El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-10-09
NOn-Magnetic
Ship To Start
On Fifth Trip
To Trace Devious Curves
Magedc Pole Lays Out
for Compass Needle

Washington, D. c., Oct. s.-With
enough provisions aboard 10 last two
years and QUILTED for a voyage Of.
$500 miles. the noted non-magnetic
ship Carnegie" was ready today TO
leave Washington on a task Of trac-
ing through the lone spaces Of the
south Atlantic and Pacific oceans the
devious curves which the magnetic
pole lays out for the compass needle
to follow. This is the fifth and prob
ably the last trip Of the Carnegie on
rhat GRAND which has already taken
her through 100000 miles Of ocean
during the last ten years, and has
resulted In much information that is
Incorporated IN the magnetic charts
which sailors use. She was built by
the Carnegie institute especially for
the work and has neither steel or
iron In her hull or fittings.
Capt James P. Ault commands a
crew OF II men who viii sail her on
the present voyage H F. Johnson.
magneucian. on the scientific staff.
is his second in command.
fly direct to RawIins. Machines S..
81. 81, g. S. and So had departed up
TO S.5s o'clock this morning, in the
order named.
Rice Leaves Sacramento.
Sacramento. Calf, Oct 9.-Lieut.
G. Z. Rice plotting a Sopwith. last OF
the eastbound ranscontinental racers
to reach Sacramento yesterday,
took the air at aIather field for the
flight across the Sierras at sos this
morning.
Hynes's Machine Falls.
1fineola. y. Y. Oct 9-Airplans No.
IS. which fell into Lake Erie this
morning three miles east OF Ashta-
bula- was pilOted by second Lieut..
T. Hynes. second Lieut.. T. K Mat
thews was carried as . passenger
Three Avintors Killed.
Three aviators had been killed. four
Of the CO originally entered planes
running and the status OF several
others remained unknown early to-
day when the army's great transcon-
tinental air race over a $500 nile
course between AIineola and san
Francisco was resumed
Undismayed by the fate that befeI
their comrades yesterday on the first
day OF the great speed, endurance and
reliability test, pilots scattered out
over the course from Mineola as far
west as Chicago. and from san Fran
cisco east TO salt Lake city. were to-
day up with the dawn eager TO start
the second days gruelling test
Col. Brandt Not Killed.
The men killed yesterday were MAJ
D. H Crissy and his observer. Ssrgt
Virgil Thomas, who met almost in
slant death in crash at salt Lake
City, and Sergt. W H hewitt. OBJ
server for Col Gerald Brandt. whose
plane crashed at Deposit. n. z. Col
Brandt was slightly injured.
Two other planes put definitely
out Of the race were those driven by
air commodore L i. o. Charlton.
British aviation attache IN the United
States, and Lieut.. ID. 3. Gish. Com
modore Charlton's plane fell at Ovid,
n. Y while Lieut. Gish's crashed IN
flames at Canadice. y. Y. Lieut. Gish
had as passenger Capt De Lavergne,
aviation attache OF the French em-
bassy. the only other non-American
participant in the race The remain
ing contestants are American army
aviaters-
Fear For safety OF One.
The aviator. Lieut.. J. c. williams.
who left Mineola at 10:1S a. m yes
terday had not been heeard from early
this morning and some fear was felt
Tor his safety
Three contestants who were obliged
to make forced landings yesterday
hoped 20 get back in the race today.
They are Lieut. Ross Kirkpatrick,
who descended at Vernon, n. T. Lieut.
r. L Vaughan, who landed at Glen
dale, y. Y, and Lieut. willis R-Tay-
Tor. who landed at Nicholson. Pa
RaWlins. Wyo, Oct Capt H T.
Smith with Lieut.. F. W Ruggles as
observer. landed heree in plane DH-
Z. a Bluebird, at s:55 this morning and
resumed his flight eastward at 1919
Most OF the trip from salt Lake City
was made through a snoWstorm-
Maynard Reaches Omaha.
Omaha Neb-, Oct 9.-Lieut- 3. W
Maynard, leading the field in the
transcontinental air derby, arrived az
Ak-Sar-Ben flying field here at
12-48 today. He made the trip from
Des AIolnes, us miles. in one hour ana
IA minutes
Lieut.. &. ". Maynard left the Ak
sar-Ben field for St Paul. Neb.. AZ
1:34 p. m