The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1920-03-05
FELL FROM The CLOUDS
Speed Five Miles in TWO Minutes
Thermometer Registered 81 Deg.
Below Zero

miles in two minutes after SCATTERING
the worlds altitude record. miracul-
ously escaping death, Is recovering
| from partial blindness, and determin-
ed to make another ascent at the first
opportunity.
Major Schroeder climbed to a
height of 36,020 feet, then plunged
] downward more than five miles when
he lost control of his machine after
his oxygen supply was exhausted
While still 1000 feet above the ground
the aviator, regaining his presence Of
mind righted the plane and sailed
down to make graceful landing on
McCook field.
Il was thinking only of my desire to
climb 10000 feet when suddenly my
oxygen stopped flowing he said
"Then all at once, it seemed that an
explosion took place inside my head.
My eyes hurt so that could not open
them and knew was falling. guess
/ pulled hard on the stick for | knew
must straighten out for 2 glide. The
plane rode easy. ! saw McCook field
and came down"
He was taken from his machine un-
conscious and was hurried to hos
pital. Has s.nce entirely recovered.
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During the war archaeological ex-
cayations were continued at the Italian
colony of Cyrenaica on the North Afri-
can coast, and now comes the news
that what has been found already
promises the uncovering of another
ancient city as important as Pompeii
Once upon time the spot was a
Greek colony, with the civilization of
Greece transplanted to the soil Of
| Africa. The work has been carried on
during the war under the supervision
lof professor Lucio Mariani, and the
prediction is now made that the newly
discovered city will eventually prove
iactually richer than Pompeii in its
evidences of past civilization. Here
ihave been already found statues of the
Graces, a Hermes, an Eros, an Alex
ander the Great and most impressive
of fall the Aphrodite of Cyrene, which
is said by certain connoisseurs to be a
/ fair rival in beauty to the Venus of
Milo and the Venus of Cuidus. The
discoveries have extended over many
years.
| Fo.aswing trails which led from
fashionable Fifth avenue shops in
New York city to the widest recesses
of the Everglades. federal game war
dens experienced all of a successful
hunters qualification at capturing the
quarry, when Judge Shepard in Unit
ed States court penalized VIM. b.
Markinson, of Kissimmee, for having
| in his possession aigrettes and plumes
valued at more than $4,000. Makinson
was arrested yesterday in his hard
ware store in Kissimmee in trap
cleverly set by Capt B. ]. Pacetti, p.
| S. Farnham, of Oswego, N. Y, and w.
! L. Birsch, of Washington, D. G.
Could women shoppers have seen
the magnificent array of plumage
spread before the. court as evidence,
| it probably would have taken a squad
of deputies to have prevented grand
rush for the aigrettes and plumes.
Aigrettes of the sort that add 5000 to-
the price Of single hat in any Fifth
Ave. shop were as plentiful as last
years straws at a rummage sale
Tampa Times.
Ocala has sent Two of .seI young men
to South Florida and both have de-
veloped into big advertisers and both
are growing opulent. One is Mr. "
ID. Richey and the other is Mr.. Louis
Saveres. Mr.. Savares was once sec
rotary of our board of trade. Mr..
Richey represented Armour & Gem
pany.
Representative Simeon D. ess OF
Ohio, who is chairman Of the commit
tee on education in the House, has in
troduced a bill initiating physical
education on a National scale. Sena-
tor Arthur Gamer Of Kansas has in /
troduced a similar measure in thel
Senate.
Rev. r. p. Maxwell has been
brought back from New Castle, Wyo.,
to Dade City. He is wanted for en-
bezzlement and wife desertion.
The United States will spend $780,