The Lucknow Sentinel, 1928-03-29, Page 6. .
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British Air Ace, Sir Alan Cobham
. ut Trairelsthe Famous Linjeb* ur
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Knowledge of 'Flying TogetherAVith Careful Thought aii
Attention -to Detail§ Overcomes the 'Usual Dangers ,
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D:L1,9t4`DISTANCE.
„atIonat Cmogralshm.Maraprie Carpes Wonderful .tory,,
, Ikriiits '0.1i,-.4ki°13.14o4, 41prOPtzt is ..f011 of.r.::: ::••''',;..,...41:'0ii; 6$1413 'Marksmen; ....,•..; , „
tliq. . exPlOits, ' 'et 'Oel.' '011e4. Litid4, .. , On Ont. heMeward.*Jearnek thrOU&•
On,rgb,..1t*.ia.,latereetlag•to reed. ill .the :Indie.'•iye were; the %bets of ,the Ma,: .
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currant nitbiher .0f. thfi Natioii4 Pee'.= ,liaraJa'„Ig4,;Dafia,.: Where We ata3'ed":4
.graphiti 4agaZ1.4e. ha.,artiple. frOM. 'the few:. ilaYPI .. Tbe 'Printe•Miniater told.
..0,* (It sii,,,A,Ta0 ',T, cohhant,'•Angland's,.nts .that,.:Nirkee.he.b.e4 arrived. in..tIatia;
, Pecirlese tfit.,Pielleer;-•Wha •at PrO01# .elltne. yearS hefere, he 'had fPultd, the •:':
t.i.,'°•OrcipPmaiigatitig, •.,th0. African een, plate infested 'With. nionlieri,, -*high.
. • ..tfnqa.t, tO:plan air' relltes or Rcippiti, Were rapitlly destroying the reefs ,tot
Sir •414:4'it°40.C°T0a111:0q by his .*Ife'.. ail :'•the V,htilid1nge`;'•-•7:Tlifee . en/Mini-'
Ledr goblialn,,and four aseistente.,'.1a," er,eatur•ell..• .were :tistldicted'', to the 4-
. •_44. all stool Sea lileniii •Allkiii; blazing lightfiti' '.Pastitne Of.. 'tearing, 410`4V°Y°
- lIPW.7 And. progreseive stie patliS 'which Wee ;Off the- reofa ' of the houses :and
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will forertin the eStahltShaient of 'Per-. throWing 'mein .down ,on the .pasaes,
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menqei..air : , . coont.
. :rnuttieatiens.:1'vith th0 by In streets,•Ek'onetimes with fa:
Vaat.:Tiritialt.p.ossessiena in the 9parr t4lil,results.-.;,•In the course ()fume thy
. ' P04011(31*. :ale artfele 'tells. th Steil?, •.had 0.33(elopoo . a .br4,1. .,of .illopkey.
of air development in part asii'elloWs;, 1„,,:z-arioomMC Who .ael.dom missed. .
• WIlle,:uthirse ef rilY worh. durittg..the .Now 'if/attar Is a Hindu. !tate, and •
.,.pliet.five; or. atx Years ...I', have seen 'the folloWera• or this 6religion .have. A.
' °MOW Pekeof' the world. • ' ' • . - tenet . which forbida, the 'taking of life:
. my w..a'acieriags .hav'e ,taken Me over a .Any sort.l.„40' the Monkeys were 'left
. evere rcapital in 'Eurepe and over- . the, uamolested,. q'he new Prime lginister.
, , ',length : and breadth .of .the „great Afri7 -decided: that tomething,tedt be . done,'
• :gee. contident. ,„ , 1'.and: se he,AOVised ths.lgehataia to of-
' 'Mere ;than once.: I • have • traVelea-, ter: 3 rupees as reward for every moil.:
, the great •iSirian Desert to41,od,p1,, key. ,captored. -and brought alive to the.
.• Burnla,..:alld hank. and .olllY'rPeatlY.*1 cages. outside .,` -the palaee., !,.• , .. .
- Joitraeired• •thl . the, • *Or 'tO. Austral4 :, no nfswa4' of this.. ' drastic action
.alici:•.,:ref4rn.' Via Rangoon, Singapore, spread ali, over the: tountryside , and;
• 'and the Dntch"EaSt,Indies., ,.... .' wasstrongly:: condemned by the Ma-
-..Yet .'with all „these, Wanderings' -it herajai,or a neighboring ,state.' The.
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was not until a few, niezithe',age that critic even went ,se far ..as t� saY that •
71 'Made., •nik 4ret steamship voyage, , he was fond:, .of ,•Monkeys, 'and .that
' When li CrOsfie4 froln .SoOthaloPtell to . tpey: were ailoWed to. 'roam about his
New 'Yerlr.,. • ' 7- • ,. • .' ''' ; ,. 4., .• domain tintholested,. :: • • : °
'Hitherto. inY' journeys . had :A -teen _In :the „Meantime at Data hundreds...
. Made • in the air, and my• 'tridde of •nionheys ;were being captured ...clailVf
tratuftlert• was all. airplane .Pr seaplane .and.veri.settn, there vas not a simian
end'. When • X' reflect -on My • various e/R- left . roaming free. . The ' Prime 1Viinia--..:
,Ploita; • somehow •I `,iesfd: thet. My. mem- ter, was new faced ivfill...tlie problem
, . , . , blinkaSiiiiiiiiiiiMiii,gEgip:r,,,,'•
vies., and Inapressions,..et,'..tho-cohn, -ot:-..-disposinETIrThem. He lit upon
,tpie's X have visited ,ate. far nacire vivid, the hrigh, t idea of baying them pecked THE MAKER•Or souTH AFRICA
*and realistic •:than arP the memories in baskets and leaded on beard 4, fiP.e, , ':- The neti.itatue Of Cecil. Rhodes upon Which Sohn Tweed has worked. ter
of ••the individual' who has traveled by •
clat train which was dispatched to the -.months n -England.; -''It will bei.erecte.'d iti Saliabilri 'Rhodesia Smith ,Africa.' •
steeniehip„,,train, or • Meter., ear .. . . ifeighh•nringi..-state:_,..of7-4tlielVIttharirjk:
: $tterryine-Arelf.e-eiffajr-- Ylr'7"A re. • • 'who:. profeSsed ft: liking 'for' monkeys.
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We !lad ibeqn:4Paggkag; thet
aviamP tiMO and were hear -
the :more .or definite .soutthetif;
4 Ottat When?' k height
of about 20, feet frOth the- Watqr.: We
PaPeed. ever a layt of 1Withat.
tliOnOtet
d owizjg to the reat heat in
Which we were fiyhlifi:0PC• ot cart-
ridges tOr,put, traehot"'.platet .had
-9! it would mot ..ertauW hve set
the.' '''0.1:11neet.irtP
windo*.froni .cethpit to Eiliet and
shouted back ; •••
.4Oltod K WOre,ton 1: He
but a• -gas ',Pipe 'h,ae, burst 'anti
•it me en..the arm.," ' ' ;''
helpoked-tery'pae
aiid it was didletilt above the
Attlee theengine,• Whieh tepid- Mit
Shut oft w3' -flying :MAY;
20 feet fropr:the.. earth's..,'surfaber,
banded.. hitrt.,:a 'pentif "and ,Paner.
• hainled .back..e.,. fit'essage written in
a shaky hand 'to .say the, gespIiha
burst and - bit him n he was b1eedixg a pote•:of:4,1'''haalP.Pacln.d; that.
-"What's, Beet for '
I had to decide what, to de. If I
terender him 'first •aid I rah.
great 'risks: -firtit: of getting ,stuckln.
the mud, .which. case We Should be
unable, to .get.,Off again; second; of• :
'being:unable. to start the >engine Sin-
gle-handed„ owing 'to .the terrific heat,
A of. the district.,L, . 7 ,
•couitl seq. Met. if A landed in 'this
,wild and desolate.spoty Scores ,of iniles
from any sort Of habitattlen„ it would
be, a very' serious matter: tri were un...
able' ta 4s -tart up and get Away *from,
it/again:. could not leek aroiihr pie;
Tr:had.. to- concentrate 'every ' second
Whilef was. flying, 6Wing tti,:the den-
. ,siti Of the dust storm'. , .
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tear, 'coyering,'. about 12,001) -.taii6s, .town, , several ,hundeo .. mi,les. fron.i. 4, .
over'' EuroPe. ' Egypt., Palestine, Al- Dada, the..,animals'Were• unloaded. and. •haretbr, ...„. ,?.... , , 7,0 hien, skimming. low ever the river 'and
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oeavy that water -had: entered the ta.k, ' We' fiel for many miles.in•thie,.fas
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• .Early::A4...1.9;4 •: circular When the. train arriy:ed. In the chief , 'what' had happened the'spray was se , within 'ti.',feW feet of the riY.Pr h001c.
'gerla,Morocco., ahd pap -r: le - a special lgift-"to fife po.: • a
se a
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, es b es . were tr ye . th
study -of ancient °CivilizetiOns. ,
We. had ;flown.' Many theimends
miles- together. On previous occasions
:•bet thia trip fiVis a, little mere, ainbiti
MM.,' prom., London 'Ow to•Iiaris
.•.throttgli'l'•prahee • along the. 'Rivier
then over: the 1VIediterranean.fo Africa
coast line, airosItrilY to Greece, and
•ligerwa an• old fr en whose g eat
• • o , o ak `ur lenfrom th q ybank
ten Wte. • •• • - •_ " •benesth us was 'the'deep !chasm? and• wh showeil no a little, ra re clear
0 was a huge preeticat joke,::. and ..• • • •
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was talked Of •all over India. The •Poor.
; Maharaja •who .had • condetnned' Datia'a
, action could Say nothing,: although
wardirle must have been furions::
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the urmoil••of , waters, „while ..on. the: ly • than • 'anything .eise.throngh:. the
One side We had •the :River. Zambezi. dhst-ladeti; ';•,, • :
fiowing toward and on the „post .Stormt,PorceS', a:. Riii4i; Landing
,ethet. a,..dense forest jungle; . and, for At last;'sthe, air -got ,so; thick that.4
n1lesaround '.eartlity'••cliance of decided to land .on,the9'river,' and wait
finding' a.,.cleared apace. .which to , for a little'. while with . the •hope that
land. • " . • ••-, the storin Might cieer.•:','As::...stion,e,,s we
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I gave the etiginebilk,thrOttle,' and Alighted, ...I turned the..machinel to
while ;it .bliiiged • and 'spluttered . wad .the' bank' and heaChed'At 'An,: the
p me \in' the early' 'spring.' Com. • Climbed. a -way and headed:tor:Mir :air- soft Intatr,.' I, Always -retnemher
•Pleing. the: first: of a series'. of: three
. Ovine ....:'ttortnnately enthusiasm • for the seaplane
big.,flights. of • stirvey:;efl'Snipire",•!Air. the Carburetor • cleared :itself of the at that ntementi Tea' lie' reRoutes-
• .* :drelia, of ,Water, and once. -mere our marked, it was SO practical:and' Safe;
Our :next big wits•••froM,Alan„. motor began...10*,..Perr StilbethlY.;,•: , • .• 'we -could 'take refuge at any moment
don to 'Cirie•Toxin',and For this :All the way through Africa We: ea' the, water. beneath us......• ..•
trip I selected, the itientipal pe.ljavit. veyeil. the *possibilities foreir',routes, There was e police,: hut near by and
land 'type , 50 • plane :that had 'teken ns Cape' :Town With the :native. sergeant.; in. charge,' .after
to Rangoon and. 'back', instead of 1,44- first. airplanete make the •croSs- 'putting -a. guard. in oar MaChine;-took
the ' Old -type engine; We'. 'detailed, a
Jaguar. ' in order :.to. negotiate -,':easiiV
the-higkeitittide airdrornes itt-Ithe
:Trepiea,*'*hero. ,thO..attnesphere',. ,is
much. rarefied,. it ••was,,fietesdary,„...th
have -the. extra horsePower.:,'''
We :had traveled : nearly 3,000 'tip the., River' Rile from the ,-Mediter:
tanean coast, ..• Yet. at Minigallit '•:.We
'Were only .about 1,000 .teet.,aboire f sea
In. the 'edict er, three hun;:.;
dred however; „the .greini&-rose hat •Flei47.-te•••th'.CaPe:' clam* somewhat, so We •decided, to
suddenly ; and at Jinja, ott the shores This m'eanCierY'nttio'ititeration in Pa .• .•„,' • •
•:. - ••.: ' r• • make another, attempt , •
of Lake. Victoria, we. found ourselves.
,on tbahigh plateau o,X cettral,AfriCa, Lbur, outfit; .hoWeirer; ,for. all • tire dict Into pne
WaS to take take our •identIcal ,•• and--cantinued
0007-te*rgheve sea land type ,50,...tha,C,had ..already ,done doWn, the • Baphrafes; but!. nfter. about
Owing to. the heat,:the,'altItuile. oa. the Rangoon. and -ape and 'fit .50"; mules we .ran.•,Ante 'another had
'ether 'local •cOnditions,. the :density... but with it1.••pair.1zot.:Bhorts". duralu- dust sterta..•;, As We neared. the head Of.
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Of the aimOinhere • was very -different • .
from that. • ef. northern Europe. ° At
times 'the • air •In 'central 4frica on
senie,: of the landing:, grounds was
:equivalent to . the atmoSplier.e. ate
.poo feet' in England, ,and it was ',here
that we found .the 'need . for our extra
horsepowerOn_order jo, take off 'and
elirtib, away -on the rarefied 'air. •
Neer 'Jinja we saw the- RiPen.,Falle,..
the Souree. the-- White \Nile ,and the
only- ontlet. to the great,Lake Victoria.
.01Ying Through the. Mistk: 0 Victoria
Fella:50 Feet AboVe the ilirfnk.:
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.Of our journeys. through•.Tatiganyl-
ka. and,Northern.ithodesia there IA no
pace to :tell 'in this article .4 ".Eitit • We
Then,i'f0i' the first tiMe:. histOy
we flew •acrcitis.the Whole :breadth o
• '.•••,..Atrice,„:freinEgypt Morocco, after
Which We erniSed •the„Strait • Of Gib-,
ralMr and Way' • of .Spain .and:
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The final stage', of Our journey, :from
Madrid: td- Londen;.-Was -made: in one
day.' ;;VV,e breakfasted' in Madrid, had
• Hindi' 'Bordeaux, Sipped' afternoon
tea- 011 the •airdr,onie. of LYni-fMe;. thus
completing with' a. Wartime fhaehine,a
toitr ,.of more then .12,000 :•kalles ,With
out •any: organizatien,
set route:, • •.
, 'Planning. e.Flight.t5"•'India.
In antUmn,:ef1424; Air Vice-
/ Marshal ..Sir Sefton' BrerIcker bad-, to,
. Mike a journey to India 'In, connection'
�f a port of call and
the -building Of , a, mooring '• meet for
the futnre. Sol -Vice that .inay
'eventually run through .to ustralia
As. Director ,ef. • British ',Civil Avid-
-cliii1Tte-ff7riranckne171
ed .that Ought .his: deettna-
tion; ' but the Treasury urged .' that
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Government officials. should travel by
the eheapeest route,: and a3the .cest
Of a • Snicial.. airplane 'to fly to India
„and back ..Wfts. far. -in excess cit the
•• cost 'of a nrsf-chiss..steaniship. paasage
. and return, -The' Treasury could 'not
see. its way Clear. to grant the Anni,of
, inoneY,,nedessart.-:,,However,on learn-
' •ing.,44at, the aviiitiort• Industry vas
' support the; dight; ;the
. TretisUry became. more lenient and
the eicpense :of the
• ' journey was . •
• , The Director decided that; as. We
Were -going to .fly to and .poa-
sibly beyond to, ItazigOim, in Burma,
,he Would inake lea' flight' of :surVeY
and . would' endeavor ascertain the
. best air tenth. '
We: had a' depressing and tediotie
'journey throtigh',EtirOpe in. the 'win-
, tertime; for we lett London NoVent-
bet, and it. Was not until the P,eridati
Gilt was reached that we Met' the
, „. :Sunshine: ,waa greatly' impressed
.1 by; the nuiny Weird and wonderful
, rock forniatIona airing' the hundreds
of ot 'forbidding' coast line from'
, Iraq down the Pertain .Giilf,*thettever
Gulf Of•tateet to India.
It was Vnier in :India and the
Weather Was perfect. .. As Sir Sefton
Erancker Whaled to Ilan one 'Or ,t•Wo
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•• olaCeS Where it would be -finnessible
•td • land an 'airplane, .he. WeritRin by
• train from ataChl,,,'•which .,wae one
first Pert. of ..0 ali India. Itefe 4 big
nlob•ring being ereeted for the
.••• futtire .afrahip. serVice, ,and -this Dort is
.alati the .terinintia •of the airline. that ..171
• ' is IOW in :Operation ,betWeetir:gag
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• 1', Our • flight . frotri.4. Karachi to • belh?
mae. tbe 'Thar, :Or Indict% "Dohert
And Jodhpur. 0nthe drat day We Ann.'"
crOSSed: the desert, a Journey
of .o.vort1,1 fitnidred and, having
• lovated• big river, t, began to, leek a
ter: the.,towtf et 0
f4er.keys beyelOped Breed 8
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-After More than three ineet11.0;0WaY
from hciine I landed' on the-Creyden
' I decided the best thing. could do
:weuld., he to race on. to Beare, whith,
was aboutl:00 Miles farther where
I 'knew ° 'there wonld be hospitals,
'white people, -and properArgapization.,
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Soon ;after this we 'get' through the
Stern', and I was able to Aive the, en-
gine ‘• full throttle,. se that *e covered
:that- in antL4.5._minutes.L.:1_
When, I ari•ived: at Basra..I searched
for a hind bank where I •might beach
the- machine- Without. damaging the
fleets,' but f *kheW that it:was ' going
to bo.a One -men job., .'•
--I spotted' a Place; :Caine 'down, find.
the .moment I touched the. water
made straight ,ior this ban k and:ran.
nay floats high. and: dry "on the shore.'
.EillOti Mortally • Eittrt.Tfirrika' First
•• . of the Engine.
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I climber:I put of the cockpit and
lifted the. lid of the cabin.
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•.:Elliot was In a terrible 'condition.
He sat huddled:in theeorner,• se pale
•that he was. almost -green, He could
• hardly Ppeak., litst murmured. to,
me . that he was -sure that he had a
hole in his, side from which. he was.,
breathing. ' •
managed. to lift him •In myarms
eut of the cabin, then -on t� the wings
and so down to the .floats:..
. There is ane little', episOde:whicli .I„
shall never forget; ,it gees tci. prOye
how -devoted, Elliot was to his job.
'afititifient' flight.' ,Ther,i•:, after ne' inalde :Where,. `sheltered 'from th
overhaul " of the motor, we .; turned dust, we ested . On 'native ••,beds that
;absontS and4eW honre, making . the.. re- Were qnickly put an for us, . •
turn trip in 15 daYe. ' He then sent horseman
It Was, barely three 'Months ' later the note :that f gave: him,. • to the near
when we again :set ,out• on'enother est. telegraph 'Station; so (that the
king-4firght ' Of ':survey. This : time it .quthoritleeiViiiiiir 'of bilf-.Where-
'te be Australia (a retiffif,' but al3o,t;alid.,:pregre4S...' • Atter . this -
we-
Instead-of gOing. With a airplane We 'slept ;train to noon then enjoyed
decitled•to de the -itib Withe seaplane. a refreshing,.: meal;ef tea and melon.
. A,' Fig :to:Xustralla With 'the Engine .: aboutl. 2 o'•clock;,,. the Storm had
. g e same tlfe great Hammar.A.aake I. Could .see
Siddeeley 'Jaguar . en let' that heti' tat. if Wail geing,to"be meet difficult
deiie the Cane flight we tobli,off:.front. for :Me to find Mi.' Way,':iiiiptially if
the River MedwaY, at ' 'Rochester,, .330 welft It`ei...""tli&oi)dit' vater.' :The air
miles -eati,, et Lendon,.. on. our 28,000-7 abevenie, • oaring .t6;.-ilie sand •etOrni,
mile ornise to Australia and p4a,c. Was al'clirty 'Mud' toltitiand , the Water
-• It: was •diffioult ,tc,....'•get l'Actfirep mi. beneath was the the same. ,, In fact, ,alt
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the AuStrallari flight,. bechude- We had- around there wig salidend -one: could
purpOsely ' chosen . to ilk through the not see more than 19ify yardp, ft.4..d...,
1. 'afir Weather Peripd--7.that-is;•-the.iardt:•;-,----An-ixplellon.in the aisin.,',••••,'
,Weatlier In.Itaq and India, -combined - With,'i.ari
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with the monsoon in 'India, . Burma, .;most ilifiletilt te,ify ,especially tui..ive
and.the Malay,Peninsula, :.We, Wanted, ,wete traveling• at abotit .100 miles, an
•hailnil : out WhetherAt.• Wouldhe, pos...., ho,ur...,1- felt that if.. I. „Went outover
Siiile- ' tti:fli 'through • the torrential,:
the''op. h. lake 1 furilgli.t...T. un'the risk of
'rains. 6! the' Burned ;coliat,, thus Mak:,
. 'flying ' 'into the , Water, "owing •to ' the
cannot peas by 'the. 'Vittoria Palls sound .
Ing onr .sttiveY, report ill, the more • ,, • ,. ,--, w•-• ,'' - ', • :.
, „ , .. . • , , ,... . i'slibilarity Of ,:colOr in every direetiOn
without deaCribing •how the :2"ambest. Tragedy: Mars the Anstr'aiiin..FlIght. 1:arinti..: ;tiita4cia:abrs6tiihaaah",i,!d'il'ilitill'drolpi4sib.:ifit ,7114:aral,
which IS a Mile`aliti a quarter Wide at. The •Atistralian :flight . Vaa,' marred'
this 'peirit,,, ficrwEi gently .O4 - its, Way by disaliter;.; Arthur Elli:0,44,:,4ist map:: tleces.sary,,for". me ••,to Ink the. s•WariipY
and iiihen :seen.. •freiti an ..,:•airplene'able and .ev.,e1; loyal anklaegr,,,last,:hici., shoreline 'of the like,,:se that I;Might
Seems eiuddenly 'to ... disaOpear . into 'a' .iffe, dying in the. hoSPital, at Berea; ..iii.'' hi‘Ve•a• vieW ef kerne, sort of land .tliat,
craCk in the earth . '' • ' ' • ' . Iraq. ,. ,. ' ••,..r.,. i . . . , .;, ,, ;, ..., , rould ..give Me •my. equilibriuM. • .,.;.'• '
.TU8 great AfriCan., river fang for Per soine•Unknown-•reaeon.;jo'ssilily
. ;Awl,: so, Ivo found ofirselvee zigzagg-
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?Ai) te 460' feet int a narrow thasin. the :result ot, overwork iri.,..Dreparok, ittg ' ;in and • Mit! alcing .this swampy
In .the;center: et this cleft is the 'only for
outlet,' 4 rieriew gorge through ,Which. 'front depreselon,, lieth r.nriental and
the pielit; '''iiiid been C. aufferiai- shore, • feeling , Or ':,Way .,;a.round the
1 sbutliera• edge of" tho. lake' in ati: en.
ell 'Op :x'dislitY Watere.hae",sto eseaDe.,I physical, ••••ever'r ,sin ee ,the . 'start at ,,'.deaVor tb' get through that lust Storni.
_on tills- flight, t� . Cape -Town 'lad . Rochester. ;• Elliott .6n the otlieF hand 1 and "i'llig'Lliel''' '.wini14 1•0 jclear air
with Me • a• " professional ' climb:ate, had hecia • meat; 'cheerful. '••'. ' l'b°Y°Pd• '•
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grajilier,Ykrtirhott, In addition t6 my. We took od from ittfiglid,acl the
engineer of the •Bngland.to-India tell), early' morning; with tile intention ,ef
and ,While Ent -theft • took the Motion folieWihg• the .course -Tit the Etipiiret0a
pictures,: tised to .try Le take to Befira=:--neer ,Of.• thot•Ifer..
-the .stilt-picturea: When' We stan *Chia, I' had- not felt, fit to .start
'fieWn beyond the fella "the sight Wall at 'the' darty hour ',Ok 5 ant...Vilintt end'
so Magnificent :that We .dedided ..to :several •Of the . Air .1Terce bOyo."110,il
come .doWn.1oW and '.. take, , a clott•up been. Icioking, over , the. nitichifiti.
Jethro of the buink.._• • •
.',..,,T,4111..blaitoetivre4/as-fnce:rfttrotvrranTro,aaTerFolCirmit-4- into
by, . tile 'CO:1,4111nel. banlia- of • ;Spray, Alia •rdilp'„ but Was feeling very weak.,
which kept .rising And .COnipletely We. headed: Sotithward ,froin,•th'e
velepect,oni..initelitne In 'heavy cionds River rtikria, §ooitiog ,the, tuplirates,
of tniat as. We skimmed, along only so • it Wee lair weather When, we Stat.
foot abOVe the brink. ' • , ed, bat after .we hitd One about 1:00
' While , we were pyflig at ihis low Mileswe tittl 016 • t dust. stririn,
Ititutile ever perflinis :tottiitrk. beeallia wore and 41011,se
ur r engin() taltere& and.,started o eeded, Finally,in ornor' to. and tiny,
plutter. Elliettand I 'both realized .WaV; 1 Wo,s7torced to 'come douMn td
. ,
HOme .Accident : Deaths
'7cceeC1.-1‘slOtor: Car Toll
: Mo'ne *pcople ii6 killed 'and
-jured bY falls; burns,: stiffocation
flrct poisphs in their' homes. every_
elent,t-14artict'affertl
a,utoir.obile .accicren ts, acCording.: to,
figures compiled by the National
'Safety 'Council. Thia'was,'especial..
enaed las( ;fanuary,
a total bf iverc;killad
. by and in- autobiles nthe. :tin.
lied' States their
deaths. in home accidents, accord-
ing the council's ligu'res.
It •Se hapPened that, with ohr•
'cOolect engine, „the bottom cylinders'
were. upside down , In ;order: to:
vent the Oil from 'drafting- itito •theth
when the 'engine' • wasn't running it
'was necesSary to turn the, oil off -Im-
mediately 'the, engine stopped. -There-,
fore, one Of • Elliot's:jells. landing.
waste „tiro the oil' off when- the, mo-
tor stormed. ' AD , had him-• in My
arms,: staggering' down. on. the .floats,,,
he turned to. mo .and far. -
get to, tarn:the:ell •eft.".' .
. Here was a man, Suffering' agonies.,
hartilY . able to • breathe,. and yet
could rentember tci. tell mete perforin
the routine. •.neceSsary.,lo.', maintain'
that: aircraft! s •• .
I had to.' lay pinta :demi; on the mud •
'bank and gerhitn some Cotten wocil
from ditr. firateld: bag: :I did what I
,coUld to .dresili his :wound. There. yas,
a -hole 'in •hia left gide • beneath the
syro,as. Well as the,' arm iteelt,.
I wanted •to.....ett strethher: and
ran,- to house, "Where 'the natives
Closed;.the 'door-in-:my-face:J.. just at
that moment ,a lantich!„ Came aio,ng •
and in it were some. oilleials of the
Angle...Persian :Oil ' . • ,
Y. :Quickly 'We went th Sinither.,natite,
house,. and thie -thee I put my feet in
the door 'and:Wok the first bed 'that I
'could find. • • • .• • •
I thihk, the natives were 'frightened
at 'the sight of ,bleod, as we had dif,
:ficulty getting theta to ,help Us.
Very! socuICWe. had lifted.' Elliet oh to,
the iniproVieed ,Stretcher.aiid. had .11ini •
en board the launch,. and• ten .minutes
later lie :Was inSide the manager's
bungalow,
'bungalow, With cep'. 'air ;and all hands
Working, „ • '
: :The dectOr,„ :arriVed and., all that
Could be dope was done. .1.t could not
'have 'been Mere than an 'hour and a.
half 'atter the. tiecident-that Pilot Was,
in the hospital end all' help POssible
Wee being rendered: ' Theri turned
tO Maehine, Which 'had been tow -
pd up into' .4 ..batkwater near the Air.
Force clePOtle Basra.- • • •
.TheMyttery StliVadTA •
BOtli Audience and Stage .
-4
- 'To ftevolve irt Theatre
.Derlin—The theatv*1 of 'the, fa-
tnr,p Milli :have net.atily a revolving
,etage. but a revtilving audience als.
'Well, the epininn or Waiter
pYpoluoi, .,*(3.4.:atthito.at ot 1essau.
He is, eV Werk. deVising a new :.tYrio..
Of, .tbeatik Edwin rhietuor;, of
, Berlin: director of the 0.14Iy
.MOtti,et. theatre in' Germany, :•••
..Gropins Vane 14eatre
, whielOhe parquet, with if! 'and!,
'Mite,' can be turnet1 at 'an -line° of
180., degreei,, ,The .spectators will
thus. suddenly thetasettes
;transported te' another ,part of the.
*mud ..t40°,ere,, whew' th er will see
-a different stage, setting from that
0,V00 which -thei.gazed at; the Pre-
. ,,
lheide, and When. elimbed oh• board'
and inspected the. inside wait Ipullod
ont .h bag:awl'. diaPateli' case,
each. . ot: Which had ,:beeit,-. drilled • bY
' It' suddenly dawned upon. me that
we had been Shot a,t and that it was
not a. burst gee pipe. thathacl
ed Billet. A; bullet had Passed
through .•,, the • . dispatch .case;
threugh the .ges: pipe, then had 'enter-
ed 'Ellidt'S lett .arre, shatterint the•
'bone, ' -passed on into his left 'side,
pierced both lobes of the left lung and
flnally burled • itSeit in his back.
We, had been „shot at by an 'Arab'
end the noise' of. the•''exploilon• that
we had: heard had. been,..the...firing. of
the' gun at close racige. •
• k received. au order frorii the Air
Force- directing nib to. go . out to the
eirdrothe .about 20, milee aWay, 'so
that;.' on the following morning,: at
de:yin, I could lead squadron of
planes' t� the place Where the JragedY.
hadoccikred.. • r.. ' •
"AbOtit tWelve that ' night
there Was •a telephone call .frOni • the
hoSaital. When 1 atiatvered. it I could
not .understand, -or, at least;, Could not
believe what...the operator,waS telltng
.and So handed the, receiver over
to 'the 'coinihanding ofileer, who .slciw-
-ly--reneated-4b.e.--:-WOrds-,------::*111.1of1Passed
away at 11.45." ' •
The news was terrible, shodk. to
Me; for X• ho- idea: that.; he wOuld
shecurab, to: the wounds. '1 '
„ .
The Arab. Asisassl•n, is Captured:
• !I• waited until ,4 a.M.; arid, themis,
dawn. tarne,••• WeAock., eff; ::and by re
tracing,: my .route ot the pEvious clay
. • ,
I came :to the.; spot. Where I., felt Sure
the, inn had bee9, .fired.."2 • •
. , .
.' One Of the Officers,..wha wee in •azi..
other meehine,..on a 'signal from. the
Cothniandings' officer, landed Ile ad-
;certain.ed,] from a; -local. encampment,
that. tribes had: been, there the 'pre:
vious day...That Started•th,einveatika-
tion ;Which restilted in ',the- ultithate-
capture • of the culprit WhO later con
-
tossed his only excuse being that 'he
wouldn't have, committed the :crime if
he had had any 'idea that,he% was go -
Ing
.s.9tbeciffoytuheedik,oltr.i•-b.e-;;,... lave ...bon I
-the habit Of raiding ::, the ,in
that pert:14 theo.WOrld, for •centhrlei;
but reeently ',they have had their-Etc-
tlyities•- Curtailed bY, the , Air
Foree,: ,Thus- many hape ;eve for.
airplanes, and ;this,' I.:suppose; . Was
the .aniinua• peek of the action. •
After this. terrible. tragedy;. "Which'
Meant the . loss. „of ; one of the •world's
knest aircraft -Maintenance, engineers,
ditt not want; pi continue. the .ifight.
hut tables received from England, ,es'L
VielailY. those: froni;Sir Samuel, Hoare,.
Sir Charles Wakefield; atid ...from my
vife;- all expressing syrniatilY, urged
me
meld pOCeeth deeided.that .1 would
Cothiletirthelotr.' • . " •
• The Air- Verge; sent. Int a •Piftstitifte
mechanic, ''Sergeant rd, .••Of • the
Royal Air Force, *lid *as :serving
jwoluti;ne.layi.s ti a...d. ro, near
eo, a fortnight later,,, we •continued the
Gwing, tO • the lack of Stinshine DO-
YOticl• Iraq, we Penni.' it difficult' t� get
any aeriatpiptAros on..lhe Australian
fught, 4.1id• it was,not wO arrived
In: Java :that we , met with regular-sun.
I shall .always have a vivid, memory
:onr ietrival in Melbourne, Where
'More . than 150,000' people had 'gather.
ed te •Ineet•up.•wai-lith difficulty
that we conk!. find "sPabe enough t�
get downon the, airdrome, for we had
:changed ' over • front ti seaplane to
'wheels on arrival, at DarWin,,, in.nortliL
ern Anstralla.. : • , •
lf Ithad not • been for, the' Pelle()
and 'the Australian, Air force' I 'Shad,:
tier to think of. whit Might: have !Men
our fate- had file enthusid8tic crOvvd
got hold of us.' • • ".
Torrential 'Fiains ,:finpede 'Peturfl
to, London. :
The . homeward Journey, wfiffn• oer
raft wail -once 'Moro -cone-ted • lia.6.•,k
a 'Seaplane; was. besot With:
e.s,-papecielly wimp. we wer. taught
'the titOnsoon sterme ;in the '.regtoe'
;Victoria 27olitt. Here. the rain, fell'
VO inches a day, and u4 tiines.lt WAS
,POSSIble tO 'see Mere:than 20 -yards-
-eat), .Wherketv:3 the rainfall ia
ad nVeragee DI4Ltit evei4
twoiv0: menthe, thf) annual rala.•
,I1 along the nurrna toast, where it.
r116. ?). t!1;, 811:: IsitLliciri43/1 ftrol .1)6 r 4. -300t;
o• .0, .
At last wo got bards to r";nati,m,, and
28.,00crof ingia of survoy
landing d) oni the Thames omslte-
Ifolleeit'• of varl1ament,
look forward to the day . when It.
11„. be possible for all manjtind
joy, the'.de11 ,11( f.
ye * been • roV.,, p Mega, during' th,e
et COVea yortr4
,
; •
' '
c
tO
ti
In
of
ft
inri
ah
IS
•: Theommanding Officer asked •nie th
;to reitit,ei,lho eirperience and' I: told fa
I,
iiiin.` exatitTY:What had ,iiiii)riiined., "and' 0,1
lieforet-ITfilritiir-'4,0•Y'SpOirri457y,fitici'd ri v
'officers left the itoem. ,Saufi• they To. n
turned and asked Metd allow ,th ro
down to . tlt e ...machine, , . ' •'.s . en
"Virlit," they asked; '`."tvhy shduld a i by
grir.'s pipe, with•no, preSSure 111 it what.. rth
ever burst.?" ' • ' : ' , • . 1 -
..t 'epuldrift fillagine,lioW; It had...66-.1w1 to
enrrod, • , , ." .. . ' en
. Then they pointed .f.p e,liolo •in the' • 10,
side of the cabin and told trio to look° Dtt,
1,
r
One in Trinidad,
Interested ,in Gold
Locledon 4hip There by 1,94e
-"forl7 44: .'leiSn-rely •, Negro,
trundled •:a. Squeakier . Wheelbarrow •
with $1,..901?,1100... gehl•,specie,tilrongh•
the atreets.of Trinidad a, few•days
and, tie One 'Paid any..attention.to bfin„
•-The-geld bait. last :arrived..14ere,,
board 014 Vauban et, ,040,x,ipiport.:
.141.014, .4t • haft-dood ,',detteettY.04,
eame'abotted itrpobolten. .
;Willtinnis was puzzled.. , • '
"We've eame to gilard.•Year •gselOr .7-- •
1:guigeht:re;d:trh:er:K:reed:0:81:1;.-;;:,4d1..ticooi.toin..gt-rii4P4t.Lisate-nkthei';'-'' j-L!r-1
NOW: YOlit..1,14D1t$ tO7i:V171101 it IS con!,
err1V.. 74.
_ . .
Thar., dieW...e. ;smile!' frein'...Oaptein '
.VVillientsc•.•,Who••
wheeibai•toW had Made • Sit •-"
trlps .thrdugh. the streets' Of Trinidad
otra:tesy.P,Orting ,the boxes:plainly: Mark,'
ed ',1Giold,". with • 'Un ODO to .&UArd It
other ..flian the ; none-townergetio..
• "What a .difference!" lie: added. ,
"You.. -must- .lot ef 'Money up '
here When you send .out;an array t�
Scienoe, Monitor.
,
Can YouTrustMen?
• 0.
don't •yottede:truat
'these daya., do 'pm? Every lelloW• .ottt•
for himself, Willing. to cut under you .
for his .own pereanar gala. • . •
-Well let's: get ont.,of here,. 'qo
so, mew,here. where .3"Pl.ir••e,an trust '.y. our
fellow •man. • 13u t A night:.to
go out. Dark, stormy, and, windy. '
What'a the. big. line. overhead? •Oli.
,inerekia high-tensien wire with thou-.
sands" of...volts of electricity. in it, But' •
you didri'frthink anything of walking
Under it; :Yon knew thelinemanliad
- • •.
made (it sate.
Novr.we."11 in
the station: •Cdt hUrrY„,..if we're.. to
Leatchtte...train. •certai •
knoWs -.how to,•!drive. Takes a -steady
hand' to .keep. dui of' a..crasii, .but. 'we'll
net • • • .
, prirribi . :Big hole .. in tho....street:.
Terrifie strain off •the..springa and the -
car. • But no -thing breake, Sweating •
men at forge, and lathe had dorie their
-ivork 'well; The otbers•.who fastened
the nuts iind bolik, when th.ecar-Was
assernbled did their 'work.. ..
• Well, here, :We. are ,at, the Station..
We craWl. ,linto.our , bertha:. and go ,
peacefully to sleep.," The train: plows .
MI • threngli the -dark- and storm.. One ..
man at .;the. throttle holds the .well.be- • .
ing. 0! 'hundreds, in his hand. • W.a•tet.
. .
stre.ams against _the glass through
which he • peers out ...at the right.' ot
way.. Que .inisse,c1 and deatrue- '
Von awaits Yet some Other man a:.
nonentity in the ' cosmic schenie,: has
• seen. 'to. it ;that- all signal • lights -aro
bgrning. ."
And 'other obacure tonere who have ••••••
repaired . track that. • have.
gauged -it. andr- fastened .ic,•fir•its' proper
place. . . • ,
And :so it ,goes. '..,Eyer3t,. day.
:trust -our men,' ko.en in far-off .
plaeee„ then ,v;lioni we never see, men,'
who.; in ,tlie ronthie, Of . their -bread- :
Winning, are 'their • brothers'. keepers.
. • Oh, -yes, , there are 'men yon' caa ..-
•tfust"..1:7-Pittsburgh:Press.• .
TREP GREAT DRINKFAS
But They HairePOmds W,hen
"Gut It Out:.
Trees are confirmed ,drinkers. No
hOl'ida:for there.' TheY. have no .
perate, 7habits0. The-drink-•-•ccinthitt-,'
buslY.' or •not at all. t••• riue they Hire:
and , .grow 48 ' end. are
elther'destroYeeer. die ,of- Old age uh-
refortned„ ' in '.fact: the. older- they
are:grot•Ittehre.tIh!eairrdethrirsttlie.Yjludtrinnic •tai.,ened7w'tahtio___
ever fend. the worse for drinking:
Wh,en.they.'Sleep 1. ;Winter they.. go .
•to the ether eXtreme and gre-tetetar,. •
ere, lint with : the...firstsuiuh1xi and 1 -
thaw of , Spring hey: resume th-eir •
hilmlons hab1t1•'' • •' ,
. The tfquid food of the tree is 'bre*.
od. Inthe ground, . Water. is . the.
Ini-
portnt. ingredient; 'BI•illocis Of. bac- "
teria Work to:matte ,„soluble 'many sub -
Stances so.they may ,be disselVed. by
W,ity and taken into' the circulatory
wisin of the tree,. . The :.tiny. roots' ,
et th9.tr.e,e dritilc this1Ife finid; Which,
Is lifted. .6t feet its' it bY a-
milecie,, defying the.,laws• Of gravity :„.
without
And thille _ready:to fernie.d,
frorned `. digested
.
'
fluid is , dititrihtited . to the.' ,branches:7'
thence te. the leaves, lite sternaCh
when the •;ilquid-ot.
The ;tree grows
perien, ih height ,an glrth. if. it -a),
tr.hti.rActerritiantilv. ot
w•Iti
the bell) .p.r. a 11-r, ada and. nuitsture.-.j'
lts4tibstatted witieVenttially bo trans.
Sood for other
b4C4lla: it1/41.1'.4ed in Sign .contracta
flit building aryna,nthtts,
,Inkld16,01IOCI rnti ID1,70 up the
bareheaded. yo..a 66,(11twe theY realize •
fthida61et .to clirwli it bet tt014), •
Probildllor; may .11avo reint)vtlil., ono ,
rail from am olti•titne DDIODDr, but it
planed ODD IITOrk) lone*: •
•