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New-York tribune., 1919-05-19
Many Air Prizes
Won by Hacker
Ouer atlantic Dash Is
Clima ma1 of Notable
Career Of australian

Harry G. Hawker. chief of the Sop
with team that flew yesterday for Ire
land, is an Australian, 81 years old,
who has won fame in the development
Of aviation. He was one of the few
mechanics who rose to the rank of flier
under the tutelage of Tom Sopwith
the famous British aviator, since turned
manufacturer.
Yesterdays attempt to cross the At
lantic, with its probability of disaster
and death for the f1iers, was but an
incident in the checkered career of
Hawker.
Hawker is known throughout the
British empire as the man who refuses
to fly by the rules of others. He is
credited with making his own, defy
ing custom, and usually. at least, ac-
complishin= his purpose. Practically
every autograph hunter IN the British
isles, chiefly among the feminine sig
nature hunters, has his name between
tho covers Of an album
Hawker first attained world fame,
when in August, 1913, he attempted to
win the $4,000 prize offered by "The
Daily Mail" to the first aviator to
cncircle the British isles in a hydro
plane. The flight was to have been
made in seventy-two hours.
The daring aviator ascendcd from
L,.> -.
before as great crowd of spectators
as ever had witnessed a flight there.
He traversed 1.043 Of the l.54O-mile
course, remained in the air for seven
hours and then fell into the sea be-
cause of engine trouble. But he broke
several records and no bones by so
doing, and the judges decided he had
accomplished almost as much for ava-
ton by his efforts as if he had COM
pleted the trip about the islands.
"The London Daily Mail" agreed to
give him a consolation prize Of $4,000
for his pains and he was awarded
medal by group of avators, who COM
pllmented him upon his service to the
science of flying.
In competition with the greatest
"N 'a,ois III EUROPE, naWker won the
British Michelin prize for continuous
flight. He created what in 1912 was a
new record by remaining in the air for
eight hours and twenty three minutes.
He has made scores of long dis
tance flights in Europe. He made two
new world records for long distance.
Also he won prize offered by an ava-
ton organization in London in 1916 for
hanging up new worlds record for
altitude. He reached an altitude of
28,500 feet under an official test.
New-York tribune., 1919-05-19

or other life saving apparatus and the
strain on the occupants during the long
journey"
But Raynham, who had faced death
in many forms SO often as to have be-
come contemptuous of it, belittled
these pessimistic forecasts of disaster.
He said the dangers of flying over
water were not as great as those of
flying over land, that he had remained
in the air longer while flying over land
than would be required on this voyage
and that he had a feeling that he
would make the fight without diff
Guilty.
'If we fall in the water there is not
the danger of being dashed to pieces
that always confronts one in a fall on
the ground" he said Besides our
rubber suits should serve to save US
if we fall into the water any distance
from the boats"
New-York tribune., 1919-05-19
British B0,U t0-U. S.
ers;PityO1UnMen
GraI1an,e White Says
Flight to Azores Is Oh
iect Lesson to Admiralty

LONDON, May 1S (By The Asso-
ciated ress).-Claude Grahame White,
the aviator, although not unduly sur
prised that the Americans succeeded in
accomplishing the most dangerous part
of the transatlantic flight. saws he i3
thoroughly delighted with the great en-
terprise shown. He says that the
flight is an object lesson to the British
authorities because, as far as the
British machines are concerned, the
fight means life or death, as there is
no chain of destroyers to pick them up
if they meet with an accident.
J. A. Whitehead, managing director
of the Whitehead Aircraft Company
says that irrespective sof nationality
the great feat Of crossing nearly 1.40o
milcss of open sea marks a tremen-
dous era in the progress OF aviation.
The Americans, he says, had the ad-
vantage of a patrolled course and
therefore, the probabilities Of life and
death did not enter into their calcule
tions as they must with the British
aviators.
The American flight was good one
in the opinion of Colonel V. L. Hen
derson. pilot and member of the
House of Commons for Glasgow, but
with a trail of destroyers was COM
paratvely easy and without risk to the
airmen He added:
at makes one sad to think our me-,
should have so little practical assist
ance from the Air Ministry. Even the
Americans admit our men are as good
as theirs. There is no doubt. our ma
chimes are better
G. Hold Thomas. an authority on
aeronautics and who was identified
with several flying feats some years
ago, attributes the American success
to reorganization" and national effort
He added that criticism of the Admi-
ralty is not helping the British con-
testants. He said his suggestion that
destroyers or even captured German
submarines be placed along the route
from Newfoundland to Ireland met
with the response: The expense is
too enormous"
Mrs Hawker, wife of Harry Hawker
the Australian aviator, said: Our
boys have had no help at all, Even
the weather reports are unsatisfac-
tory"
New-York tribune., 1919-05-19

Flying Club. 297 Madison Avenue, yes
terday, he differed with Major Thomas
S. Baldwin, who declared in The Trib-
une yesterday that the achievement
of the NC4 marks the beginning of
ocean travel by air on large scale.
81 regard the feat Of the NC-4 as
possibly the most remarkable flying
exploit in the history of aviation" he
said. 1t was, however, a combination
Of daring, good luck and careful prepa-
ration. Without the lane of American
destroyers it is questionable whether
the feat would have been accomplished.
LAS far as making airplanes for pas
senger and freight carrying is con-
cerned, that is quite without the
bounds of probability I understand
that hundreds Of thousands of dollars
have been expended by the Navy De-
partment in preparation for the flights
of the NC machines. The cost is too
great to make the use of airplanes
across the ocean for commercial pur-
poses profitable"
Sees Future for "Blimps"
Lieutenant Parsons was of the
opinion that lighter than air machines
stand much better chance of becom-
ing ocean carriers than heavier than
air craft. He believes the "blimp"
balloons eventually may be perfected
to permit their use in passenger travel
across the Atlantic.
Lieutenant Parsons thinks the at
tempt of Harry Hawker, the British
aviator, to cross the Atlantic is moth
ing short of suicidal"
"If Hawker succeeds" he said, "he
will have accomplished something in
the way of daring which no human
being ever achieved. But frankly l
do not see how he can do it. He has
none of the protective and guiding
features of our NC planes and dropped
his wheels when he left newfoundland.
Even if he should succeed in crossing
he viii have a pretty tough time of it
in landing on the Irish coast. 1t is the
most devl;sh-daring thing any aviator
ever attempted.'
New-York tribune., 1919-05-19
1t. Parsons Doubts
Sea Trade in Air
Franks Of Ocean Must Be
Tanned First, He Says;
Praises NC's Exploit

The feat accomplished by the NC-4
in it's successful flight from America to
the Azores will go down in history as
one of the most daring exploits of the
air, but it is extravagant to think
it opens new vistas for commercial
ocean flying, in the opinion of Lieu
tenant E. c. Parsons, a noted aviator,
who passed three years at the front
and has fifteen German machines to his
credit
Lieutenant Parsons joined the La
fayette Escadrille in 1915 and became
member of the Guynemer flying corps
when the former organization joined
the American flying forces. He wears
two French and two Belgian decora-
tions. When seen at the American
New-York tribune., 1919-05-19
Martinsyde Mishap
Not Unexpected
Experts Al,cays Doubted
Whether Small PLANES
Would Cross in Safety

Neither of the Martinsyde fliers
whose machine was smashed at the
start yesterday, set out on their ad-
venture with eyes closed to the dangers
that confronted them. That thew es-
capped with as slight injuries as early
dispatches indicate came more as
surprise to those who had watched the
flight than otherwise.
Before Captain F. P. Raynham and
Captain Morgan took to the clouds or
as near to them as they got yesterday
-wagers were being made as to their
ability to negotiate the trip or any
part Of it without the loss of the life
Of at least one Of the two. Tho odds
always were in favor of death rather
than the survival Of the fiers.
A dispatch to The Tribune April ls
said:
Spectators believe tho chances OF
tho Martinsyde men escaping death
arc very slight, owing to tho smalIness
OF their machine. the lack Of a boat
New-York tribune., 1919-05-19
British Ministry
Reports Sky Clear

LONDON. May Meteoroogica
conditions favorable for a continuation
of the transatlantic fight OF the Amcl-
can naval seaplane NC-4 from the
Azores to Lisbon are reported By the
Air Ministry to-day. The statement
says:
"Condtions generally are favorable
for continuing the flight to Lisbon.
The barometric pressure is falling
somewhat in the Azores There IS
mist at Ponta Dclgada, but the winds
are light and westerly.
Conditions on the direct Atlantic
route are Improving"
PONTA DELGADA, May 1S (By The
Associated Press The NC-4. which
arrived safely at Horta Saturday morn
ing, reported that the weather there
early oday was unfavorable for con-
tinuation of the fight to Ponta Del
gada.
At 11:15 o'clock this morning
nothing had yet been heard from the
NC-3, reported lost in the fog off
Fayal
Fayal, reported shortly after noon that
she had intercepted messages passing
between destroyers to the effect that
the missing seaplane NC-3 had been
forced to alight between Stations II
and 18, where the scaplane was last
heard from at 9:15 o'clock. Green
wlch time, Saturday morning. The
Columbia reported that destroyers
were searching for the flagship of the
seaplane fleet.
A wireless message from the destroy
er Harding said the destroyer Fairfax
was towing the NC-l into Horta. The
crew of the NC-1, headed by Lieuten
ant t-Commander Bellinger, are expected
at Horta tonight on the steamship
lonia, which rescued them ninety-five
miles west of Fayal.
The NC-1 was found by the Harding
thirty miles from the point where the
New-York tribune., 1919-05-19

certain death in defying the ocean in
so frail a craft
The unknown fate which overlook
Andre when he set out in free bal
loon to float over the North Pole sew
eral years ago was present in the minds
of all, as was also Major Woods dis
astrous start from England in a Short
biplane a few weeks ago. While Major
Wood was fortunate in being rescued,
it was chiefly due to the fact that his
machine fell into the sea so close to
land. The chances of Hawker in case
of engine trouble are not nearly so
good.
New-York tribune., 1919-05-19
Flight Recorded
On Log Of Macy
Government Aduices Re-.
port All Details of the
Movements of Planes
- Ne,c York Trbnns

" ""S'"Otoh bhreua
WASHINGTON, May 1S.-The loo =.
transatlantic flight based on advice,
received by the Navy Department fol,
lows:
S:54 a. M. from Admiral jackson,
Following received from NeA,
Weather conditions unfavorable. Wit
rot attempt flight this morning osls
(4:31 a. m. New York time).
9:37 a. m. from Admiral Jacksont
No information regarding Nc.S
Have directed destroyers east of sta.
ton ship IS to search and repOr.
1041S (6:40 a. m. New York time.")
From Admiral Knapp, at London. re-.
ceived 1885 .p. m, May IS: Follow,
ing received from British air minis
try: The air council request that yO.
will communicate to the United STATED
Navy Department their congratulatiopJ
on the successful flight of the third
navy seaplanes from America to II I
Azores and their good wishes for III
successful completion Of the tran,
atlantic flight"
Following received from U. s. Il
Harding from Ponta Delgada at Ssh
p. m. Report plane NC-1 broke.
lower planes badly damaged; ponto,
Co,7f;,,,,oS "a, ,,o,.+ $50 n
New-York tribune., 1919-05-19
MISSING NC-3 AND SKIPPER

This photograph mas takcn at I re-
passey, Newfoundland. just before the
three u. S. naval seaplanes hoped
off" on their dash for the Azores.
1t shows the NC-3 warn7ing UP in
Trepassey Harbor. Above is her
commander, John H. TONERS. pho,
NTH his crcw and ship. are reported
TO be missing.
Official L. s Naval photo
New-York tribune., 1919-05-19

northwesterly wind and rough seas
prevailing"
The members of the crew of NC-3
in addition to Commander Towers are:
Commander II. c. Richardson, Lieuten-
ant D. N, Mccullough, Lieutenant Com
mander r. A. Lavender and Machinist
L. r. Moore.
New-York tribune., 1919-05-19
Air Route Maps
Orer Sea Needed

Now that aero fights have been ex-
tended over the Atlantic dis
tance and with an ease which seems
to assure future flights over seas in all
directions, aeronauts are considering
two important projects: mapping of
aerial routes over the ocean, as they
are now being mapped over land, and
establishment of landing fields with
special reference to convenience of out
bound and incoming transoceanic air
craft
To the average landlubber the sky
may seem sufficiently clear of obstacles
to need no special road marking. 1t
used to be the feeling of the early aero
naut that once in the sky he needed
no guide posts, but could fly in any
direction with complete freedom.
Although this remains true in a
sense, it has been found convenient
and practical to map out air routes
which are just as definite as ocean
routes for steamships. 1t was found
that if aeroplanes were to travel long
distances and land without loss of time
we'll mapped routes would have to be
provided and regular supply stations
established
New-York tribune., 1919-05-19
44,05S Miles of Sky Roads

The work of mapping the routes for
the United States army was intrusted
to Captain Archie Miller, of the Divi-
sion of Military Aeronautics, whose
work comprised the projected laying
out of 44,Oo8 miles of sky roadways.
More than rs per cent of this work
already has been accomplished.
AS flying over the ocean, accelerated
by the success of the fight to the
Azores, is extended, it will be neces-
sary, in the opinion of experts, to map
the routes over the ocean just as they
are now being mapped over the land.
Landing Places Essential
First consideration will be given to
distance; aerial routes will be selected
with special reference to the nearness
Of land points between which the
flights are to be made. Then will come
the question of providing possible
landings in midocean. 1t would not be
practicable to mark each air route
with line of warships, as was done
in the case Of the United States naval
planes.
Aeronauts believe ocean flying will
develop nonstop flying and that in 8
short time flight from New York to
any part of Europe will not be consid-
cred unusual. But meantime, to pro
tect the fljers and to help develop nom
stop flying, some means must be found
to extend help to any machine that
might have to come to the surface of
the water in midocean because of a
mishap.
1t has been proposed that one trans
oceanic air route be mapped out as an
experim probably the route from
Newfoundland to the Azores. The idea
is to mark the route with floating sta
tions where supplies of oil, gas and
airplane parts may be had. Scientific
data from the men who are now flying
the Atlantic will be, awaited to deter
mine whether the weather and air con-
ditions over this route warrant its be-
New-York tribune., 1919-05-19

crew abandoned it at 10 o'clock Sun
day morning. The Harding reported
the right wing and one pontoon Of the
NC-1 were damaged and that a pro-
peller had been broken.
The steamship Ionia is probably the
Greek ship of that name. 1t left New
York May 4 for Norfolk Arriving at
Norfolk May 6, the Ionia departed
the same day for Gibraltar and would
have been in the path of the trans
atlantic fight.
New-York tribune., 1919-05-19

ing selected as permanent =.
roadway. si
New-York tribune., 1919-05-19
Destroyers Fail
To Find Trace
OF Lost NC-33

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The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1919-02-20
WITH THE EDITORS
ANOTHER CENTENARIAN

William Benedict Gibson of New Marlboro,
reached his Tooth Birthday On Sunday, and at his
home welcomed many friends and townspeople.
He was born on Feb. 9, 1819 in the house at New
Marlboro, where he has spent his entire life about
two miles south of the village of Southfield. He
has engaged in farming and for so years he ran
the sawmill which later his only son, George Will
liam Gibson has conducted. In 1874 Mr.. Gibson
served as state representative from his district,
and for about II years was member of the board
of selectmen. He has also been honored with most
of the other town offices and on many occasions
has declined to accept further election. His sister,
Mrs. Mary Hawley, died about two years ago at the
age of IS years. They were of revolutionary an
cestors as their grandfathers on both sides were
prominent in that war.-Boston Transcript.
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welt who saved great sources Of fer
tility in our phosphate lands for the
comomn good This bill undoes his
work.
again It was president Roosevelt
who set aside the Grand Canyon of
tho Colorado, the, greatest scenic won.
der OF the world, for the free enjoy
won't Of the people. This bill opens
It's lands to private appropriation and
overthrows his purpose.
This bill endangers the National
Forests. of which President Roosevelt
set aside for public use more acres
than all other presidents combined.
"Are the government, departments
affected asking for this measure? Is
tho secretary Of the navy for It? Or
the attorney general? Or the secre-
tary Of the interior? Or the secre.
tary Of agriculture?
Neither the people Of the west nor
any others will find the cost of coal
or gasoline or fertilizer. reduced by
allowing the title to these public re-
sources to pass to private interests.
I'VE have waited long for this bill
If necessary let us wait the few addt-
tional days required to get it right
There Is no need to jam 1t through
This is not the bill whose leas-
ing provisions, as introduced In tho
house, had SO much to recommend
them. 1t is the house bill -henatured
by many Of the worst provisions from
the senate bill.
This bill is a direct attack on the
Roosevelt conservation policies, poll
cies which were Of all the most pc
culiarly his own, and it comes at a
time when congress, the nation, and
the world have paid him such trfb-
ute or recognition and respect as was
never. known before.
TN Col. RoOsevelt's last message to
our people he said: We have room
but for one loyalty, and that is 10y.
atty to the American people, II he
was loyal to the interest of the Amer
can, people, then this bill is not. If
Roosevelt was right, this bill Is
wrong
Will you throw the weight Of your
influence against this iniquity by
making the facts known?? Vigorous
efforts will be made to, jam this bill
Through before its character Is gen.
orally ascertained. There is no. ques-
ton on which, side public opinion will
Fstand once the people kRbw the facts.
That is why ask you to give them to
your readers. e.
~. r.rs s. Sincerely. yours.
CLIFFORD ,PINCHOT,
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RULED BY "WIND BAGS"

DR.. Charles A. Eaton, who preached Sunday at
the Madison Avenue Baptist church, paused in his
eulogy of Colonel Roosevelt to attack the appoint
ment of George Heron, the exponent of free love,
as representative of this country on mission
to treat with the bosheviki.
To-day the country is in the hands of q set of
FOOLS" he said. "When think of George Heron
as the representative of this country on great
mission bow my head in shame"
Speaking of the strike in Seattle, he said:
Il know Ole Hanson. He realized at once that
this strike was not labor strike based on griev-
ances. He knew it for what it was intended to be,
and he acted. He warned those people that they
were still in America It remain to be seen If
the governments is made of molycoddlers or men Z
Asserting that the government was without
program or policy Of reconstruction, he said:
Thirty years ago we were ruled BY money
bags. Today we are ruled by wind bags.
York Times,
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STATE HOUSE NEWS FOR THE DAY
~. " " "
LEGISLATIVE AND OFFICIAL GOSSIP AND DOINGS


when the captain came around. The
honor due him offered legitimate
opportunity for everyone to enjoy a
brief respite. Usually the captain ate
his noon lunch, or "croust,' with the
boys. One day on such an occasion
Tom engaged the captain in converse
ton over a sermon he had heard BY a
local preacher the night before. The
debate overl the, religious and ntRral
qialeies}tof this discourse fbetamls so
interesting 'ethat ri ntithefs noted the
lapse of time: Finally the captain
with an; exclamation looked att his
watch, seized. his candle and hurried
off down the stope. He had wasted
an hour and a half. And Tom found
himself hero: "Damme. son." said
keep cap'n, sam Han 'oSrr Han al at
croast, 'apd ,eyff After fffa{y' t}bbs lin
er .s' had RESPECT TOR TOMS 7 onv rsa-
tiQnal qualities.oqea
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conservation policies are about to be
reversed or sustained.

conservation policies are about to be
reversed or sustained.
The danger that they will be re-
versed is so critical that there was no
time to communicate with you before
issuing a wire statement regarding
the recent conference report to the
house and senate, in which said:
This measure is of more lasting
importance to the people of this coun.
try than any other now before con.
gress. The American people ara in
danger of@lOsingfownership and con-
troll of our natural resources that still
remain In their hands. Tiis bill is
called a conservation bills, 1t lis not.
1t is called leasing sbill.s In fact it
pa camouflaged attempt hotstos lease
put TO sell these resources cut of puo-
lic''tse and control. IA " :@ @a
"Ten years ago President Roose-
welt, reused by the .looting of our pub
lie lands, ;began the long fight to Sc
cure the benefits of their resources
for the American people. =. In a mes
sagestO the second session Of the 59th
congress he said: 1T Is not wise that
the nation should ALLEVIATE its remain.
ing coal lands and he held taem for
the peoples{ This bill opens them to
alienation. It also repeats the hard.
won law which now permits the coal
latdst Of Alaska to1be developed under
lease but protects them from being
sold into private. hands.fl AZ f1CiE
President Roosevelt ,remade the
navy of the United States. and, held its
welfare as the apple of his eye. This
bill Is so vaguely drawn as apparently
to- deprive the navy of it's reserves of
Alaskan coal, which may be so vital to
Is power In the Pacific. He also de.
nounced the effort of the enemies of
conservation to turn the naval oil re.
serves over to prompt exhaustion
through private ownership. What he
denounced this bill puts through.
"The house has just passed the
alrgest naval bill in the worlds his.
tory. : Why should congress leopard
lie the coal and oil for which the
navy asks and on which its strength
may finally depend? ~
'For the sake of farmer and con-
sumer alike, it was President Roose-
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/ STILL A GOOD MAN.

Although two years have Aapsedl
with only a few months of hard farlir
work in between Governor Lynn }.
Frazier proved that he has softened
to no notable extent Wednesday when
Speaker Stair and the house sergeant
at arms, both unusually big men, ata
tempted to forcibly compel the chief
executive to sit for sis picture with
the house members. The governor
pulled his captors outside the. house
chamber and halfway across the lob,
by. just to prove to them Dat he
could, before tamely consentinE to be
sh1ot-by hes camera s{ian. ason