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New-York tribune., 1921-03-27

continued over course Knight had
never flown before either in the day
or night.
1t was after leaving the latter
place that the first of his difficult
ties arose. He had not been flying
long before he ran right into the
midst of dense fog bank, which,
with the blackness of the night, COM
pletely blotted out everything and
left him flying through oblivion. Pre-
vious to this he he'd been able to
discern family the ground below
him, because he was but a thousand
feet above the earth, and the occa-
sional lights along the railroad
tracks were a good indication of his
true course when taken in conjunc-
ton with his compass reading.
Now everything was completely
blotted out. On several occasions he
made perilous descents to within a
few hundred feet of the ground in
the hope of penetrating the dense
fog and discovering his location by
some landmark that might be IL
lumined
After considerable difficulty he
finally located Des Moines and made
his landing there After waiting a
short time to replenish his fuel he
took off again for Iowa City. Scarce
ly had he left the ground when he
ran into a binding snowstorm. At
this time he was making fully 10
miles an hour, and at that speed the
falling fakes would appear to him
in the night like a solid wall of
dirty gray.
Finding Iowa City under those cir
New-York tribune., 1921-03-27

cumstances was extremely difficult
and more hazardous than had been
the task Of locating Des Moines, but
it was finally done and landing
made there. After waiting there for
short period in order to get the
weather report from Chicago and
again replenishing his fuel knight
started out into the night air again.
* = j.
FROM this point on his flight
through the night was less event
full, and he finally landed his cargo
of mail at Checkerboard Field, in
Chicago, twenty-six hours after it
had been put aboard the first DH-4
biplane in San Francisco, thus break
ing all speed records for transpor-
tation anywhere in the world.
Knight was slightly exhausted
and very cold, but beyond this he
showed no i'll effect from his stirring
and dramatic experience. How COM
monplace the thrills of aerial ad-
venture are to the professional pilot
is we'll illustrated in his remarks
while ne attacked plate of ham and
eggs and slipped hot coffee immedi-
ately after he had landed in Chi
cago.
II got tangled up in the fog and
snow little bit" he said in matter
of-fact tones between bites. "Once
or twice l had to go down and NOV
some trees to find out where / was.
but it did not amount to much, ex-
cept for that stretch between Des
Moines and Iowa City. Say, if you
ever want to worry your head, just
tz5 70 find Iowa City on dark nighs
New-York tribune., 1921-03-27
Machines Of the Future Will Be
Chemically Driven, With Their
Crews in Alright Chambers

and snow, which considerably added
to the dangers of his journey, but
the conditions were only short-lived,
and the first attempt to communi-
cate across the continent through
the air was successfully accom-
plished
Thus ends the fifth act of the
drama, with the measurement of
time between the metropolitan
cities of the Atlantic and Pacific
reduced to terms of hours.
=
THE future holds enshrouded in
secrecy the epilogue, but we
have seen enough of the drama to
speculate upon its nature, specula-
tion that is within the bounds Of
possibility.
The mail of the future between
New York and San Francisco viii
be carried through the air within
twelve hours, and there will De no
relays. 1t will be carried in ma
chimes of strange construction, conf
pared with those of to-day, as strange
as the modern locomotive would look
to those of our ancestors who saW
only the Putting Billies of half
century ago.
These machines will be OF metal
construction throughout. Their
wings will be more than three feet
thick, braced internally. Their
streamline form will be a model Of
grace and non-resistance.
Their engines will be chemically
driven, and their cabins completely
inclosed alright chambers. Oxygen
tanks will give the breath of life to
their pilots and crews. They will
carry mammoth burdens, and their
speed will be more than two hundred
miles an hour.
They will be endowed with ter
rife climbing qualities, and will be
able to mount to and fly at an alti-
tude of forty thousand feet above
the sea level, where the terrific trade
winds which blow within the stratum
between thirty and forty thousand
feet will add another hundred miles
an hour to their speed.
Such is the glimpse Of the future.
In the enactment of the past we have
seen the opening up and development
of the great trails to the West. We
have seen the gradual acceleration
in travel over these trails, starting
first in periods Of years, then ad-
vancing in steps through months,
weeks and days to hours.
Shall we ever see minutes rule the
passage of man over these trails?
New-York tribune., 1921-03-27
squaws in the Home

Somehow we Americans have al
ways had the mistaken idea that
Indian squaws were nothing more
than mere drudges and household
slaves.
While this was true to a certain
extent among some of the most war
like North American Indians, it was
caused largely by the men relegating
all the duties Of the home to their
squaws when they spent several
months on the warpath or as many
days tracking elusive game during
times of peace. No doubt this re-
mained a habit with quite number
of the braves after they returned
home from these expeditions, but the
paleface also has shown the same
tendency.
1t must be said that the North
American Indians required each sex
to perform certain duties, which
varied greatly among the different
tribes, the Southwestern Pueblos al
lowing the greatest liberty to their
squaws. This group of Indians got
their name from their habit Of col
lecting in villages, the word pueblo
in Spanish meaning village, SC it is
only natural that they had the best
and most equable laws of any Of the
aborigines. Principal among these
tribes were ths Hopi, in northeastern
New-York tribune., 1921-03-27

from behind broken cloud layers,
but had no particular trouble fol-
lowing course through use of COM
pass and occasional glimpses of
ground and river. Arrived Omaha
1910 q. M, left 1859 a. m. Delay at
Omaha due to studying route, Omaha
to Chicago, which l had never
flown. Visibility fair until about
Des Moines, where / encountered
fog and snow furries lasting to
Iowa City. Lost ten minutes at Iowa
City locating town and field, and
remained there until / got weather
report from Chicago, as weather
was bad. Between Iowa City and
Chicago the weather was bad until
about $3.50 a. M, when it began i'm
proving slowly, and was compare
lively clear at five in the morning"
AS SOON as this had been done
one of his friends on the field
observed that knights nose was
encased in plaster, and thinking
that perhaps it had been received
during the flight just completed,
asked him about it. The story told
by Knight in reply illustrates one
of the thrills that ever confront the
aviator:
~ got that a week ago while
flying over my regular route be-
tween Omaha and Salt Lake City
l was going over the Laramie
Mountains when my engine stopped
I looked around for a place tc
land, and about the best thing
could see was the side of a noun
tain. / tried for it, but my plane
coasted into a hole. l later found
out that it was called Telephone
Canyon. Maybe that was why
went to sleep for two hours. Any
way, l woke up in a couple Of hours
and found that nothing was broker
but the plane and my nose and {
couple of pine trees. Then
found town and went back te
work"
y
IN THE mean time the mechanic:
were transferring the mai
brought on by Knight to another
visiting machine, and while The
new hero of the skies was still
munching his well-earned breakfast
Pilot Webster was in the air wing
ing his way toward Cleveland
where the precious burden wa
J transferred to Pilot Allison, VIII
brought it on to New York.
The fight of this mail betwee,
Chicago and New York was made
in little over seven hours. Or
this fight Allison ran into slee
New-York tribune., 1921-03-27

Arizona, though they were given the
nickname of Moqui by the warlike
Apaches, under which tribal title
they are now generally known. Their
original name, Hopi. meant peaceful
people, while Moqui signifies dead
men. The Hopi were an agricultu-
raj tribe, and the most unusual Gus
tom found among them was that Of
giving a superior position to the
squaw, condition still in existence
throughout the eight villages of their
Arizona reservation. She is the house
owner and head Of the family, while
the children are known by her name
instead of the husbands. The mar
riages are arranged in every detail
by the women folks, the Hopi brave
going to the home of his squaw on
the wedding day and announcing his
intention to live there. But his bride
continues to own the house and all
it's present or future furnishings, al
though he is required to support her
by his labor in the field or the sale
of his flock of sheep and goats.
Men as Weavers
1t is not generally known that the
Hopi taught the Navajos to weave
blankets and are now far cxcelled
by them in this art, but the Hopi
men still do all the blanket weaving
required for their home use. The
squaws make the pottery and baskets
for which this tribe is justly cele-
brated, the various types of baskets
being used in many of their relig-
ious ceremonies. Principal among
these is the snake dance, in which
the squaws and young girls have the
most important duty Of scattering
the sacred meal supposed to render
the bite Of the rattlesnakes perfectly
harmless to the men dancers. New
ertheless, one of them is occasion
ally bitten, but the squaws have an
infallible antidote which is used on
these exceptional occasions. They
brew it from certain herbs, and as the
mixing is done at a secret religious
service no white man has ever seen
the method Of preparation.
The Hopi snake dance is nothing
more than supplication to the
Great Snake Mother for rain, which
is most important item to these
natives, who always have lived in
The dry regions of Arizona and at
the same time depend upon agri-
culture for a living. The squaws
and young women gather about the
men dancers and throw sacred meal
upon them and the rattlers that are
squirming in every direction, and
The men depend upon these women
to protect them from the venomous
reptiles. The snakes are supposed
tc burrow into the earth and infiu-
New-York tribune., 1921-03-27
~ 7HEN Indian women of the
wv once famous Penobscot tribe


recently dug up the toma-
hawk and went on the warpath for
suffrage most of us thought that
they had created quite an innova-
ton in Indian affairs. Attorney
General Shaw has notified these
Maine Indian militants that the
state will remain neutral in such
cases, as suffrage is a matter sub
ject to adjustment by tribal agree
ments.
In his letter to Mrs. Peter Nicolar,
leader of the movement in Old Town,
he gave it as his opinion that the
squaws could receive any rights
which the tribe allowed, so these
women are now confident that they
will force the braves to recognize
their claims. With the right to vote
in all tribal elections, the Penobscot
women see chance to share in the
government of their reservation,
which has made the name of the
canoe famous. Even in aboriginal
times the Penobscots were a fairly
peaceful tribe, so it is not antici-
pated that any of its present mill
tant suffragists will be forced to re-
sort to hunger strikes, parades and
like demonstrations to enforce their
demands.
New-York tribune., 1921-03-27
Suffrage an Old Story to Indian Women

cree the Great Snake Mother to re-
lease the water reservoirs so that
the SPIDER Women may weave it
il to clouds. But there is another
native Hopi dance in which the
women are in sole charge, with the
exception of one priest, and their
baskets are the principal feature Of
il. 1t is called the La-la-kon-ti. or
harvest festival Of the Rain Cloud
clan, and after using the baskets il,
the first part of this ceremony the
women toss them out among the
men, who then scuff1e for possess
sion of the sacred receptacIes. Some
Of these good-natured struggles are
SD hotly contested that the baskets
are torn to pieces, while the cloth
ing of the participants is torn
from their backs. In still another
basket dance, called the Havasupai,
eleven young girls have entire
charge of the ceremonies. Six Of
them wear very elaborate head
dresses, the remaining five doing up
their hair with simple fillets of yuc-
ca, and all carry baskets which they
swing in keeping with the thumps
Of a drum.
New-York tribune., 1921-03-27
THE record of this flight continue

THE record of this fight continued
in similar manner by Pilots Muir
ray and Yager along different relays
until North Platte, Neb., was
reached at twelve minutes to 8
o'clock that evening. Then began
the famous ride of Jack Knight from
that place to Chicago through the
night.
This brilliant fight was accom-
plished in machine that had been
slightly damaged while landing at
North Platte. After the damage to
the tail skid had been repaired
Knight took off in the light of the
flares at sixteen minutes to IL at
night.
Thus began the 9OO-mile ride
through darkness. 1t proceeded
easily under the skil1ful plotting of
knight, who made his way with the
aid Of the compass 4 stop was
made at Omaha, and then the fight
New-York tribune., 1921-03-27

he guided his fast flying craft over
the giant mountain peaks, and as the
dawn broke in the skies the roofs
of Reno came in sight. Spirallng
swiftly, he came down to a perfect
landing, two hours and sixteen min
utes after leaving San Francisco,
after having completed the most
hazardous journey ever undertaken
by mana journey which seventy
years ago took sixty days to COM
plete.
Upon the field there was another
DH-4 biplane ready primed by
eager mechanics, who transferred
the mail from one plane to the
other. This done, Pilot Eaton
jumped into the cockpit, and ten
minutes after the arrival of Nutter
he was in the air winging his way
to Elko, the next stop, with the
mail that Nutter had brought from
San Francisco. Two hours and
twenty-nine minutes of rapid flying
brought Eaton to Elko. AS soon as
the wheels of his machine had
touched the ground he emulated the
former exploits of the old Pony Ex-
press riders by jumping out of his
own machine and, after stretching
his stiffened legs for few moments,
he climbed into another waiting
DH-4, and seven minutes after his
arrival was on his way to Salt Lake
City.
New-York tribune., 1921-03-27
By Jack Binns

Testacard the coarse Of empire takes
its acay;
The four fyst acts already past,
4 fifth shall close the drama aoith the
day:
Times noblest offspring is the last.
BISHOP BERKELEY.
New-York tribune., 1921-03-27
Work Equally Divided

Every tribe belonging to the
Pueblos has divided the work and
tribal representation about equally
between the men and women, the
Queres and Zuni tribes having Gus
toms almost like those of the Hopi.
The squaw owns the home and
its contents, while the brave is
master of the fields which he tills.
although he also controls the blan.
fet making just as the squaw does
her basketry that is used in so MANY
OF her ceremonies. The red men
OF the East were much more in
':iined to exact greater servitude
from their squaws than were those
OF the West or South, and although
the few remaining Penobscot
braves are not so liberal in their
suffrage views as the Hopi tribe i.
is probable that the squaws Of the
Maine Indians will succeed in their
efforts to have equal voice in tribal
elections and other important reser-
vation affairs. Attorney General
Shaw has given them the loophole
to make things rather warm for the
braves who are still holding our
against the militants.
While there are now only about
500 Indians Of all tribes in Maine
reservations the Penobscots are the
cost prominent, so wouldn't it be
rather an innovation for their
women to get the vote and then pro-
eeed to elect grand lady sacAa.
to control the destinies of the preS.
ent Old Town colony?
New-York tribune., 1921-03-27

NGtJ q ceNtNFy ago
with good snow and fog hanging
around. Finding Chicago? Why,
that was a cinch. could see it
hundred miles away by the smoke.
But Iowa City! Well, that was
tough"
He then sat down and wrote the
following Geographic report, which
he dispatched to the Postmaster
General in Washington:
Left North Platte at 1924 p. M,
cloudy. moon shining internationally
New-York tribune., 1921-03-27

MAIL carriers of the past
~ and present. Mails of
the future acil be carried IN
machines OF strange con-
st1uctiou = compared aUith
those Of to-day, as strange as
the modern locomotive au0uld
look to our ancestors, acho
salv the Putting Bulies of
halt q century ago
Evening star., 1921-05-03
Washington Stock Exchange

Capital Traction--1O at S7|. 7 at S7A.
Washington Railway com.-25 at 29S. Is
at 29A % at 20. - at 2s1a.
Continental Trust--10 at 105, at 107.
Lanston Monotype--1O at II.
Mergeuthaler Linotype at 12O.
AFTER CALL.
Potomac Electric cons. 5s-$1 600 at 95h
Lanston Monotype-1O at II.
Capital Traction-25 at SS.
Washington Gas 7ks-$1O at 104h.
Washington Railway com.-2J At 2Sk, %
at 2sHa, 25 at 2s4, 3 at 2sH.
Washington Gas 71as-$1.0O0 at 101h.
Bid and Asked Prices
Evening star., 1921-05-03
GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.

BALTIMORE. May 3 tspeciaD.moo
Potatoes. white, No. /, per 100 lbs. 80
a1.00: cobblers. sOa1.O0: McCormicks.
bbi, 2.ooa7co o g tosse sweets per Dbl, 4eoa
800. fams. 4.00a5.0O; No. ana culis'
2.50a3.00. Beans. green pearl ana wax,
5.oea45O. Beets. per bunch, oas. AS
paragus. per dozen, 1.50a4:2o
bers. per box, sOOa4:oo. Eggplant.
per crate. a50a5.0o Kaie. per 6u.. b. ga "a
so. Lettuce. per basket. lOoa2 30.
Onions. per 100 lbs. 1.ooa1.5o. Peas.
per basket, 35Oa4.50. Peppers. per
foate oo bunehes e6asoo osso SgrnF
bunch. 3a4. Rhubarb. per bunch, Sa4'
Tomatoes. per crate, 1.50a5.oe. Spin
ach. per bu.. 15a30.
Apples. per bbl., s;5oa7o 90; per box OK
l.5easse: loose. per 100 lbs i.Soa2'oo' Soa ."
Oranges. per box. 3.0Oa5.0o. Strawber-
ries, per quart. 15a35.
Selling Prices at Noon.
Wheat-No. red winter. spot. 1.61
No. red winter. garlicky' spot l'4s'
May. 1.49.
sales-Bag lots Of nearby. by sam
pie. at lis. 1.20 and 1.2S per bushel.
Corn-Cob. prime. yellow. 3.75 and
$50 per barrel in car lots: contract
corn. spot. 72%; May. 72as: No a.
50 Is track corn. yellow. No. or bet
ter II and IS.
Oats-No. white, 40; No. 3 white,
At.
Rye-Bag lots of nearby rye, as to
quality. 1.3Oa1.4O per bushel; No. 2
western. spot. 1.54A per bushel; No.
5, 1.51A per bushel.
Hay-No. 1 timothy. nominal: stand
ard timothy. 2300a23.50: No. 2 timo-
thy. 22.O0a225O: No. timothy, 14.5Oa
1900: No. l light clover, mixed. COCOA
No <,1r yn1 IN
1900; No 1 clover. mixed. 1S.0Oa
1900; No. clover. mixed, 14.00a17. 90;
No. 3. 11.0Oa13.OO: No. l clover. 15.00a
1900; No. clover, 12.00a13.00; No. 3,
10.00a11.50: sample hay, 11.00a14.00.
Straw-No. 1, nominal: No. 2 straight
rye. nominal: No. l tangled rye. 1900;
No. tangled rye, 1900; No. wheat.
13.0Oa13.5O: No. 2 wheat. 12OOa12.50;
No. l oat. nominal. 1S.O0a1S.50; No. 2
oat, 16.00a17.00.
CHICAGO. May 3.-Fresh advances
in the price of wheat took place today
owing largely to continued indications
of scarcity Of supplies. Special diff
Guilty to find wheat for export wa-
noted and advices from all sections of
the west told of only a light move
ment from farms and of bad condition
Of country roads. Orange rust was
said to be increasing in southern
Kansas. Opening quotations, which
ranged from Y to u higher. with
May. 1.35 to 1854 and July. 1.O91. to
1.10h, were followed by material gains
all around.
Corn sympathized with the upturn
in wheat After opening unchanged
to % higher. including July at 62 to
62A, the market continued to harden
Provisions ragged lower, infiu-
enced by the bearish showing Of the
monthly statement of warehouse
stocks.
Subsequently. increased congestion in
the May wheat delivery was a feature
as sign multiplied that May holdings
were largely for Seaboard account as a
hedge against export sales. The close
was buoyant. 2ai to S1a cents net higher
with May 1.42A to 1.42k and July
- TO 12A
Evening star., 1921-05-03
MONEY AND EXCHANGE.

NEW YORK, May 3.-Prime mer-
camille paper. 7.07A; exchange irregu-
lar; sterling 60-day bills and comme err
cial 60-day bills on banks. 3.93; COM
mercial 60-day bills, 3.92%; demand,
3.97h: cables. 1884,.
Francs-Demand. 1884: cables. 1856.
Belgian francs-demand. 1874; ca
bles. 1856.
1925.
Lire-Demand, 4.s6; cables. ass.
Marks-Demand, 1852: cables, 154.
Greece-Demand, sos.
Argentine-Demand, 31.12
RraZilian-Demand,1 1887
Montreal, 10k per cent discount
Government and railroad bonds
firm.
Time loans firm; so days, 90 days
and six months. 6i2a7 per cent.
Evening star., 1921-05-03
RAIL DEAL BEFORE COURT

PHILADELPHIA. May 3.-The man
ner in which the Reading company
properties, ordered dissolved by the
United States Supreme Court. shall be
segregated was held under advise
ment by the federal district court
after a hearing here. The court ask
ed the Reading company and the gov
ernment to file a printed copy of a
modified plan. as agreed to by them,
within ten days.
Evening star., 1921-05-03
DAIRY MARKET.

BALTIMORE. May Especially -
Chickens-Young, large. 40a45; rough
and shaggy. 30a35; old, 30a32; old
roosters. 16a17; winter. 2k pounds
and under. 50a55; spring. 1 to 1k
pounds. 65a70; under l pound. 55a60.
Ducks. 25a30. Pigeons. per pair, Asa
SO. Guinea fowls, 50a90.
Eggs-Loss off. strictly fresh near
by. doz. 25; southern, 23
Butter-Creamery. fancy. 1b.. 37a3S:
prints, 3Sa40; nearby creamery. 34a
35; ladies. 26a2S: rolls. 1Sa22; store
packed. II; dairy prints, 20a24
process butter. 26a2S.
CHICAGO. May 3.-Butter-Highe
creamery extras. 81: standards. 81.
Eggs-Higher: receipts, 31,719 cases;
firsts, %; ordinary firsts. 18a19: at
mark. cases included, 20a2l; standards,
22k.
Evening star., 1921-05-03
CHICAGO LIVE STOCK MARKET.
CANDY CHANGE IN CHICAGO.

CHICAGO. May 3.-A candy board OF
trade, modelled somewhat like a prod
uce exchange, is to be opened June
1 in Chicago. it was announced here
by leading candy makers and manu-
facturers of candy making and pack
ing machinery. 1t is planned to make
the sales exhibits permanent. accord
ing to Emmet Boyles. manager of the
candy exchange.
Evening star., 1921-05-03
BOISE BANK CLOSES DOORS.

BOISE. Idaho. May 3-The Over
land National Bank Of Boise. with de-
posfts of more than $1,000. 900. closed
its doors here by action Of the board
OF directors. n. &. Wilde of San
Francisco. national bank examiner
took charge. Shrinkage OF deposits
and inability to liquidate paper were
given a. causes for the closing
Evening star., 1921-05-03
MEMPHIS GASOLINE DROPS.

MEMPHIS. May 3.-Following the
arrival of three barges from the oil
refineries at Baton Rouge. La, and
carrying 1.75o.0oO gallons of gasoline,
the Standard Oil Company here has re-
duced the price of gasoline / cent. from
IS to Is cents a gallon. The reduc-
ton was attributed to the lower freight
costs in delivery here by way of the
river,
Evening star., 1921-05-03
VISIBYE SUPPLY OF GRAIN,

NEW YORK, May 3.-The visible
supply of American and bonded grain
shows the following changes:
Wheat. decreased 100000 bushels
Corn, decreased 5,2G1 900 bushels.
Oats, decreased $4,000 bushels
Rye, decreased 1866 bushels.
Barley, decreased 1000 bushels