The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-10-09
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machine was wrecked but the two oc-
cupants were unhurt.


cupants were unhurt.
Three Aviators Killed.
Mineola, Oct. 9.-Three aviators had
| been killed. four of the sixty-two orig
| inally entered planes had been put
definitely out of the running and the
status of several others remained un-
known early today when the arnay'S
great transcontinentaI air race over a
$1,000 miles course between Mineela
and San Francisco was resuple ed. ~ y
Undisnayed by the fate that befelI
their comrades yesterday on the first
| 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 up
today with the dawn, eager to start
the second days gruelling test
Cross Trails To-day?
Given flying weather as good as
that of yesterday, the leading planes
from the east md those from the west
should cross trails shortly after noon.
Yesterday Lieut.. B. w. Maynard thu
flying parson'' who led turnout the
first lap, covered the first $40 miles
that separate Mineola and Chicago at
= two mile 4 minute rate of speed.
Eleven flyers from San Francisco Gov
cred the 61S miles from San Francisco
to Salt Lake City. Thus the leading
flyers from east and west covered a
| total of 1,595 miles and were separ-
ated this morning by only 1.105 miles.
The men killed yesterday were Maj
d. H. Crissy and his observer, Sergt
Virgil Thomas. who met almost in
slant death in a crash at Salt Lake
| City. and Sergt. w. H. hewitt, observer
for Col. Gerald Brandt, whose plane
crashed at Deposit, N. Y. Colonel
Brandt was slightly injured.
Non-Americans Out of 1t.
| of the race were those driven by Air
Commodore L. E. o. Charlton, Brit
! ish aviation attache in the United
States, and Lieut.. D. B. Gish. Com
modore Charlton's, plane fell at Ovid,
! N. Y. while Lieutenant Gish's crashed
in flames at Canadice, N. Y. Lieuten-
| ant Gish had as passenger Captain De
| Lavergne, aviation attache of the
| French embassy the only other non
American participant in the race. All
the remaining contestants are Ameri-
can army aviators.
! One aviator. Lieut.. J. G. williams,
who left Mineola at 1918 q. m. yes
terday, had not been heard from this
morning and some fear was felt for
! his safety.
Three contestants who were obliged
/ to make forced landings yesterday
hoped to get back in the race today.
They were Lieut.. Ross Kirkpatrick.
| who descended at Vernon, N Y:
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| Glendale, n. Y, and Lieut.. Willis r.
| Taylor, who landed at Nicholson. Pa.
| Five additional entrants were sched-
uled to enter the race at Mineola to-
day.
! Chicago. Oct. s.-First Lieut.. Bel
/ vim W. Maynard, leader in the $500
mile twice transcontinental airplane
race, took the air from Ashburn field
here at 7:09:12 o'clock this morning.
He headed for Rock Island, I'LL, 1856
miles away.
Lieutenant Maynard, former Baptist
minister, pilot in France during the
war and winner of the recent New
| York-Toronto air race, smashed all
previous records for a New York-Chi-
cago flight. He also made the first
/ flight between the two cities between
dawn and sunset.
Carrying as a passenger. Mechani-
clan w. E. Kline. with a German po-
| lice dog as mascot, Lieutenant May
nard drove his De Haviland ma
chine the S13 miles from Mineola in
405 minutes flying time. His elapsed
time was hours and % minutes
Pm tired" the flyer-preacher said.
| as his plane settled down for the
nights stop. I'VE were sixth out and
| it was a beautiful day for flying. That
| old Liberty motor batted out mile
after mile without one complaint II
was a long. hard grind, but we are
going to win this race"
Rain Failing at Cleveland.
! Cleveland, O., Oct Sat a. m.
heavy rain was falling and Lieut..
Col. H E. Hartney. Lieut. Col. I. S.
Bowen, Capt. Harry Smith and Lieut..
| E. H. Manzelman, who remained here