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A General Post Office notification, landed in France, bringing, his prisoners were led from the Pro-issued oR Saturday, gives the flying machine with which "he con-visional Court at Shanghai and, following particulars with regard tinued his experiments on the Leon while hundreds of weeping re- to unclaimed correspondence, etc., Bollee farm near Le Mans during latives looked on, were placed in waiting at the Felt Office, and also the following year.
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11. Mitchell (Burns, Philhs.). Chembalis Wright's first passenger and was in
So loud and vigorous was the B. N. Nutt (Eduard Posen & 3381 the plane when it set the world's shouting of the women-folk who Co.), D. J. O'Brien, Mrs. C. D. first official records for speed, crowded the courtroom that the Porel, Salomon Raymond, Mrs G. 3037. 2967, 3894, 2490,
to be F. M. Roberts, E. G. Speakman, Judge ordered the court altitude, distance and duration.
cleared and the relatives then took C. C. Shilton, A. W. Sanderson, Cimleting "Those were the kindergarten up positions outside awaited the Philip G. Smith, Mrs. Shae, Mr. 0490
and Mrs. Struben Costems, Jones Imundex days of flying, and although Farman, last glimpse of the condemned.
Tueley, E. M. Wilson, C. D. Way Sang Yuen, 907, Voisin and Bleriot were tinkering
Wardle, Wong Peng Swee, Mrs. H. Voeux Road ...... Calexico Calif. around with flying machines, wo But the weeping and wailing Wilk, H. B. Williams, Mrs. J.G. Hong Sling
was on one side only for the men Young (c/o H. W. Pelheck). did not put much stock in the re-
seemed interested last of all in
Koong Woo I ports we heard from America of the their coming execution.
Wapaid Correspondence. real flights of two brothers from sang, talked and joked with C. D. Adams, A. Hitchcock, H. Chinese policemen and as they J. Huang, W. E. Johnstone, S. L. Dayton on the sands of Kitty stepped into the van one paused Sands, R. M. Yingg. Hawk," M. Painleve told the United on the step and looked beaming Press to-day.
over the large crowd that filled the English, "Good bye, good bye." court compound and shouted in
van rolled through the densely He then stepped inside and as the packed crowd his voice was heard singing above the, din outside.
The Wrights were encouraged to "come to France to carry
"It took
Unnenal Precautions..
They
those experiments because France in these days were more air-minded than the rest of the world. I had personally grown very interested in the mathematics of flying, although I had never undertaken to apply that science to flight," he continued. several months for Wright to assemble his plane and build bis catapault, for in those days he had not perfected the take-off.
"I was one of three persons pre-bearing riot guns. sent when he made his first two fights in France in December; 1908. So little attention was paid, how ever, that not a newspaper mention ed the fact and to press photo- grapher ever found his way to the Ballee farm for many weeks.
The men were all under 32 years of age and because of the large crowd gathered to see them off and their prominence 'na members of two large gangs broken up by the police, unusual precautions were taken by the authorities and a large crowd of police followed
ity
On December 1, 1005, Wright few during 1 hour 31 minutes and covered 36 miles. It was on Decem- ber 24, that he made his best fight, two and a half hours, 15 miles and an altitude of 350, feet.
"Enthusiastic by that time, I asked to be his first passenger and on a cold day early in 1900 I flew with him for 70 minutes. I will never forget that experience, although I flew with him often enough after that day.
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The death of two of the menu Sam Coo closes & case that has engaged the Manifold attention of the local and provin- Chun Cheung Hing
December Siangean cial authorities 1927, when the men were original- Ngian Sin
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aince
Members of a Gang.
It was in this case that the. Senior Consul's Deputy, Mr. Ramondino iseted a lengthy pro- test several weeks ago that preci- pitaled the disagreements that cul- minated in the deadlock between Judge Kuh and Mr. Van den Berg, Senior Consul's Deputy.
The men were part of a large gang of organized kidnappers and thieves and various sentences were passed by the original court in "His plane was a biplane with 1927. In addition to the two in two propellers, and he was the frat the present case, four others re- pioneer to dare to suppress the ceived the death sentence and were automatic stabilizer. He few his summarily executed when the plane by touch, using both hands, ¦ Kiangan authorities, had approved" his feet, knees and even cut off the findings of the court of first ignition by leaning forward to exert | instance. pressure on a cord which was sus In the case of the two however pended in front of us.
a retrial was ordered and this was During the 10 minutes of that carried out in June, 1928, before a first fight I was amazed by Wright's different judge, after several
With his left hand he manoeuvred a lever which controlled the case but for some reason were judges had been appointed to hear the front rudder. He could never rest a minute, and constantly, inclin- ed one way or another the little
kill
planes of the front. rudder.
"With his right hand, he held a lever which controlled both the rear rudder and the wings. This hand
always busy in other courts.
months was passed by the court A sentence of four years and 10 hearing the retrial and it was then that Mr. Ramondine wrote his strong protest against what he was immobile when the plane flew The police immediately appeal- considered an inadequate sentence. in a straight line, but when heed and under. Felice Prosecutor curved or few through kusty wind both hands were in motion and, in Mr. RT. Bryon were successful contrary sense. You have no iden in having the death sentence again how difficult that is until you try
to write with one hand while best- ing time with the other.
Blown Of Course,
passed.
Knew His Staff."
But Wright brought his plane "But Wright was a marvelious ffier, and never appeared strained down easily and smoothly. First or worried. Only once during that he pointed down at a long aloping flight did be get into trouble and angle and then just above the that was when the wind blew us off ground lifted up the front of the our course over another field. He plane to let the air brake it. The made a quick turn and brought it plane stopped within ten feet after back just like a rider turns back a the runners touched the grass. It horse which gets off its course. was exactly the same movement as
I fudged from the applause a bird stopping flight, which came up from the people For getting off, it was not so below that he had done something easy, Wright studied out a cata masterfui, but was unable to judge pault and used it for my flight, for myself, because it wis done so but he preferred to work out a way easily. Had my eyes been closed I of starting the plane by hitching it would have seen nothing because to an automobile or putting it the stability of the plane remained directly on a light automobile which perfectTM.
would rise into the air with him. "I must admit that was frankly On this feature, his French rivals worried about the landing. I had developed the idea of landing wheels beard it repeated for years that before he did, but Wright was n landing would inevitably be fatal great pioneer."
to any aeroplane. It was argued So enthusiastic was M. Painleve that either a plane would keep its after his flight that, although then speed in landing, and smash up, only a professor and not in politics, or it would lose its speed and fall he haunted the Senate and Chamber Tinta, anathar mash and finally obtained a good subren
Either way it was a fall, vertical ortion from the French Government horizontal.
(Continued on next Čolzma),
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