The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-10-13

WashingtOn Oct. 10.-The War
Department has just completed plans
10 increase the efficiency of the avia-
ton service of the army, provided for
by an act of Congress last July. 1t is
believed h sensational aerial fight
Of Lincoln Beachy over the White
House last week witnessed by the
President, Secretary and Mrs. MCAdoo
Secretary Daniels and a large number
Of prominent government officials and
citizens has had much to do with the
PRONUNCIATION of h necessary steps
30 enlarge h aviation corps. The
intrepid young air-man in his bi-plane
made an u"nannOunced but most spec
~tacular ppearance in Washington,
fiying from the capitol to the White
House, which he circled, and then to
the dismay and horror of his distin-
yuished audience after he had Topped
the-loop, flown upside down and per
formed other aerial stunts" the BIZ
plane was seen to suddenly plunge
downward to the CONSERVATION of the
crowd Of Onlookers. A hurry call was
sent for an ambulance, bat the young
aviator did not require the surgeons
splints and bandageS, for after being
lost TO sight behind the trees he had
glissaded to the ground in Potomac
Park without injury to himself OF his
aircraft. The daring young aviator
loon liz VI IC SIllCu pO-
pulace most modestly, declaring that
ne had only made the fight for pa
triotic motives, wishing-aS ne hmi-
self expressed ito do all in my
power to bring America to the fore
IN things aeronautic, n to demon
strate to those in control of the des-
tinics of the nation the advance that
has been made in aero ~SCience, which
the young ma most certainly fully
achieved by his fearlessness and the
amazing dexterity he displayed in the
control of the bi-plane.
Mr.. Nam Not a CONVEX But Il Pro-
pOncnt. d..
The latest congressional acquisition
to the suffrage ranks is the Republi-
can minority leader, the Hon. James
II. Mann. Mr.. Mann is an able poll
ician and astute statesman who has
not only seen the writing on the
wall" but knows how to read it, con-
sequentIy he has tacitly admitted the
inevitable success of votes for wO-
men and the justice of their claim
for recognition as taX-paying, law
abiding adult citizens. But the cele-
bratcd law-maker is a mere ma after
all. and he insists that he is not 2
convert" explaining that he n
always been a prepayment Of suffrage
There is smiling aCQuieScence in SUI
frage circles for workers for 1.-The
cause" are broadminded women wht
believe that "A rose by any Othe1
name would smell as sweet and arr
perfectly willing that Mr.. Mann cal
himself a %proponent if he prefer
Clature to the more modest word "con
vert 1T all amounts to the sam
thing" Mrs. r. J.. Jones Of the Pres
Committee declared laughingly
"They may call h Deuce of Club
the King of Hearts if they like; al
We require is that they play fair an
do not try to renig."
Yields to Secretary Bryan'S E1Oqucnc
Although the Hon. Jefferson NJ
Levy of New York. owner of Monti
cello. the historic home Of Thoma
jefferson, has been deaf to all tn
pleas and petitions hitherto made t
him to permit the United States t
buy Monticello for the American pee
pie. it is whispered that he has ha
n change of heart" since Secretar
Bryan has written to him and ap
pcaled to his patriotism, emphasizln
the fact that q deed giving the gov
eminent possession Of the place afte
his death would commemorate IN
great Democratic administration I
President Wilson which Is being cor
Quoted on Jeffersonian principles, an
the fact hat the President IS by brit
Il Nirginian, makes the present me
mcnt still more Opportune. M
Levy admits that 1.-The Secretary
letter has put the matter in a ne
light" and it is said ne has admltte
he feels he must yield to public SCI
timent in the matter. s50e, 600 is tr
sum mentioned Mr.. Levy Will as
but it rs claimed he has spent tWl'
that amount in improvements on tf
estate. and his only stipulation is I'M
Monticello ~henceforth shall be use
as the irgin home of the Preslde'
of the United States.