Bisbee daily review., 1919-10-11

A. L, Sneed, crashed on Curtiss field and his observer, Worth. D. Mcclure, was killed. Major Sneed suffered slightly from shock but was other wise unhurt.
 SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Oct 10.- Over the Wasatch mountains, follow ing the trail taken by Brigham Young and his pioneer band seventy-two years ago, Lieut.. BelVin w. Maynard, the flying parson,'' flew into Salt Lake City today at a speed approxi- mating 120 miles an hour.
 Delayed five and one-half hours by broken radiator at Cheyenne, Wyo., Lieutenant Maynard made the trip from the Wyoming capital, to Buena Vista field here in just five hours. Arriving at 5:321a, he left after the compulsory half hour rest for Sal duro, the next westward control point, 100 miles away. He was reported arriving at Salduro at 6:03 o'clock, Pacific time Close upon his heels was Captain H. c. Drayton, No. AT, who left Cheyenne at 2:35 o'clock this afternoon, arriving at Rawlins at 4:13:10. Word was sent from here to Rawlins to instruct Captain Dray- ton to remain there or at Green River for the night.
 'I encountered the toughest going of the entire trip between Rawlins and Salt Lake" Lieutenant Maynard said today after alighting here. q had to battle with a severe north wind and my speed was slowed con siderably for that reason"
 ! Lieutenant Maynard said just be- fore resuming his flight to Salduro that he expected to arrive in San Francisco tomorrow in time for lun- cheon.
 Just before his "hop off, from here the German police dog "Trixie," which has made the trip from Mineola with him, jumped from the airplane and ran across the field, with the lieuten' ant after him. The dog was caught just in time to resume the flight with in the set time.
 "Parson, the sinners are with you, yelled man in the crowd at the field just as the propeller began to turn for the "hop. off for Saldurc. Lieu tenant Drayton, it was expected. would be the first westbound aviator to arrive here tomorrow. Lieut.. L. $. Webster, No. 15, also was expected to arrive during the day. and it was considered likely that Capt. J. o. Don. aldson, No. 50, who left St. Paul, Neb., at 4:56 today, would reach here to- morrow.
 Lieutenant Maynard tonight had no record of the actual flying time nor of the elapsed time of his flight.
 SALT LAKE CITY. Oct. 1O.-Lieu- tenant B. w. Maynard, piloting air rlane number 31, arrived at Buena Vista field near here at 5:30 o'clock this evening. He left almost immed- iately for Saludro, 100 miles west of here. where he will remain over night.
 Lieut. H. c. Drayton. who left Chey- enne at 2:35 D. m., was expected to ar rive here before sunset.
 BRYAN, Ohio-Leading the San Francisco entrants in the transconti- mental air derby, Capt. l.. H. Smith in a DH-4 (Bluebird), arrived here from Chicago at 4:5O o'clock this afternoon.
 Two other Paific coast entrants also made this station tonight. They are Lieut.. E. c. Kiel in DH;4, who arrived at 5:27K and Maj. c. Spatz in d DH-4 (Bluebird), landed at 5;46. All three expect to reach Mineola to- morrow evening completing the jour ney eastward. The last of the aviators to arrive from the east was Lieut.. F. Kirby in q DH.4, who landed after spending two hours and 40 minutes