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hshter receipts and the offerings cons
Sl>tihg OF commrUcr grades IN the
main me mlTkc, holds very firm OF
course, ihe average recorded this week
J. tower than heretofore. but that is
due u the lower quality OF the leaf
offered the buyers seem as eager
ioi stock i. AZ any time this season.
and no pie. whatever MAY be the
grade. Is neglected.
Fi3" wrappers and cutters. which arc
nc" gro" iHS scarce, are very firm al
.iorncr quotations. All cigarette to-
naccoH continue high and in active
demand The receipts NEXT week will
probably hc lighter than this week
New-York tribune., 1919-01-26

muteral acclaim the glory Of such trans
portation emancipation
Fourth: Heretofore undiscusscd posi-
bilitics Of utility shall, in this para
graph refer obscurey only to the old say
ing: "Necessty is the mother OF inven-
ton; the modern lover; the advanced
crook, and the promoter.
Science has achieved wonderfully in CON
qucring the air. 1t is safer to day in
well built and we'll piloted bipane or mono
plane at hundred and more miles an
hour-than it is in limousine on Fifth
Avenue. As have noted the manufacture
is continuing and new companies arc being
organized
Our italian friends at work for US on
the famous Caproni even the monster tri
planes which can accommodate large fes-
tive party. The Curtiss superpanc also holds
high place, az well the big Handley- Pages
ard DE Haviands and other we'll known
makes. The air viii be full Of sky boats
before very long. And they will be Of all
makes and styles. coiors and fittings as
the autos have set the pace.
New-York tribune., 1919-01-26

and pacihsts, unframed, in that bunch Of
Fokkers surrendered recently by Germany
to the American EXpeditionary Forces, wind
'em up and, elevated at fortyfv degrees,
start EN- of? They would do everything
disastrous from head plunge or an ex-
ploson and fire turtle dive to a tail
spin. Then more Reds over here to
blow up judges homes in Philadelphia
Can you picture the sport of hunting
wild ducks and geese even Rocky Noun
tain goats and eagles by aeroplane? It's
coming
1t will be a gay life. Imagine Reggie de
Quincy, milady, his wife. and the three
charming daughters de Quincy donning
their goggles and gogglettes, their furs,
their leather boots and coats, and those
cute little brown caps Tis an exciting
moment when they proceed along the path
to the east meadow. The butler carries a
large hamper of food and wines There
numerous pieces of baggage They
enter the reception room of the Flying
Palace, dc Quincy has merrily named
the ship. the engineer, mechanics and pilot
take their places. The engines roarl They
New-York tribune., 1919-01-26

group OF capitalists has heen negotiating
IN THIS country also for the entry of a ma
chlne IN the race. plans have also been
made by Mr. Edison F. Gallaudet, one of the
foremost aeronautical engineers in this
country, for the design of macbin, TO
make this flight, and Mr. Charles II. Day.
chief engineer of the Standard Aircraft
Corporation, has also designed machine
for this flight
There $ no doubt that after the flight
has been made many viii soon follow. and
the distance of 1880 miles between New
toundland and Ireland will be frequently
covered and great feet of Transatlantic
aifplanes will connect Europe and Amer
lca with ever-incrcasing speed regularity
and comfort Over the lanes of the ocean
used by ships viii be established the air
lanes for airplanes which may be guided
by the continuous procession Of vessels,
and it is possible that mother ships NAV
be provided at certain intervals to assist
those machines which may be forced to
land or which may require assistance on
the way.
We must not overlook the immediate
possibility of one of the large rigid diri-
sibles which have been used BY the Brit
ish navy in operations over the North Sea
and which have radius of action of over
5000 miles without landing, carrying
thirty to forty people, making this flight
even before it can be accomplished by an
airplane. We have authentic advice that
a German dirigibe flew from Jambol in
Bulgaria, to Khartum. in Egypt, on its
way to German East Africa, carrying twen-
ty-tive tons OF ammunition and supplies to
one of the German generals When over
khartum it received wireless orders to re-
turn, the general had SURRENDERED and
the return was made without landing. The
dirigibe had covered between three and
four thousand miles. With the practical
production of the non-inAammabfc gas,
helium, which has 90 per cent of the lift
ing power Of hydrogen, the building OF
large rigid dirigiblcs will increase, and we
may look forward to ships of this type as
large as zoo tons capacity, 1000 feet in
elgth. containing 100000 cubic feet Of
gas. with cruising radius which would
enable them to fly around the world with
out landing At the present time the Brit
ish navy has dirigbles Of seventy tons
which make a speed Of seventy Eight miles
an hour and which could make the trip
from London to New York and back four
times without requiring additional gas and
only needing replenishment of fuel
The real race is between the lighter
than air and the heavier than-air machines
in commercial development and to see
which one viii be the first to cross the
Atlantic Ocean.
Marvellous flights arc recorded by both
types of machines and VIC have had sew
eral reports Of aviation officers VINO have
covered over 1000 miles, flying from place
to place either IN line Of their duty or with
speciai permission. ono of the giant
Ilandley-Page l,5oo-horsepowcr type ma
chimes, originally built to bomb Berlin, left
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plane, and away into the msts of distance
The advanced crook will locate his prey
and approach and escape from his deed
mysteriously. We must organize aerial de-
tectives.
Another Hogarth. Ware the cxploiter
with the golden stock Of the Soandso Aero
plane Company, the limited rights to
.he wonderful gyroscopical self adjusting
invention; his promotion of ffty-seven
varieties of get-rich- quick fake corpora
tions carrying an Arizona or Delaware
seal. When you receive his gaudy ltera-
ture, burn it; put influenza sign on your
front door if his agents get the idea you
are an easy mark.
There will of course be an ethics Of fy-
ing. Who ever heard of a game which was
not cluttered up with them! No golfer
would drive CT without yelling Gore" If
anybody but his enemy were ahead of him.
Take crochet, or tennis, or tiddledewinks
Part of the sport is in the Hoyle rules; so
with flying.
Doubtless the aspiring pilot will have ex-
New-York tribune., 1919-01-26

tatons, its frets break and the canvas is
poor and rips, the lines of the spruce are
untrue and the motor stalls, necessity"
confronts him. 1t might be suggested that
he have garage overhaul his engine: that
he construct with his three wheels a run
way to carry the pilots seat and the en-
gine and ropeller-cutting off all wings,
with the exception of enough of the upper
one to make sunshade. He will then have
a deviish little raceabout, which should
give him lots of fun and the pedestrians he
meets much exercise. What is left of the
plane might be used for a chicken coop.
Oh, the spirit of romance. What more
esoteric, more heart -pulsng stunt than to
drop into the empty lot next door to the
home OF your sweetheart who rushes to
your arms, and you soar away in the moon
light to Coney Island. A boon for Cupid's
victims! And what place to spoon,
A darker picture confronts US. The burg
lar the confidence man, the dip the escaped
convict, tho murderer = to their hidden
New-York tribune., 1919-01-26

You will not be ain the hy" if you do not
grab a plane and join the flock. What an
opportunity for some aerial-mnded Ford!
A knock down -put-t-together, instalment-
plan aircraft-with book Of expert in
structions and No. Liberty engine ready
to set in! Tom, Dick and Harry can be
among the 100000.
Already, as noted, the mail service by aero
has been opened between New York and
Washington New York and Boston, New
York and Chicago and will be greatly cX-
tended. The difference between a Sc. and a
25c. stamp is but thrill
The innovation of express and freight will
tend to relieve terminal congestions and ia
cilitatc deliveries Picture a ton or two of
coal or auto motors, or eggs, or grapefruit
and avacados, dropping gracefully from the
azure into your front yard. This day of
convenience seems to be ordained bless
ing for young 1919
Then to the North Pole. For jump and
New-York tribune., 1919-01-26
Till They Put Wings ON Everybody's Fhvve1

THaRE arc four stages OF develop
ment to consider in any ultra-mod
A ern survey Of the future Of the aero
plane and it's utilities and unique
'@iges as a method Of transportation.
FIRST. The situation We are pos
sessed, a. country, of thousands Of aqua
planes and land machines, this one prime
'eauit o; the world war. We have thousands
Of men trained as aircraft mechanics. We
have thousands expert as pilots, skilled IN
al those stunts Of war. their schooling
eompassed. Our factories making planes
are net Idle on account Of the armistce or
ne prospect of future World peace. We arc
irFmng out aircraft-iarge and OF the two
e@ter SIC BY the thousands. This pro
sfAmme hes not been limited. II is on the
same basis a. autos, trucks and farm tract
or ere beng made question Of market.
Second. The utility Of the cloudand
feet. Among the already demonstrated
ines oS successful activity arc special gov
'fnmenl messengers, Weather Bureau OBJ
s|ffere, mail carriers, and it is planned soon
'pf the large planes TO carry express and
ssed freight. Excursions TO various points
q national interest are being organized.
'Fpg 10 distant and almost forbidden OBJ
'eetlfes and overseas fights are in process
- preparation. Sporting events being
sesi@ned Much planning is being done for
ne e'mmutcr- 1t is thus 20 be seen that
"ve only will the aeroplane be OF the utmost
'''ity' but II will also FIJI a want for tho
sppftsmSn, traveller, cxcursionist and long
'"asFing aurban man Of city business
'nifd: Popular interest From coast to
,'@1' the fame Of eagcrness 10 ego up
'1s spread. Curiosity is one big promoting
4's"ient; n knowledge that this method Of
aver VIII obtain and grow 20 unbeard Of
p'ends IL the more potent item Of this wild
1S'tement In government work the aero
e'sDs affords the quickest action; az an in
Sssssss carrier of mail, baggage. express or
New-York tribune., 1919-01-26

1t IS possible that this regrettable blot on
the scutcheon" OF American inventiveness
would have been erased and forgotten Bat
the "amende honorable was moro than
made in the production of the Liberty
engine, in that the motor Of the aeroplane
is its most vital factor, and that super
efficiency was demonstrated in the excellent
work done by American pilots on Liberty
cnglned machines
Captain Lipsner is to be complimented
on his acumen in recognizing that "rgh.
now" is the psychological time for the
pioneer of the new era of aeronautics an
era in which the United States must get
in or get out cf the flying game HIS
experience as director Of the AR Mail Ser
wee VIII, undoubtedly. prove of value in
his new field. and whatever may be the
reasons for his resignation from govern
ment service. such may form marked in
stance of the old phrase: "One mans less
is another mans profit" or to adapt
the adage lttlc more clearly; "Whst
the limited official ar service has lost the
unlimited public air service may have
gained" With Sir Thomas Upton assert
ing his determination to again try 10 Gift"
tt4t -A4ti ia NUp IL IS QlSkiltl4N ltIreHf
ing to feel that there is still hope for
Lord Northclte's $4,000 prize for the first
transatlantic fight, il only TO "even upe
matters in the event the genial and sports.
manlke Tommy Upton succeeds
Before the war the question arose rs 10
the ability of any American air pilot 10
undertake the Atlantic fight, and II re-
member rightly. a British naval officer had
been counted upon for the feat. with aa
American machine grimly ironical trib-
ute to young Americas proverbial and gen
orally universal readiness 70 do a Steve
Brode" There ere more than 10000
aerial Steves" in the United States TO-DAY
aud all more than ready and willing 20
undertake the trip
Where, even with the advance and inn
provement of safety principles in s.rcrar.
design, the question of danger obtrudes IT,
self, it may be asserted that-with The
most modern of machines-there is not
great deal more care needed than in drl,
ing an automobile, only that the care nut
be constant, the strictest appreciation Or
''the space between" be observed and that
flying permits no fooing such as may be
safely INDUCED in in other forms Of travel
felt no little sense of amusement upon
returning 20 New York after two years OF
directing aviation events in England IN
noting the agonized awe of vast crowd
watching the aerial looping Of two. at that
time, we'll known exhibition aiers. For
several months prior to that time many
ladies of high degree" had been paying
from $500 up to $3.50 for the "privilege7
Of accompanying one or another Of the
half hundred or so British avators al
Hendon on their looping flights. I, less
fortunately, was entertaining the provincial
crowds and had perforce, TO be content
with the more modest "looping feesD OF
from s1o0 to $3.50 for permitting the wives.
sisters and daughters of local mayors to
enjoy the privilege" But-as Kipling
says-"that is another story"
New-York tribune., 1919-01-26

lied with aeronautic enterprise in
a Europe for some two years preced-
ng the outbreak of the war the
lacaada. ica attitude OF the land Of The
birth of the aeroplane has been and stil
is paradoxical problem The recent an
nouncement that Captain Benjamin B. Lips
has formulated and arranged. in con
crete shape, the establishment and opcr-
alton of aerial passenger lines and a gen
eral adaptation OF aircraft for commercial
purposes, has much 70 commend thought
of the possibilities embraced in the project.
and will assist in encouraging deter
mination on the part Of the general public
to help along" enterprise Of this char
acter
1t may be quite naturally assumed that
America VIII ultimately assert is suprem-
acy III aerial endeavor. and where trans
atlantic reports point to similar undertak-
ings, upon more or less extensive lines
having been inaugurated in Great Britain
France and Italy, it behooves Americans to
realize that the reputation of this country
is at stake in field offering scope for every
accepted attribute of American business
acumen. love of sport and desire for rapid
travel.
few days ago the press announced that
extensive system of air travel has been
organized in Germany, and that uniform
passenger rate of "a dollar a mile" has
been instituted There is something grimly
humorous in this announcement, as the
average conception of the internal COM
mercial and domestic conditions of Ger
many is based upon other reports picturing
semi-starvation and momentary anticipa-
ton of the effects of Boshevism, anarch-
ISM socialism and a general revolution
promising to overshadow the darkest deeds
of the day of Robespierre in France
Be that as it may, one would scarce con
slider that the German mind is in a receptive
mood for aerial joyriding, but the fact re
mains that belief in and support of aerial
enterprise would seem to be the first sign
of Germany's settling down to postwar
commercial and social life and thus demon
strating that that dsntegrating empire is
one of the first at the post" contestants
in the coming international competition in
the field Of progressive inventiveness and
accomplishment
Great Britain has, palpably, already
"shown her hand in measures calculated
to bind her dominions closer by aerial com
munication. and has in active operation
air travel lines, mail and parcel service,
survey work and other uses for the vast
number Of machines released from war
work. Activity in similar directions by
France, Italy and the Scandinavian coun-
tries is evident, and it is generally asserted
that the keenest of competition will shortly
develop, preparatory to for so long, war
stricken Europe's return to normality.
In so far as the historical recording Of
the part that aircraft has played is con-
cerned, there can be no sidetracking of the
fact that American-designed machines have
found no place in the list of the types
used in active service during the war. Had
hostilities continued few months longer
New-York tribune., 1919-01-26

San Diego Cal, after having flown across
the United States in formation, and we
have drgible records of 40 hours and As
minutes which have been made by small
naval dirigibles, the future ships of the
air will develop rapidly in this country as
they have abroad and the great financiers
and transportation route builders of the
skies will rival the careers or those great
fortune builders the Harrimans, Hills,
Vanderbilts and Morgans.
New-York tribune., 1919-01-26

Royce eagle engines, and speed Of eighty
miles an hour, carrying 1000 gallons of
gasolene, sufficient for sixteen hours
flight. Major MacLaren has twice previ-
ously flown Handlcy-Page to Egypt. The
Air Ministry has already announced the
landing in Calcutta OF Major General Sal
mon, who flew from Cairo via Delhi. near
ly 1000 miles.
When VIC have already seen a squadron
of five airplanes como in to Mineola from
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Martlesham, near Ipswich, on a fight to
Karachi, carrying SIX passengers, including
General McEwen and Pilots Major Archi-
bald s. MacLaren, NJ. c., A. T. A., and Captain
HALEY, A. f. c. The H. VI. A.. Carthusan as
this ship has been named, is proceeding via
Paris, Marseilles, Southern ltaIy, Cairo,
Bagdad, Bandar Abbas, to Karach total
distance Of $500 miles. 1t has a span of
~ feet and weighs, with fuel and passcn
gers, 27,000 pounds 1t has four Rolls
New-York tribune., 1919-01-26

n tEUTENANT DAVID MCCULLOUGH
came in this morning to the Aero.
- Club of America and in the course
of conversation he said; Il will
wager $4,000 even that the Atlantic
Ocean viii be crossed in either direction
during the year 1919 by lighter or heavier
than ar craft" This wager was entered
on our books and is waiting for taker
When a man talks as strongly as this there
certainly is something back Of it. and in the
case Of Lieutenant Mccullough. who has
flown the NC-i Curtiss type Of flying boat.
built by the navy, which carried ffty-one
passenger there is a good deal back of it,
and there is no doubt that this type Of
boat, slightly modified and possibly with
the addition Of one more motor, could carry
sufficient gasolene to cross the Atlantic.
One year ago signor Gianni Caproni told
me in Paris that ne had a plan whereby
General Pershing could send letter to
President Wilson in Washington and get
the answer back the next day His plan
was to have a series of machines which
would fly from Spain to the Azores, $50
miles; from the Azores to Newfoundland,
1850 miles and then fast machines to fly
from there to New York OF Washington
covering the distance inside OF twenty four
hours, and delivering the message, the
answer TO which could be brought back the
next day over the same route.
Since this time we have had reports that
Caproni has built a machine which has car
RED seyenty-eight passengers and which
mas over 1000 horsepower and he is con
teMpating building large machines, with
accommodations for one hundred passengers
ant~ provisions for eating and sleeping on
board
The Handley Page Company in England
are confident that the transatlantic fight
esn he made. and | understand that Nh
Clifford Prodger. the famous aviator. who
ia piloted their forty passenger machines
las already entered for the $4,000 prize
e''ered bv The London Daily Mali for the
ar.t aviator to cross the Atlantic in an aero
Flaue n fight from any point in the United
States, Canada or Newfoundland to any
point in Great Britain or Ireland in seventy
tFo consecutive hours. The flight may be
made either way across the Atlantic
long list Of aviators have signhed their
mention to make this fight. among whom
are Miss Katherine Stnson, who holds the
American distance and endurance record of
eQl uiles in ten hours and ten minutes, and
lieutaaaat Pat O'Brien, the famous Ameri-
ean aviator. who escaped from Germany by
lemping oa- OF Z moving railway train ard
'rade his way back to the frontier Captain
Arthur Pave. e. A. j.. hss announced his
atention Of making the fight in a Whit
head Aircraft biplane with four Liberty mo-
'ors. Dis entry IS under the auspices Of
'sa Ros4l Aero Clab Of the United King
com. Nr Harry 4. Atwood representing a
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ascend, The cabin windows fill with cleo
trio beams. Pianola begins to tinkle.
Maybe at Sault Ste. Marie for want OF
better name, they land. Possibly to some
enticingly green spot in Oklahoma they fv,
or to valley of the Rockies in Colorado,
TO stop next at Coronado Beach, on the way
to Alaska and Japan
We have the planes, the pilots and cx-
pert mechanics. Distinguished Hiers from
the war fronts have had their taste" and
want more. New aircraft factories are
a-borning.
A we'll known ace OF renown in the La
fayette Escadrille, recently returned 20
America, is author of this statement:
IT'S the most logical thing in the world
that the vast number Of planes we have
IN America and bringing home from the
different fighting fronts, large or small. be
made useful. All sorts Of industrial trans-
portation problems can be solved-mes-
sages, orders, mail, express be facilitated
AS sports vehicle the aeroplane is a super
toy; for general travel, even commutation
and business and social use, the aircraft -
adaptable.
ut would be wanton waste if We were
to neglect this great opportunity Of scicn-
tifc achievement"
Twill be a great life II the gas nevcr
leaks! Nor fact nor fiction ever painted Il
before. But why not? We've invented tho
way, we've won the war, md now are ready
for the super-dramatic spectacle Of 1919
CLOUDLAND EXTRAVAGANZA.
New-York tribune., 1919-01-26

freight it saves time, is cheaper than rail,
is more satisfactory and returns larger
Investment to those who viii promote the
aerial lines. The adventurer, the sports
man, the man who needs to "get there
quickly and the patient smoking room com
New-York tribune., 1919-01-26

every one in the country. An amateur
could make fine mess of the aerial road
way, say between Manhattan and the City
of Brotherly Love, if he lost his head or
didn't know
Why not put all the American Bolsheviki,
New-York tribune., 1919-01-26

getting there and bach, Pcary Cook ct
al make claims, but -. Now one Bartlett,
who knows somewhat, if you please, of the
Polar regions, may pull the big stunt.
In my fourth stage | mentioned hereto
fore undiscussed possibilities Of utility, and
estimated vaguely that | would treat with
Necessity is the mother of invention" the
New-York tribune., 1919-01-26

modern lover the advanced crook, and the
promoter. Consider these eementsl
If a knock down and -put-it-toget in
stalment aeroplane fails of mans cxpec-
New-York tribune., 1919-01-26

The author of this article has beon
literally up in the air"-some 12,50o feet
with famous cartoonist in balloon. max
ing 500 miles in nine hours 80 minute
Some speed This is an American .ims
record for balloons. It was made Novem-
Der 9, 1913. under Aero Club of America
rules.
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hereby enter

Tor the Daily Mail aloooo Prize upon following conditions
observe abide by and REGULATIONS for
the time being in force and governing contest and 70
comply IN all respects and at all times with the requests or
instructions regarding the contest which may given me
by any of the Officials Of the Royal Aero Club
a In addition and by way the liabilities assumed
by me by this entry under the said Rules and REGULATIONS
agree also to indemnify the Royal Aero Club and the
Propreor of the Daily Mail their representatives or
servants fellow competitor against all claims and
damages arising Of caused BY ascent 7ioht or
descent made by whether not such claims and demand.
shall arise directly Of my actions OF out Of the acts
actions proceedings Of persons assembling to witness
or be such or descent
enclose heque for loo being Entrance Fee and reoues 70 he
entered on the Competitors Register OF the Rova1 Aero