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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-05-18
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made his horoscopes so that they seem
to contradict certain laws of physics ana
discharge only the chosen duty which he
allots 10 them in their different fields OF
activity. We can't make this palmer
than to say that each gyroscopic control
consists of two horoscopes which NUT
ually antagonize one another except when
disturbing impulse comes from single
direction Then they unite in their ef-
fort TO resist t and, in this resistance,
they call into play intermediate electrical
apparatus which opens and closes the
throttle. feeding motive energy from the
air tank to the controllers forcibly func-
tioning any of the planes concerned.
The idea of necessary lightness Is the
thing that the layman imagines TO be OF
the utmost Importance in fabricating
flying machine. and. accordingly. his first
criticism will be that this stabilizer re-
quires good deal Of weight that can i'll
be allowed. Again. Mr.. Sperry has shown
cunning In securing an installation or
comparative lightness I'm view of all that
the stabilizer does. The whole equipment
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-05-18

-HE engine was purring away like
contented cat, and In wide circles
Il the machine was climbing heaven
ward. Below the houses dwindled into
TOYS and the landscape was like view
through a telescope reversed. The aviator
was exhilarated by the cooler air and the
increased ozone, and in response to sheer
buoyancy Of spirit set the elevating planes
Of his machine at a sharper climbing
angle Still. the engine purred its song
Of deceptive security, and still the air
vhistled merrily past the ears of tho
plot, making him think he was advancing
faster than he really was. Suddenly, and
without a moments warning, the aero
tsne staggered in it's upward course
shiyered a second. as if in fearful hesita-
ton. and then started earthward tail first
st Increasing speed. Before the aviator
could make one corrective movement the
ssroplane was dropping at a bomb-like
velocity. Why dwell upon the rest of the
details? Such is the story IN brief or
more than one skyward fight and its dis
ssirous outcome.
The reader. no doubt, knows enough
about the fundamental principle of me
ehanical flight TO realize that the heavier
ihan-air machine rises only when the re-
asenee Of the induced wind, let US say
sufficient TO carry the aeroplane up
ward Ike kite That lifting or buoyant
Impulse must be strong enough 10 over
cone the dead weight of the aeroplane
and its pilot or passengers. From your
Youthful experiences you learned that
heavy kite and an extra long tan TOOK
Just so much more wind to carry them
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-05-18
REGISTERING SPEED.

As the wind pushes against this de-
tcctor plate OF the thermometer the Dish
is forced backward and congresses an
exouisitely adjusted spring. This spring
is so standardized that il will register
impulses ranging from fraction OF an
ounce to a matter Of pounds. TINS pres
sure. in its turn, corresponds to speed
and the story Of this force is Indicated
visibly upon a small dial that faces the
aviator.
This. however. is really the least I'M
Dortant Of it's three functions. In COM
binatiCn with the thermometer there Is
small electric mechanism which follows
the movements Of the spring, and TINS
annaratus is strong enough to disturb
certain little horoscopes which, In resist
ing or responding 10 these upse'tihe
thrusts. open and close valves ieedihs
COMPRESSED air 10 operating cylinders
These cylinders function pistons whlch
nush the levers that connect win the
several movable planes that regulate
either the vertical or the horizontal mo-
tions of the flying machine. OrdiharhS'
the aviator has this management quite
I'm his own hands. and he is free 10 eAei
cise mis- will I'm regard TO the angle at
which the aeroplane climbs or descehos'
provided the speed be within the limits
of safety As we remember. the margin
~ safety I'm rising has to 10 WIN inc
siowness rather than with the swii'hess
30 advance. Keep this distinction IN
mind a.,,,,a
Lot us say that particular aeropiane
needs a speed of thirty miles 10 i'iaNe :"
rise If its speed drop below TINS ra'.'
the aving machine will start TO DESCENT
No matter whether it be pointed up"aiu
ar downward. In the former case IT wiz
side backward and wellpigh instah"S
ooufrOf
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-05-18

interested in Mr.. Sperry's apparatus quite
as much as either the military or naval
profession. Surely, mechanical flight VIII
have its fields of commercial usefulness.
quite apart from that Of sport and the
employment of the aeroplane or the ny
dro-aeroplane will hinge largely upon this
crucial matter OF safety. We are told by
competent experts that flying will be as
safe for man as yachting, and what Mr.
Sperry has done brings this state of the
art within measurable reach. The need OF
an efficient automatic control has been
dsastrously emphasized upon more than
one occasion.
We have learned enough about 'holes in
the air. to appreciate the menace they
constitute to airmen, and probably the
bigger percentage of fatal mishaps has
been due to these atmospheric pitfalls.
But there is another danger which has
also exacted its toll Of life and broken
bones: we refer to the disturbing eddies or
suction set up in the air by one flying ma
chine passing another at high speed.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-05-18
Mr.. spERRYs RESEARCHES.


Mr. Sperry has gained international
recognition by reason of his remarkable
researches and the uses TO which he
has put the gyroscope: and i'm the aero
plane stabilizer he shows us again how
the directive agency Of these spinning
mechanisms can &c hclpfully utilized.
But the eyro is not entirely responsible
for all that this safety device does, and
we must give credit TO tn associate CON
trivance which really keeps the syro
alive 10 its duty. We snail see how these
apparatus when functioning .n unison.
make quite improbable that type Of &C
cident which we pictured In the very
beginning Of this article.
II you have ever heard the weatherman
talk, you will probably recall that he EN-
ployed a rotating device. which he called
an thermometer. 10 register the speed OF
the wind Mr. Sperry uses a different
sort Of thermometer, and besides telling
the aviator just how fast he IS travelling
a dial with a moving hand doing this II
stands sentinel for him and brings into
operation controlling mechanisms when
are quite capable Of taking over for the
time being the management OF the ma
chine and thus sweeping the aeroplane
upon a new and safe course. No doubt
YOU wonder how a sensitive little instru-
ment can do all this. but we shall try TO
make IT plain in principle, although we
cannot 20 into the confidential details.
Up above the aviator. over his right
shoulder. is white. rectangular sheet of
bright metal This thin plate is so
pivoted at it's centre that IT Will per
sistently turn its face squarely against
the course Of the approaching air current
no matter how gusty the state OF the
wind. This action is based upon law Of
physics which we need not discuss here
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-05-18
WHERE 1T LOSES ITS BREATH

al The while. though. that he is mount
s IN This manner his engine may ne
s0'Aihs beautifully. but the strength of
onying Impulse is Slapped by the very
"sephess Of the ascent. You know what
Ahosed effort on terra frma induces IN
-' way OF shortness OF wind. and, in
se' mat is just exactly what happens
TIE aeroplane-there is not support
s breath enough 10 sustain the wings
- 'heir lifting duty. and they start to
On the climb and then give way
side backward. Various devices
been invented 20 warn the aviator
!. us danger. but the most practical OF
II mas recently been perfected here
me United States. This apparatus
!, ohiy warns the airman, but ii takes
Sontrol Of the machine out Of his
1s should he be foolhardy. Moreover.
automatically restores the aerOplane TO
xh1., angie OF progress and To speed
Ia VIII carry the aviator away from
saiamity unconsciously impending.
s.W more than a year Elmer A.
,'sss'y has been busy working into salts
s,y shape a stabilizer, which is de-
,s "su 10 rob aerial navigation Of this
49, peril and 10 insure security In
~. ~" automatically where this Juggling
81 ar currents. and the maintenance
!, balance have depended upon the skill
m, human control-skiIl which called for
aSaht watchfulness and which paid
Tor momentary inattention. Mr.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-05-18
THE KITE PRINCIPLE.


driving speed OF the flying machine, and
every aircraft Of this sort has its own
necessary initial lifting velocity. The air
will not support il in sustained fight or
IN climbing If the speed Of advance fails
below this rate.
It is needful. then. that the aviator
either know how fast he is travelling. so
that he can be warned against dangerous
" slackening speed. or there must be
some way Of automatically guarding him
At or near such a crisis You must re-
member that the aeronaut has no mile
Posts TO guide him any more than the nav
GATOR far al sea. and the sense OF speed
deceptive. even though some expert
creed airmen believe themselves fairly
COCO judges In this matter. Perhaps
When following a substantially level
course, the drive or the wind upon the
lace may be approximately reliable Tor
'his purpose, but this makeshift telltale
alters when the aviator is running before
ias wind
The really critical period comes when
us aeroDlane is working its way aloft IN
Widening spiral The shifting relation
the path Of the prevailing air cur
iens produces some confusion. and the
pHo1 becomes unmindful Of the variable
way In which the wind blows against
MN. The moments Of lessened resist
snee no longer make him watchful be-
eduse Of the frequency with which they
'N'uF' He is tilted backward and DIS
yes are gazing ahead and above the
Instant earth no longer serves TO give him
comparison by which to estimate
'Oughly the swiftness Of his movement
sac The sharper his climbing angle the
Ae~er his progress.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-05-18
peeu AvERrED AUTOMATICALLY

The thermometer of this machine is sci
a. function when the aeroplane speeu
reaches thirty-five miles-the five niies Vi
,,efarence constituting the margin Oh
gafet~ The flyer is mounting. ana tue
-, at the wheel is momentarlly as
...,od and unaware Of his nearness 10
peril. Instantly the thermometer ac,S ~, w
,hrowing the controlling lever so iha' Tue
mot cannot work IL, and at the SAINT
,,n,e the horoscopes open the air Vai'e
a,d the eIevating planes are given ue
sccnd,ng angle OF number OF degrees,
AZ once the machine is pointed earthwa,u
md starts upon glide which rap'''F
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-05-18

Sperry has made all of his experiments
during the last twelve months with Cur
tiss hydro-aeroplanes. and large part
OF them at Hammondsport. y. y. But
when the Curtiss training camp moved
TO San Diego. Cal. the tests followed
there. The climax OF these Efforts has
been reached within the last few weeks
the stabilized hydro" being put through
evoutons which proved beyond possible
doubt the reliability and effectiveness Of
this ingenious automatic control
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-12-18
What Is Neely
Going TODD IL
TheVd1tss ! J
ACCORDING i 10 CUSTOM g
SHOULD HAVE NAMING on
.CIARKsBURG POST
MASTER
SENATOR GoFF WILL p AGAIN
FIGHT CONFIRMATION 0F@Af
P0INTMENT IN siEIIlNATE.. z

Charles BROOKS siniti5i

WASHINGTON, D. q. psc KS
Again the name Of JScari Yances
before the senate, placed there M
President Wilson. as a nominee iof
postmaster at Clarksbarg % succeed
5. G. Denham, whose ability to hold
on to that office has been Sfors Pears
one of the maryels and gayet n sots
West Virginia politics.
At the first time, 50 the secetidl
the nomination Of Vance q duo
REIMBURSEMENT Of Mis loyal ffle9d
tShFs'V Davis. TAeslatferSas Ia coli
Gresham y GONNA ended Hal itiieii
ftsigged AIS sea i z ii came dIlSls
t6F gen sena tSf G6il mi
stopS alye ION the sso1t ffnRtiop d
Vance, which, ~ Is chaFg ed by. Chill
tons party foes, was pot wholly dis
pleasing to Chiffon. In the mean.
time, Major Nicely gets himself elect
ed to congress to- succeed Davis
Now, according to close frtends6t
that gentleman, he had q man
mind TO recommend Tor the claff
burg job, but II wasn't Vance
was one Z. C: Lewis, a, young lawyer
There Is arule made, and broclaiht
tcd by, President Wilson, himself, that Z
no man would. be appointed p6stngss
ter who didn't have The end orsenieht
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-10-25

City,Co.K; Walter 7. Smith, Pleasanton
Co. K; r. r. Gibson, Topeka. Co.H; Clad
Hamilton, Topeka. B. M G. A; F. A.
Recob, Topeka, Co. A; E. G. Davis.
Chicago, Ill, Co. A; H. E. Wagner.
Topeka, Co. A; Jerry C.. Springstead,
Topeka, Co. A; Walter ]. Colence, De-
liza, Co. A; C. s. Flanders, Paola, Co. L;
20. E. Parker, Coffeyyille, Co. G; Beel
Moore, Gushing. Okla, Co. G; Edward
D. Hickman, Independence, Co. G; r.
Charles s. Rice. Topeka, Co. H; e.
M. Tucker, Kansas City Mo-, Band
K; ]. r. Elliott, Coffeyville, Co. G;
MARCUS Smith, Topeka. Co. A; W.
]. Sheard, Topeka, Co. A; Edwin Bar
rett Marion; w. A Whitman, Sedan,
Co. M; l. C. Jennings, Wamego.
Elmer Brick, salina. Co. M; c. H.
Dreyer, Topeka, Band, Co. NJ; A. C.
Keckler. Kansas City, Co. K; James
Donald, Rantoul, Co. K; R. A. Shar-
on, Topeka; w. McCord, Manhattan.
Co. I; Fred Arke1l, Dwight, Co. l.; f.
o. Schopp, Abilene. Co. L; G.. A; Gal
Iup. Topeka, Co. L; F. F. Graft, North
Topeka, Co. A; A A. Bond, Kansas
City, Co. E; J. H. Fox. Fall River. CO.
E; r. C. Good. Topeka, Co. II; r. S.
while, Ottawa, cox: Chas. E. Gormly,
Ottawa; C. E. warner, ST. Louis, Mo-,
Co. L; B. E. Northrup, Kansas City,
Co. B; Seth A. Hammel. Topeka;
hospital steward; j. w. Murrey,
Lawrence, Co. L; Lewis Laus. To
peka, Co. A; Clyde Miller, Kin
caid, Co. E; A. B. Shaughnessy.
Moran, Co. E; S. R. Rudrow.
Randolph, Mo-, Co. e; j. A Lewis,
Topeka, Co. E; S. w. Ricketts,, Paoia,
Co. 1: Harry Morris, Garrett, Co. E;
Lloyd F. Currier, Garnett, Co. E; W.
S. Metcalf Lawrence. colonel; w. E.
Doughty. Moran. Co. d; J. ]. Corkhill,
Topeka, Co. E; A. NJ. Rafter, Holton;
T. H. Sutton, Topeka, Co. A; S. J.
Shively, Pao1a, Co. 1; E. L. Pinkerton,
Topeka, Co. A: w. w. Howell, Kansas
City, Mo.:F. C. Harrington, Plain
Vile, Co M: F. L. Courtney, Law
renee. Co. H; w. c. Barker, Topeka,
Co. e: c. A Coe, Topeka. Band; NJ.
Bunney, Topeka, Co. A and F. ]. Park,
Kansas City. Mo.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-10-25

for the Burlington, told the commits
sion that they would never submit to
cost for the connecting railway pro-
posed by the stock yards people.
mot even if this honorable COM
mission ordered you to do 500" asked
the stock yards representatives
THAT isn't a fair question" said
Gray, appealing to the commission.
But the commission thought that the
Burlington man was able to look after
himself and might answer.
mot even if the commission or
dered," said Gray, who proceeded to
state that the Burlington's Kansas
City business was of an interstate
character.
E. d. Levy, assistant general man
ager for the Frisco told the commits
sion that his road had no objection
to any plan of the stock yards COM
that they would seriously contest pay
ing for the improvements without
realizing some of the benefits.
Before we paid such a charge
said Levy, 1--WE would provide our own
pens. which we are now prepared to
do on 4S hours notice"
~Will you please tell the commits
sion where you would locate those
pens" asked the stock yards counsel.
''That bridge would be crossed when
we came to it," responded the quick
witted Levy.
After a small army of witnesses had
appeared Tor the railroads q. X. Col
lett was called. Collett is both presi-
dent of the proposed Kansas City Con-
Meeting railway and vice president and
general manager of the Kansas City
Stock Yards company, which is build
ing the road and wants either the rail-
roads or the stock shippers to be
forced by court order to pay a profit
for its operation.
Collect told the commission that It
would not be fair to the stock yards
company to pay the operating expense
of the road, but that he thought the
railroads should absorb the extra cost
or at least enough cost to leave the
stock yards people profit for its
operation.
would the stock yards company be
willing to pay the Connecting Railway
company its charges for hauling stock
over its track? p" was asked of Collett.
THAT would not be fair to the stock
yards company" replied Collett- I'm
all other cities, the cost is absorbed
by the railroads"
About so Kansas shippers attended
the hearing. They passed resolutions
declaring that they would not and
should not submit to the toll sought
to be exacted from the stock yards
company for the use of its tracks and
sarcastically pointed to the statement
of the old Populist days that at the
present time 1t costs more money to
keep a steer In the Kansas City stock
yards than to live in a steam heated,
electric lighted room in an up town
hotel.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-10-25
RAILROAD BASEBALL.
Deciding Game Between Rock Island
and Santa Fe Sunday.

The deciding game of the city champion
ship series will be played Sunday after
noon at League park between the Rock
Island and Santa Fe teams The game
was to be played last Sunday but 1t
was postponed on account of poor wealth
er. The game tomorrow will not only de-
eide the series but the winning team will
receive the net receipts of the games,
amounting to over $125-
The contest promises to be a good one
and will be pitchers battle. between
Bennish of the Rock Island and Simpson
of the Santa Fe The Royal Taflors and
race for the championship
A large crowd is expected IL the weather
is good because OF the Importance of the
contest. Bennish and Dove will be the
battery for the Rock Island team and will
be opposed by Simpson and Herring for
the Santa Fee
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-10-25
Declare They VIII Not Absorb
Kansas City Charge.
CLASHES Between ATTORNEYS
Commission is Appealed to for
Protection.
7. R. Koontz Hints of Yelled
Attack on Railways.

One after another railway officials
attending the Kansas City stock yaros
terminal hearing before the pupnc
utilities commission told the commls-
sion that they would not absorb the
charges for handling live stock over
the proposed bobtail stub tracks which
the stock yards company desired per-
mission to build and operate at the ex-
pense of either the railroads or the
stock shippers. Rather than bear this
expense, the individual railroads VIII
provide their own stock yards terminal
facilities.
Time after time there were bitter
clashes between the lawyers for the
stock yards company and the railway
officials. Sometimes the railway ofn-
cials appealed to the commission for
protection, but the commission was not
inclined to interfere and allowed the
fight to go to the finish In the finish
the railway officials showed MP fresh
and smiling and the demonstrative
stockmen wanted to yell, but the com
mission wouldn't let them
So far as they were concerned. the
railway officials told the commission
that they did not desire to protest
against the building OF the terminal
railway by the stock yards company.
Neither did they desire to file protest
against the selling of a million dollars
worth of stock in the enterprise. But
when There Was d Ple1A " OId5 Zig XIV
idends and gross earnings for the new
line from the profits of the railroads
hauling live stock to Kansas City, the
officials for these roads wanted their
protests painted in red ink.
]. R Koontz, general freight agent
for the Santa Fe, told the commission
that his road would provide their own
loading and unloa ding chutes and pens
before they submitted to the demand
of the stock yards company road that
they pay 81 for each car of stock
shipped in or out of the Kansas City
yards. Koontz declared that the pro-
posed terminal road of the stock yards
company would not add one penny to
the earnings of the Santa Fe and that
his company would not absorb one cent
of charges. Time after time Koontz
fired back at the stock yards lawyers
by declaring that they were using
yelled threats of an attack on the com
pany's shipping business if the road
did not submit to an order.
eff the commission will permit"
said Koontz jumping from his chair,
Il desire to speak not as a witness
but as a representative of the Santa
Fe railway in answer to the yelled
threats that we must absorb this cost
or our business with Kansas shippers
will suffer-
Stock yards lawyers denied that
they had threatened railroad repre-
sentatives with an attack on their bus
mess if they fought an order from the
utilities commission.
William Gray, general freight agent
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-10-25
MRS. FISkE, "TESS."
Crowds See Emotional Actress in
the Movies"

Mrs Minnie Madden Fiske in Tess
of the DUrbervilles'' attracted crowds
AT each performance yesterday at the
Aurora theatre. The play is produced
by the Famous Players Film Com
pany, and presented by Harrison Grey
Fiske. Mrs. Fiske's husband and man
a9er. The pictures will be repeated
today. Those who are unable to see
the great emotional actress in The
High Road" at the Grand this even
ing can view her famous delineation
of Tess at the Aurora While the
bona fide Mrs. Fiske is portraying the
character of Mary Page on the leglti-
mate stage, Mrs Fiske in pictures
will play the tragic role of Tess"
Many who dropped in at the Aurora
Thursday had seen Minnie Madden
in the role-it is one of her oldest
and best known. There were others
VINO had read the book, and were anx-
ious to see the actresses portrayal of