advancement has been along new and more useful lines than in the earlier years. The heayier-than-air ilier has now become an important factor n warfare and war equipment and today there is not a country that does not inc. .ude the aeroplane in it's military and naval equipment.
 Though the progress of the science has been remarkable, each year has seen an increase in the number of persons killed. The first death was that of Lieut.. Selfridge, of the U. s. Signal Corps, who was killed in a flight at Fort Myer Sept r, 1906, Four aviators met death in 1909, thirtytwo in 1910. seyenty-three in 1911, enc hundred and thirteen in 1915, and one hundred and thirty seven in the present year. The total number of aviators who have perished amounts to 437.
 Of the l37 fatalities this year IS occurred in the United States. To this number may be added the dea.A of a California aviator in British Co- iumbia and of Lieut.. Rich. of the United Gates Army, in the Philip pines.
 The list shows that the aviation fa- ta ities this year have been tisul buted over twenty different countries. A most noticeable feature is the pre- ponderEsce in all twenty different countries Of fatalities among the mil itary fiier. This is due to the fact that more attention has been given tc military aviation than ever before, while exhibition flying has decreased because t is no longer a novelty and fails to attract the public at. tsnticn that it did few years ago.
 The casualty lists of Germany and France are the heaviest in number5 Germany having had 39 fatalities dar- ing the year and France 37. In both countries the majority of the victims were military aviators. England, win a faality list of 70, made by far the best showing of any of the nations which have extensively used aircraft.
 The Italian fatality list, in view ot the large numter Of licensed aviatOrs in that country Is remarkably low, cnly four Italian aviatOrs having per ished during the year Russia has sui fered eight fatal accidents during the year, Argentine four, Japan and Turkey three each, while the others have been scattered one each in Ans tIia, Belgium, Switzerland. Scotland, Canada, Portugal Morocco, the Phil , ippines. China, COchin-China and the Island of Trinidad.
 The airmen who have lost their lives in the United States since tLe beginning of the present year are as follows:
 April 19--U. $. Army aviator, Lieut.
 Rex Chandler, killed, and Lieut.
 l.. II. Drgreton badly injured 5y
 fall into San Diego bay.
 April l9-Otto w. BroSie killed Ia eX-
 hibition flight in Chicago.
 May 5-Cnarles Carlscn crusEed t0