Evening star., 1916-01-07
FLIES OVER WHITE HOUSE
AND CIRCLES CAPITOL
Swiss Aviator, in Monoplane, Loops
the Loop and Provides
Other Thrills.
Weather Conditions Today Prevent
Repetition of the Exhibition.
Flights Will Be Made Later.

High winds in the upper attitudes
prevented the Swiss aviator, Domenjoz
from giving Washington spectators
promised thrills in the way of series
of loop the loops. He did, however, In
the face of strong northwest breeze,
loop three times while over the White
House. and then he flew off and cir
eled the dome of the Capitol.
Several thousand people gathered
around the ellipse yesterday afternoon
and waited for half an hour or more in
the chilly air to get a glimpse of the
monoplane.
Shortly after o'clock those who had
their ewes trained toward the river
front caught the sight of the plane cir
cling up in the air, and when the avia-
tor reached an altitude of about 500
feet he started for e ellipse. He
circled in the air above the ellipse for
some minutes. pointed the nose of the
machine straight toward the earth, and
then the people scampered, for it look
ed as though he were coming straight
down. He turned the plane on edge and
did almost everything which served TO
demonstrate the stability of the ma
chine.
Wind Reduces Speed.
When the machine flew into the wind
persons on the ground could see that
the speed was cut down materially.
Domenjoz, when he landed in the ell
lipse because of the severe cold, said
there was a very heavy wind blowing
high up He said that after he had
looped over the White House and start
ed for the Monument the wind caught
him and rushed him almost into the
shaft.
After going what seemed to spec
tators perilously close to the Monu-
ment, Domenjoz descended to the ell
lipse, just back of the White House
He had hardly touched the ground be-
fore the crowds which had remained on
the walk around the ellipse partook of
the mob spirit and rushed to the center
where the plane had landed. Efforts or
the park police to keep them away
from the plane failed. They pushed
and rushed, and it looked for a time as
If the plane would be crushed. The po-
lice, after a few minutes. gave up in
despair. and left the aviator and his
agents to their own resources In order
to get the crowd back so that the plane
could ascend and return to its hangar
in Potomac Park.
Pleads With the Crowd.
James ]. Quigley, one of the aviator's
agents. mounted the plane and pleaded
with the crowd to give the f1ier a
chance.
"All we want" he said, sis fifty sensi-
BILE men in the crowd to use their ef
forts to get the crowd back. Give this
man a chance. He has shown you his
work. Don't you think he deserves a
chance for his life, for if you crowd and
break something it may result disas-
trously."
The crowd edged back a little and
made a lane through which the ma
chine could get a start from the earth
After he assembled Domenjoz flew
over the ellipse several times, turned
the machine on edge SO that the peo-
pie could see him wave a goodbye
and then returned to the hangar.
Will Not Ascend Today.
Domenjoz will not fly today on ac-
count of the snow. While he could
fly, said James J. Quigley, one of his
representatives, the snow is binding.
and. besides, those promoting the tag
day campaign of the diet kitchen as
sociation believe it would be dangerous
for the young women to go out with
tags today.
The flights will be given on the first
two fair days. The machine has been
taken apart, and is in the shipping
boxes in Potomac Park.