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A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER

VOLUME XCIII.

SEPTEMBER-DECEMBER, 1909

FOUR MONTHS

THE OUTLOOK COMPANY

NEW YORK

SEPTEMBER 4, 1909

'PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY THE OUTLOOK COMPANY, 287 FOURTH AVENUE, NEW YORK LAWRENCE F. ABBOTT, PRESIDENT. WILLIAM B. HOWLAND, TREASURER. KARL V. S. HOWLAND, SECRETARY LYMAN ABBOTT, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF. H. W. MABIE, ASSOCIATE EDITOR. R. D. TOWNSEND, MANAGING EDITOR THEODORE ROOSEVELT, CONTRIBUTING EDITOR

Last week took place the

OP IN THE AIR first race-meet for heavierthan-air flying-machines. At Rheims, France, a dozen aerial navigators from France, America, and England met in competition for speed in long-distance flights and in " sprints," and for duration of flight. Flights of half an hour, an hour, an hour and a half, became common incidents early in the meeting, and on Tuesday M. Paulhan, driving a Voisin biplane, broke

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pare the merits of three types of aeroplane: the monoplane, such as is used by MM. Bleriot and Latham; the biplane, used by Farman and by the only American competitor, Mr. Curtiss (although several Wright biplanes were flown by French aerialists); and the box-plane, or cellular type, such as the Voisin machine used by M. Paulhan. The spectacle during the week's contests was an unprecedented one, for at times six machines were in the air at once. But the meet has shown that flying is still a fairweather sport, and, what is more, a stillweather sport, for several times the official signal flag announced to the city that a too strong wind made flying impracticable. While the heavier-than-air machines were disporting themselves at Rheims, across the German frontier the Zeppelin III, the greatest exponent of the lighter-than-air fliers, was off for the 450-mile journey from Lake Constance to Berlin. What the aeroplanes have accomplished is marvelous. But as matters stand to-day, the dirigible is the type of air-ship which is farthest on the road to practical results. A ship of the air like the Zeppelin, which can carry a dozen men and supplies hundreds of miles in almost any weather, shows great possibilities for usefulness in war and in peace. The aeroplanes doubtless furnish better sport, but they have far to go to overtake the big rivals.

record made by Wilbur Wright at Le Mans, France, a year ago, by flying for two hours and forty-three minutes. In that time he covered eightythree miles, and only descended when his fuel was exhausted. The next day, Wednesday, his record, in point of distance, was promptly superseded by M. Latham, the French aerialist who made the first, though unsuccessful, attempt to fly across the English Channel. Antoinette monoplane, M. Latham circled the course fifteen times, covering a distance of ninety-six miles in two hours and eighteen minutes. This is about the same time that Mr. Wright remained in the air on his record flight last year, but during that time he covered only seventy-seven miles. On Friday Mr. Farman, flying in a biplane of his own design, once more set the mark at a higher point. He flew about one hundred and eighteen miles (of which six miles was after the time set for the contest to close), remaining in the air over three hours, breaking the records made both by M. Latham and M. Paulhan. His performance won for him the Champagne Grand Prize. M. Bleriot made the best time for a single round of the course during the first part of the week, covering the distance of six and one-fifth miles in almost exactly eight minutes and four seconds. The final results of the meeting will be of the greatest interest, for they will give an excellent opportunity to com14372

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"A disgraceful civil war " is the phrase used by so conservative a journal as the New York Evening Post to describe the state of things at McKees Rocks, near Pittsburgh, adding, "A strike with bloodshed is an anachronism against which every one ought to protest." It is almost incredible that under modern civilization such a state of things should be possible: hun

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