Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-10-09

~ at the control stations
in Rochester, Buffalo,
Bryan and Cleveland.
The weather conditions
around Chicago had sufficiently i'm
proved at noon to allow the west
bound flyers to resume.
Easthound flyers encountered bet
ter weather and three pilots were
enabled to leave Salt Lake City early
today for Green River, Wyo,, 1877
miles distant and 755 from the start.
ing point at San Francisco.
Lieut. Melvin w Maynard, the "6v-
ing parson." led all other aviators in
the distance covered.
Ore Falls Into Lake.
Ashtabula. Ohio, Oct 9.-No. 4o In
the aerial derby fell into Lake Erie
four miles east of Ashtabula harb0r
this morning. The two occupants were
rescued by the steamer Fairfax An
attempt will be made to salvage the
plane.
Airplane No A.. which fell into Lake
Erie InlS lHOTniils. NdS pilptSu ~ ~
ond Lieut.. T. Hynes Second Lieut..
r. X Mathews was carried as pas
senger. The plane is De Haviland
4 with a Liberty motor.
Maynard Beating It West.
| Omaha, Oct. 9.-Lieut. Maynard.
who left Chicago early this morning.
! arrived here at l2:43 today and halt
an hour later started westward on the
next leg OF his journey to the coast.
Drops into Lake.
Ashtabula, Ohio. Oct. 9--Plane NO.
| a. the second to take the plunge. fell
into Lake Erie five miles east OF here
| today and was sunk. The pilot, Lieut..
/ Roberts, and his companion, Lieut.. FL
/ lott. were rescued by a Canadian
! steamer. The plane could not be sal
! vaged,
Three Are Killed.
Nineola Oct fa-Three avlators
had been killed. four Of the sixty-two
originally entered planes had been
put definitely out of the running ana
the status of several others remained
unknown early today when the arr
my's great transcontinental air race
over 3 .i00 miles course between
Njneola and San Francisco was re-
sumed.
undismaypd by the fate that befell
their comrades Yesterday on the first
dav of the great speed, endurance
and reliability test pilots scattered
ont over the course from Mineola as
FAR west as Chicago and from san
Francisco east to Salt Lake were up
today with the dawn. eager to start
the second days grueling test.
Given flying weather as good as
that Of yesterday the leading planes,
, from the east and those from the
west should cross trails shortly after
noon. Yesterday Lieut. p. w. May
nard. the ''Hying parson,' who led
throughout first lap, covered the first
so miles that separate Mineoln
and Chicago at a two mile minute
pace Of speed Eleven flyers from
San Francisco covered the 6lS miles
from san Francisco to Salt Lake
, City. Thus the leading flyers from
east and west covered a total OF l.
45S miles and were separated TINS
morning by only l.242 miles. The
men killed yesterday were Major d.
r. CrisSev and his observer, Sergt
VIRGIL Thomas, who met almost in
staut death in a crash at Salt Lake
CITY. and Seret. w II. Nevitt, observ-
er for Col Gerald Brandt, whose
plane crashed at Deposit, n. Y. Cox.
Brandt was slightly injured.
Two other planes put definitely out
of the race were those driven by
Commodore l.. f. o. Charlton, British
aviation attache, and Lieut.. +. B. Gish,
Com. CharItOn's plane fell at Ovid,
{
flames at Canadice, n. Y, Lieut..
Gish had as passenger Capt. De La
vcrgne aviation attache OF the
French embassy, the only other nom
, American participant in the race.
, All the remaining contestants are
American army aviatols.
one aviator, Lieut. J, G, Williams
/ who left Mtneola at 1918 a. m. yes
| terday, had not been heard from TINS
- 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.
Thev are Lieut. Ross kirkpatrick,
who descended at Vernon, n. H.,
Lieut. T.. t.. Maugan who landed at
Glendale. y Y. and Lieut.. Willis r.
I TAYLOR. who landed at Nicholson, Pa.
, Five additional entrants were
/ scheduled to enter the race at Nine
ola today,
Tells Planes to Start.
Chicago. Oct o. Al 9;45 a M
Captain HOag, commander oi ASH
bru nield. sent a message TO Bryan
I, field, O.. to start all westbound air
planes from that point as soon as
il. they were ready, as weather condi'
:. tiols in Chicago had sufficiently inn
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