The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-10-09
AIRMEN
DEAD IN RACE
Five Of 81 Cross Country
Filters Eliminated

NEW YORK. Oct S,-United
Pr~sst-Ihe second day Of the
s.teoLmiic transco0slncntai Atrial
rscs sp<ned with i've Of the q
contestants eliminated thru SOD
densA.
These mishaps resulted In the
death Of three aviators ana injury Of
one. In addition to the ave planes
which crashed. three were ofsciaiiy
listed IN missing.
/ Forsyseven planes ieft Roosevelt
fisld. New York. for San Francisco.
while is took on at San Francisco.
bound for New York. The rules pro
vide FOR n flight across the country
and back. Commute stops At each
control station" and no night ny
ing.
Sky Plot Lsads
Tho FIRST days honors went to
Lieut. II. w. Maynard. known as
''the flying parson' and tho sky pi-
lot" who won the recent Now York.
Toronto air race. In n dc Hsviland
-" equipped with soo.horrcpowcr
Liberty motor. he left Mincoia at
e2s:s6 n m. and arrived In Chicago.
distance OF $40 miles. In tho elapsed
time Of nine hours and 20 minutes.
The remainder OF the field starting
from Mlneola was scattered all tho
way from Bryan. Ohio. to Bingham
ton, ~. Y.
Eleven OF tho rs planes leaving
San Francisco reached Salf Lake. a
diHtancc of 755 miles.
scrgt. w. II. hewitt. observer. was
killed. and Col. Gerald Brandt. pilot.
was seriously injured when their de
Haviland -" crashed Mt Deposit. N.
Y. Major d. X. Crissey. pilot. and
sergt. Virgil Thomas. observer. ny
ing from san Francisco. werc killed
in making a forced landing at Buena
Vista field. near Salt Lake City.
NEW YORK. Oct. s.-United
Press. D--Lieut. Beivin Maynard. a
real "sky pilot" continued to set the
pace I'm the transcontinentai air race
today.
The first entrant TO reach Chicago
In the westward flight. Maynard, n
Baptist preacher. left that city at
T:o912 a. m. Central time) today. He
arrived at Rock Island. ILL.,. 1855 miles
distant. at S:37 n. M. and left for
Des Molnes. Iowa. 1853 miles away.
ut 300. He arrived there at 1854
n. m. and left for Omaha at 1i;3t.
Ife arrived at Omaha at i2:47 y. m.
The eastbound planes began ieav-
ing Salt Lake City for Green River.
Wye, shortly before 7;45 n. m.
Rocky Mountain time). In distance
they were close behind Maynard.
Two more planes were eliminated
today. No. As. De Haviland four.
piloted by Lieut.. II. ID. Smith, was
wrecked near I,ockport. N. Y. He
and his passenger escaped injury.
No. As. another De Ifaviland four,
driven by Lieut.. III. T. Hynes. fell
into Lake Erie, several miles out
from Astabula Harbor, Ohio. Hynes
and his observer were rescued.
fa1i tsbfNts ~ - Aiiis wv. -
Omitted Press. Pacific coast entries.
numbers 80. Gi and SO. In the trans
continental airplane race. got away
from Salt Lake before 7:45 a. IN.
today.
DIES MONIES. Iowa, Oct. S.
UNITED Press. l--Lieut. Belvin May.
nard. the flying Baptist preacher,
leading in the transcontinental air
derby. arrived at Herring field near
here at i0:a5 this morning.
HALIFAX. N. S.. Oct. 9.--(United
Press The bombing airplane At
tlantic left Parrsboro. N. s., for
New York at 1i:i5 n. m. today.
Weather conditions were favorable,
and Commander Kerr expected to
complete the flight before sundown.