Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-17

Chicago, his next stop. During hls
stay of 80 minutes he WIS enter
tained chiefly by Mr. and Mrs
Billy Sunday. Ma" Sunday tool
special care of both the parson anG
his dog, providing them both will
luncheon.
Il shouldn't have a bit more
trouble all the way east after Bill
and Ma both have put their bless
ings on me and my machine" said
Maynard just before he climbed
into the iuselage.
Others Here.
Within an hour OF the expected
arrival of Lieutenant Belvin W
Maynard and his second flight
across the country in the coast t.
coast and return aerial derby. two
flyers both still on the first lap OF
the contest, one from the west and
the other from the east, were al
Rock Island field.
Lieutenant ]. B. Pritchard, who
arrived here yesterday from the
west left for Chicago at 11:04
a. III. He is the seventh east-bound
flyer to pass through here. The
other flyer was Lieutenant v. r.
Taylor, who arrived here at 11:10,
but who was still here after May
nard arrived. He was the 38th
west-bound air racer through here.
Despite the fact that Lieutenant
Maynard was compelled to under
go a delay of half a day, holding
him back 700 miles behind his
schedule, he came into Rock Is
land field today in the lead of re-
turning east-bound hiers. CT
course, he was able to retain the
lead by reason of the fact that he
had had such a safe margin over
his nearest rival yesterday when he
was forced to land at Wahoo, Neb.
Latest reports indicate that Lieu
tenant Donaldson is his nearest
rival in the returning east-bouud
f1iers. Lieutenant Donaldson was
reported at Cheyenne this morning.
Major Spatz, reported at Buffalo
this morning, is his nearest rival
of the returning west-bound f1iers.
Worked All Night.
Lieutenant Maynard left Wahoo,
Neb., about o'clock this morning
for Omaha.
Undaunted by a broken crank>
shaft which caused him to make
the forced landing in a corn field
near Wahoo, the lieutenant and d
crew OF mechanics from Ak-Sar-
Ben field, Omaha, worked all night
installing a new motor in order to
continue the fight today. Tie
new motor was taken from the
Martin bomber. pifoted by Captain
Francis, which was wrecked in a
fog near Yutan, Neb., 10 miles from
the scene OF the Maynard wreck.
At midnight last night the fly
ing parson" notified the control
stop commander in Omaha that he
was certain his machine would be
in time to resume his
flight early this morning.
Lieutenant Maynard arrived In
Omaha soon after s o'clock from
and resumed his fight east
ward at S:47:33 a. m. His machine
was working perfectly when he left
the ground at Ak-Sar-Ben field for
Des Moines.
TWO hcStOTous
Restored to competition in the
great army endurance and RELIABLE
Ity airplane race by rulings of the
authorities at Washing
ton after their ships had been SO
badly damaged that both were be-
Iieved out of the contest, Lieuten-
ant Maynard and Captain Lowell
H. Smith, leaders on the first lap
Of the twice trans-continentdl
flight, resumed their homeward
courses today. Captain Smith,
whose plane was burned at Buffalo.
was to resume in a new plane, II
conditions permitted.
Spdtz Delays West.
Buffalo, n. Y. Oct. 17.-Major
Carl Spatz, leader of the flyers
doubling back from Mineola to San
in the aTmy's reliability
md endurance test. arrived here
rom Rochester at 9:16:35 a. IN.
Major Spatz delayed his depart
Ire for Cleveland awaiting au
horization from Washington to
make changes in his schedule.
Captain Lowell H. Smith, whose
UoJnacduy