Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1918-09-13

thpioHi RECEIVED MS early trulnln;
His elementary schooling was acquire
In the small and Isolated institution
OF the Trentlno. Even In these school
the boys love for mathematics was In
dlcnted and appreciated, and when h.
: had finished the courses presented hi
aged father and mother packed BIZ
few belongings. bestowed upon hin
their blessings and sent him norti
away from the Trentno to the engl
neering college at Munich Bavaria.
Was Graduated When of Age.
on his twenty-flrst birthday h@ was
graduated from that institution with
the degree OF civil engineer II was
about this time that the Wrigh broth
ers began TO demonstrate to a skeptI.
cal world that man could fly In heav-
ier-than-nir machine.
Their successes so fired the young
italian engineer with the dream of be-
coming creator that he decided upon
aviation as his life work. Despite his
racial lmpetuoslty. he realized that n
theoretical groundwork would be nee
essary. and instead of joining the
ranks of the exhibition fllers who i'm
medintely sprang up In Europe he con-
tinued the business of prying truths
from textbooks.
II wns hard pull. for the expense
OF higher education along proper
lines was far from small and the sums
offered for exhibition flights were
large. But young Caproni stuck 1t out.
and travelling still further north and
away from the Treutlno. he went to
Llege and entered the Mlrafori insti-
tute In that city.
He applied himself to the more diff
cult courses In Its curriculum. among
them being that of electro-technies
This he mastered. and Immediately
broadened the scope of his pilgrimage
for knowledge TO include ps-is and the
flying fields of the continent.
He was always an irrepressible en-
thusinst on the future possibilities of
the airpane but usually tempered his
advanced and what In those days were
radical. views with solid facts CLEANED
from his long preparation.
In the earlier days of the French |
demonstration flying the young man
from the Trentino spent great deal
OF his time talking with the men who
were making exhibition flights and Inn |
proving on the theories of the Wright /
brothers. He was always ready 10 |
discuss the future OF the airplape and |
was frequently considered quite mad |
when he talked of time and distance
machines capable of car
rying MS many ms ten and twenty men.
Not Daunted by skepticism.
But the skepticlsm of the earlier
ilers, and many of them were painful
y frank In their characterization of
capronI's dream. did little to crush
he spirit OF the man who has since
become the producer of heavier-than-
lir machines which are larger and can
10 more than those he pictured in his
,wn mind In the earlier days
When he had drawn a great mass OF
'pInious, practical experiences and he
lefs from the earlier bir,imen OF En-
'ope he returned TO the Trentfno.
where he spent some time dlgesting
hem.
Finally Caproni was ready to build |
lis first machine. He enlisted the aid :
4 ordinary Italian carpenters. and in ,
small shed not far from Arco began |
he construction OF a machine. 1t grew ,
inder his direction. but It did not grow
5 fast as the suspicious Of the Aus :
rian police authorities.
Caproni was watched and hindered
a every possible manner. The police !
Id not limit their aggression to the {
nventor. but extended IL to his broth I
r. a