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State Fair arid Cotton Conference Oben Tuesday; OctobfirT Tine I WEATHER: . Cloaey bsndayr Monday fair with rising temperature.' WATCH LABEL. ana erver m f sent, wml : ' " 1 1 ' " 1 1 Obs ews EXPERTS DECLARE Russian Capital Closely Invest ed By Anti-Bolshevik Forces, Say Advices NO CONFIRMATION OF ' KRONSTADT SURRENDER Trotzky, Bolshevik War Minis ter, Refers To Anti-Bolshev iks As "Pack of Bourgeois Curs1- and Declares Petro grad Will Not Pall; General Denikine Pursues Successes London, Oct. 18. (By the Associated frets). i'etrograU tonight waj o closely invested by the anti-Bolshevik forces, according to the latest official advicei, that military eijierU expressed V ithe belief that littlo short of a miracle could save the hard pressed Bolsbeviki. Indeed, one newspaper dispatch re ported General Yudenitch't cavalry in the capital. But there is no confirma tion of this. Neither had British official confirma tion been received of the reported sur render of Kronstadt, although the war office states that the Esthonians on Friday, operating in conjunction with Yudeniteh, cot within four mile of the Krasnaia Gorka, facing Kronstadt. Thus, Kronstadt would be in a dang' croua position, as, with the capture of retrogrtd, it would be cut off. Coincident with these reports comet an announcement by Leon Trotzky, the Bolshevik war minister, referring to the anti-Bolsheviki forces as "a pack of Bourgeoise curs worrying the body of Boviet Russia," and declaring that Fe trograd will not fall. In tho meantime, in the south, Gen eral Penikine lias been pursuing his , successes. But he is meeting with strenuont resistance ia the Orel region, where the fiercest fighting it going on. TROTZKY DESCRIBES HIS PURSUERS AS PACK OP CURS London, Oct. 18. (By the Associated Press).-Following description of the situation in the Baltic is attributed te Leon Trotsky, the' Bolshevik minister nf -wsTr by" a wireless message from Moscow. "A pack ef bourgeois enrs it worry ing the body of Soviet Bnssia en all aides. Polish, knights are gnashing their teeth. The German General Von Der Ooltbt, under instructions by the stock exchange and the offscourings of all lands, is seising the Baltic country with the help of monarchist bands in ui nr i l l-v k uuwn ivw wom "In the Northwest, the blood drunken trio, Yudenitch, Balsnvith and Bodzianko are advancing on Petro grad. The Esthonian peace negotiations served as a means to lull the red Petrograd troops and as a soporific. NO A ESTHONIAN TROOPS USED IN DEFENDING RIGA London. Oct. 18 (By The Associated ; Press.) No" Esthonian troops have yet participated in the defense of Miga, al though their artillery is assisting, ac cording to a statement made to The Associated Press today, by the Lettish k legation here. - The negotiations at Reval regarding Esthonian help have not. yet been concluded. General Yudenith, commander of the Russian Northwestern army, has sent ' two guns from this front to assist the Ijetta. The aid of the Anglo-French Navy in repelling the attack on Riga consisted of strong naval artillery fire . . and other support, The Germans suf fered great losses. j Allied Dilutions are now at Biga. . BARRETT DECLARES THAT FARMERS WILL HELP LABOR Washington, Oct. IS. In a statement today C. 8. Barrett, president ot the ' Farmers' National Co-operative Union " and member of the employers group of the industrial conference, declared agriculture generally would "support la bor in its demand that the right of col ; lectlve bargaining be reeofrnited by the industrial conference." His statement was issued just before bis departure on a visit to his home ia Union City, Ga. French Delegation Leaves. Paris, Oct. 18 The Frch delega tion to the Isternational Lfbor Confer ence at Washington this Vionth, left t Paris this morning for Bred, where the members will embark en the steamship w Lorraine for New York. Leon Joohaux, !. Secretary of the French Labor Feder ation, said upon leaving that strong the proposals which will be presented t the conference will be one for the et - tablishment of a statute that will unite the peoples desirous of ending forever the plague of war. Macedonian War TsaneL ' Paris. In Macedonia, iaa town north ef Krivolak. there is tunnel bnilt by Maekensen for. the transportation, of his troops safely and nnseea nnder the River Vardar. At the entrance of this tanel the German general had placed , - tablet reading: "William, King of Prussia and Emperor of Germany, or dered his troops to' dig this tunnel 1916." .British to Bedoea Navy. Portsmouth, Eng, Oct. 18. The per , sonnel ef the British navy will he re duced te 80,000 men when the United States ratifies the peace treaty, it is stated by the evening news todsv on what it declares to be authoritative in- fomation.The Dumber of marines. IttWMhlnstoii, Oct. 18. The army la declares. Will be cut to 10.000. (The pre-war strength of the British naval personnel, as shown by the) fig ures of 114 was 114538 officers and men. The number of marines in the "yams year was 18,042.) STEEL STBIKE CENTERS NOW ON SECRET MEETING Humored That Labor Leaders Meet in Chicago To Consider Offer of Armistice Chicago, Oct. ltU-With the end of the fourth week in the steel strike, in terest in the Chicago district wat focused tonight on a secret session opened here today by strike lenders said to number 200. Although the avowed purpose of the gathering was the discussion of. eondi tions among the striken and means of furthering organized labor's aims, n re port was current that the meeting wat to consider terms of an armistice re ported to have 1 offered the work meus John W. PeYoung. chairman of the district couneil for steel and iron workers, just before he called the meet ing to order, issued a ttatemcnTdeny- ing a truce was to be considered. ' All I can sy about the meeting. DeYoung stated, ''is that we are about to lay plans for a long fight." He added that the session might Inst over Sunday be cause of a mass of details before the conferees. Kiimors that the troops- were to be withdrawn from Gary, Ind., storm ceil ter of the strike., were denied tonight by Col. W. '8. Mnpet, commanding tlft military forces in that city. An estimate that 10,000 Rumanians havo applied for passports within the next few days if present indications are fulfilled, was made today by J Popper, deputy revenue collector, who declared striking steel workers at the rate of ISO a day are leaving the United 8tatet. VILSOTTHASBEST E No Operation Will Be Neces sary To Relieve Complica tion, Grayson Says SATISFACTORY PROGRESS MADE TOWARD RECOVERY Program of . Complete Best Prom Official Cares Will Continue To Be , Enforced; Unless Veto II Desired, No Bill Will Be Bef erred To President for Signature Washington, Oct 18. President Wil son passed the best day he has knows tines his present Illness began. Bear Admiral Grayson, his physician, said to night. ' No operation will be necessary to relieve the swelling of the prostate gland which has complicated the ease and the President is making slow but satisfactory progress toward recovery from his nervous exhaustion. This wss the conclusion reached by the tlx attending physicians after a consultation late today which lasted more then sn hour and a half. Their optimistic views were reflected in the bulletin issued at 10 p. m. The bulletin issued at 10 o'clock to night follows: "The President had a comfortable day. Be haa been taking abundant nourishment and is somewhat strong er. The improvement in the prostatic condition has been maintained very sat isfactoriry and no change in the aim pie treatment employed is contemplat ed: (8igned) "Grayson. Dercum, Young, Fowler, Rufijn, Htitt." r The decision that no operation was necessary was made by Dr. Hugh Young, the Baltimore specialist, while Dr. F. X. Dercum, of Philadelphia, saw signs of improvement in the President's ner vous condition. The program of complete rest from official cares prescribed by Dr. Grayson and his associates will continue to be enforced, it. was stated. There is no intention of referring to tho President any matter not absolutely requiring the exercise of his official powers. Dr. Grayson indicated that ho would not favor referring . any bill to the President for signature at present, ua- less it . was one on which be desired to exercise his veto power. Otherwise measures would bo allowed to go upon tho ststBts-toooks at tho expiration of the teraay period provided by the eon ititutijpn. The -prohibition enforcement bill is now awaiting presidential action. .The impression" prevailed, tonight that it would be allowed to become effective without Mr. Wilson's signature. SOLD SUGAR TO FRANCE NEW YORK BANK STATES New York, Oet 18. Simultaneously with the, prediction today by Arthur Williams; Federal Food Administrator, of a sugar famine in New York by next Tuesday . aniens the longshoremen's strike is settled tho Uarrimaa national bank published a paid advertisement ia an evening paper asserting that the sur plus war material recently sold by the United States to France included 22,- 000,000 pounds of sugar. "It is . obvious, said tho - advertise ment, "that inquiry need go not far to discern that tho high cost of living, is ia a great measure due to the inef ficiency of official Washington." Army Now Below IJ,M. now well below the 300.000 mark, aa offi cial statement today giving the strength as ZW.477. Tho net reduction since November 11, last, hat been 92 per cent. American forces abroad total 33,000, including the 8,000 ia Siberia. , - DAY SING NS BOLSHEVIK CAUSE RUSSIA FACES ITS FINAL CRASH Trotzky-Lenine Reqime Will Be Crushed In Few Weeks, Washington Hears CLOSING ACT OF RED V DRAMA NOW UNDER WAY Only "Inertia" of Anti-Bol sherik Group Permitted Present Moscow Govern- merit To Xemahr Alive, Offi cials Say; Great Britain Lends Concrete Aid Washington, Oct. 18. (By the AssO' elated Press). "The final crash of the Trotzky-Lenine regime may be de layed aome weeks but it ia inevitable Official information received here thus' summarizes the situation in But' tia. The doting act of the Red drama ia already under way, according to re ports from military attaches and special agents. Only the "inertia" of the anti-Bolshevik groups hat permitted the pres ent Moscow government to remain alive beyoai September 15, one official who has made a special study of the situ stion, said. The Bolshevik organiza tion, the reports say, hat been to poor at the foundation "the confidence of the masses" that only a push was ncees sary to start the fall. This push hat been Iscking because thera was no ef ficient co-operation between the anti. Red leaders and in the absence of in itiative or ability on tho part of any one of them to start the forward move ment. Exerting Great Pressure. General Denikine's advance toward Moscow, the campaign of attrition waged by the Northwest Russian vol nateera and the stiffening of A.lmiral Kolehak and his Cossack allies, reports say, havo furnished mors than the hoped for pressure. "A continuation of this pressure by any one of these forces for one week will finish the matter," declared one military expert. "The British alone through their assistance to the North- western group operating in the Es- thonia sector, can turn the trick."' This officer is t rank in his belief (hat Great Britain has been the only one of the associated nationt to lend concrete aid to the anti-Bolshevik leaders. Not only hat Great Britain bolstered up tho Denikine line with tanks and ordnance, he pointed out. and stiffened Kolehak with materials and moral support, but it hat been reported, though not confirmed, that British war ships have participated in the advance on Petrograd by shelling the Bed forces at Kronstadt and its defenses. A strong force of veteran aviators is ns sisting tho fleet. Petregrad Not ,' Important Official dispatches today did not re port the fall of Petrograd, which, how ever, was announced in Paris. The fell of Petrograd, however, is considered of minor importance as compared with the results of Denikine's Sdvanee. Moscow can be isolated and captured at any moment, it is thought, if the leader of the Southern army and his aasoeiates decide upon a concerted attack, but the objective now seems to be the Saratov-Belaachow Penint tri angle of communications which con trols tho vast Ural region. Should Denikine arrive at, Saratov, on the Volga, ,, officials here say the entire Southeastern empire of the Bolsheviks will fall into Denikine's hands without a further blow. That would result in (Continued on Page Two.) FOURTH WEEK OF STRIKE VARYING CLAIMS MADE Steel Employers Say Mpa Are Beturaing- To Work in In creasing Numbers - Pittsburgh, Ps.t Oct. 18. The fourth week of the strike ia the steel mills of the Pittsburgh district ended to night with the employers declaring their men were returning to work in Increasing numbers every day, and the strike leader insisting their figures showed that steel production ia the Pittsburgh district is "only ten per cent of normal. . Beporta from the leading corpora tions were that gain ia th number of men., employed, during tho- week had been pronounced, - and blast furnace activity was; showing steady improve ment. Th only disorder reported during :no aay waa the arrest of a doxen women and eiiht men -in Pittihnrrh rharjred by tho polie with annoying workmen in tho Second avenue mills sad attacking policemen. Each was Seed $10 with the alternative of a iail sentence of ten days. ' Borne of tho women were accompanied by their children and th din in the court room become sueh that th msgla trnto ordered all th children sent to their home s College Gets goarealrs. . Wellesley, Mass..' Oct 18. The hel met worn by General Pershing nnder fir in France, and the starred 4m which accompanied him every where wtro placed today among tho treasures of th Agora Society. a of th fra- teritesrweltesleyollge.-They were given to th aoeietr br General Pershing, who is an honorary member of Agora. Mrs. Pershing, who was Francis E. Wsrren. .daughter of Ren. a tor Francis E, Warrea, of Wyoming was a member of th eocletv while at Wellesley ia th class of 1903. PROPOSE DRASTIC STEPS TO PREVENT is nn r nTmirrl Senate Committee Completes Its Bill For Returning Rail roads To Owners TO REPORT MEASURE OUT EARLY IN WEEK Anti-Provisions Authorize Fines of $500 or Six Months' Im prisonment or Both for Em- ToyesoTfflcTalsrOtteri For Participating or Aiding In Any Strike Waihlngton, Oft. 18. Permanent railroad legislation was advanced a step today, the Senate Interstate Commerce Committee completing work on its bill providing- for-return ef the railroads to private ownership and operation un der strict government supervision and with drastic provisions against strikes or lockouts. Tho bill it to be reported Out early next week and placed in position for Senate debato immediately after dis posal of the treaty of Versailles, with leaders planning itt passage next month. Aati-Strake Previsions. Anti-strike provisioni of the bill pro vide fines of $500 or six months im prisonment, or both, for railroad em ployes or officials, or othera connected or participating in or aiding Strikes or lockouts. The prohibition against aid ing strikes was inserted, committee members said, to resrh both radicals and labor leaders who 'aid. abet, coun cil, command, induce, or procure" ac tion toward a strike. Ia order that grievances of employes mny be heard and adjusted, the com mittee provided for the establishment of a general and regional committee on railroad wages nad working condi tions to be composed equally of rail road employes and employers. In its principal featurea the final committee bill is similar to the original Cummins' draft. It provides fori.o turn of the roadt within thirty days after enactment to private operation and control under regulation of th Interntaio Commerce Commission and a new Federal transportation board. Propose Regions! Systems. Creation of not lew than IS nor more then 25 competitive regional railroad systems by the transportation board is proposed and th Interstate Commerce Commission is authorized to fix rates which will make certain a return of nt least five and a half per cent of the actual value of the railroads in tho regional systems, plus one-half of one per cent far improvements. Earnings above six per cent are to be divided between the carriers and the board. ' In adjusting finances of the rail roads and the government at the end of government control, the bill pro pose that the government accept the railroads' long-term notes for indebted nesa to the government of about $400,000,000, payable within tea year at tix per cent interest. On other in debtedness the bill authorlxea the Pros ident to accept short-term demand notes. The President also is authorized to extend obligations of the carriers which have accrued during government control, or to exehango them for other securities. SUMMARY OF MAYNARD'S TRANS-CONTINENTAL TRIP New York, Oct. 18. The following table shows the destinations reached by lieutenant Maynard at the end of each day's flight in his 6,200 mile journey; the time of arrival and the distnnce be tween he stares he started and landed Westbound. Left Mineola, October 8 at 0:24 a. m Vmm. Tim tt arrival. Distant. Chlesso. Oct t. I:Sl p. as. tot mitm Che7ni. Oct. t. t:lT p. m, 7S mila Saldura, TJUR, Oct. IS. 6:01 p. m. 4X7 Kills San FrmncUeo, Oct. 11. 1:11 p. sn. tit nllo East bound. Left San Francisco at 1:20 p. m. Oe tolier 14. Plae. Tin of arrival. Dtataacc Bat Mb. Nr., Oct 14. 1:41 p. m. H sail Sidnn. Neb.. Oct. It. t:U . m. (41 mllo I Wain Nfc Oct. 14'. it moon. I4t aus I CafWland, Oct. 17. I :H p. m. , 71 mil HliMola, Oct IS. 1 :M p. SB. 4M nil Forcd Lndtnr. VICE-PRESIDENT WILL ENTERTAIN KING ALBERT Washington, Oct. 18. King Albert will be received in Washington by the Senatea nd House on October 28. Leaving Washington on October 30, the party wili proceed either, to New York or Newport-News to embark for home. While ia Washington the royal visi tors will occupy the home of Assistant Secretary Breckinridge Long, of the state department which has been plseed at their disposal. - It wat In Secretary Long's home that the British war mis sion waa entertained during its stay hers after the United States entered the war. The British mission wst headed by Arthur. J. Balfour, the British Secretary of State for foreign auairs. Presbyterians U Join. ew York, Oct. 18, The Presbyte rian Church ia the United States today announced from its headquarters here definite affiliation with the interehareh world movement . for -co-operation in mistionarvv-benevolent and educational eatemrises. This official decision wst reached by the committee en the inter- church world movement of the execu tive commission of the Presbyterian Church, as authorized by tho Fresbyte- riaa General Assembly. . SECRETARY BEAMAN IN WASHINGTON ON RATE BUSINESS He and Wilson Secretary of Chamber Consult With Law yer Fishback RALEIGH RECOGNIZED AS AIR MAIL ROUTE STATION Selection of Capital City De termined Upon; Steps To Relieve Sugar Shortage) In Number of N. C. CitiesrSev enue Agents Sent To Get Monkey Rum Venders 1 ' , ,,, News end Observer Bureau, 003 District National Bank Itldg. BY R. E. POWELL. (Special Leaded Wire.) Washington, D. C., Oct. 18. Mr. M. B." Beatnan, "RocrcUiry" bf the. Ralrlgji Chamber of Commerce, and Harry Bar li.w, secretary of the Wilson t'liumbcr of Commerce, have arrived here tobe gin a srie of conferences with J. Howard I'ishback, Interstate Commerce practitioner, who is representing the Commercial Org.ini74itioiis of North Carolina in tlio fight against tho rail: roads and the railroad administration for an equitable adjustment of freight rates in North Carolina. . The two secretaries, selected by the North Carolina Traflic Association, will go over with Mr. Fishback the recom mendations made by Examiner C. V. Burnaide, of the I. C. C. bearing on North Carolina rates for the purpose of filing such exceptions to the examin er's report as they believe will have a tendency to better their care when it comet before the whole commission for oral argument. The railroad administration has been allowed until November Sd to file its exceptions to tho recommendations of the examiner. Within the same period, the Corporation Communion and Cham bers of Commerce of the State, also party plaintiffs, are expected to file tuch exceptions at they regard pertin ent to a complete victory in their fight for abolition of the discriminatory rates which now favor the Virginia ciues. The earliest possible date tho eoutmiaelon and the commercial bodies heps for an oral argument on the examinees' and Insa and the eseeptioas ia about tht second week la December. Then it will be sometime before the - Commission writes it opinion and final decision in tho ease. Raleigh and Winston Air Boats Stations Raleigh and Winston-Salem were to' day officially recognized by air service division of the wsr department as sts- tions for tho Air Mail routes which will bo inaugurated soon from Washington The information came to Senator Sim mons today in a letter from the depart ment with reference to tho loaning of an airplane hangar to the city of Greensboro for the purpose of develop ing commercial orgnn. Kk'eigh will be on the air route, it is certain, and provision for Winston- Salem and na!eif;li to have hangar has been assured the Senator. He received the following letter todny from the de partments Letter to Senator Simmons. ''In response to your letter October 3rd, regarding air service cooperation for the city of Greensboro ,the follow. ing is submitted. The policy of loaning unngars was originally to assini rne de velopment of Commercial aviation in the United States. "It wns expected at that time that the air service would have a surplus of steel (Coatlaaed on Page Two.) SCANT HOPE QF AVERTING STRIKE OF COAL MINERS Presdt. Lewis Announces That Unless Demands Are Met They Will Walk Out , Washington, Oct. 18. Tliero seemed little hope tonight of averting the strike of .half a million bituminous coal nun era called for November. 1. After a ae ries of conferences with labor leaders here and telephone talks with others in the central eoal territories, John L. Lewis, president of the United Mine Workers of America, announced that they would go out unleaa all demands, including lue , rive-day week, were granted. The operators, standing by their de cision not to consider any proposal look' ing to a shorter we-kly schedule and re fusing to open negotiations unless the strike order was withdrawn, charged that the miners were trying to freeze the country into submission by insist ing upon acceptance of "impossible de mands. , "Tho strike will not bo called off" Lewis declared. "Wo will not arbitrate while ths strike order stands,' said Thomas T. Brewster, chairman of tko operators scale commit tee. ; Meanwhile pressure waa being brought to bear on both sides from many quar ters to adjust their differences and save untold distress. Taking mental stock, Lewis said there would bo enough eoal on hand November 1 to keep the coun try warm thirty days. . Secretary of Labor Wilson, at whose invitation the scale committees of the miners' 'and operators will meet with hire here Tuesday, declined to comment on tho negotiations, and continued to hops that ha would be able to bring about peace.. Official Washington keld to tho view, however, that the strike was Inevitable. The meeting will bo held behind dosed doors. l,, - TENTATIVE AGREEMENT ON COLLECTIVE BARGAINING Committee Members of Indus trial Conference Will Consult Further Today -:: aahington, Oct. 18. A tentative agreement on collective bargaining was reached by the general committee of the National Industrial Conference tonight after an all-day session. ' Committee members will eonrult with their respective groups tomorrow sad final action on framing a report to the conference will be takenriy the general committee tomorrow night. The committee agreement was reached by taking the declaration of tie public and labor groups as a basis and adding to the sentence reoogaizing the richt of wage earners to organize "in trade and labor unions" the words "shop and other jn d u at t ia l J ssoci nt io n t." The proposed compromise also sub stitutes for the sentence in the original declaration recognizing the right of Or ganized labor to lie represented "by representatives of their own choosing," for the words "by representatives chosen by a majority of their own mem bers." Th tentative declaration retained the form of the oripinnl and waa broken np V to twelve diJTYrent parts, each item stating- a specific -principle, tn order to be readily snhject to amendment. The discussion in committee which totalled eight hours, hinged almost en tirely on the right of outsiders to represent employes in negotia' ns with employers, It was a day of ups uid downs during which at times agreement seemed -in sight, and at times the breach widened and compromise) svemed titlmt- sible. SPECTRE OF DEATH ATTENDS FLIGHTS Ten Lives Already Toll of Army's Great Trans-Continental Air Derby DISABLED PLANES DOT ROUTE OF THE FLIGHT Many Fliers Injured and Twen ty Control Stations Saw First. Aid Work From Day to Day Sine Race Started Oct. 8 With Sixty-Two Contest ants Entered Mineola, N. Y., Oct. 18. The gr m spectre of death winged its tragic flight with the army's great trans-continental air derby. Ten lives had been the toll to the time Lieutenant Maynard crossed the finish line. 8?ven had died actually in the contest and three in connection with it. From New York to Ban Francisco the route of the fi'.ght wss dotted with dis abled planes which were forced to land and quit the race, or crashed to le struction from the air. Many fliers were injured, and the twenty control station between terminal points saw first aid work from day to day aa ths derby progressed. Bizty-tw Ceatestants. Sixty-two contestants staitcd the big race the most adventurous peaceful air competition the world has known. Forty- seven took the air from Mineola and fifteen from Kan Francisco oa Wcdnes day, October 8, for the 5,200 mile round trip, high speed aerial journey. Before the first plane shot into the air for the start, two aviators had met their deaths while oa the way to par ticipate in tne contest. At Bustleton Field, Col. Townsend F. Dodd crashed to his death on 8undny while making ready to fly to Mineola. The day be fore Major fatrick rrissel was killed in the wreck of his machine near Port Jervia.. On tho first day of tho race three more met their end, and five machines were wrecked. Major Dana H. Criasr and Sergeant Virgil Thomas, his macha- niciau, were killed when their Diane crashed in landing at Bnena Vista field, nait Lake city .and Berreant W. H Nevitt, aiechaaieian for Col. Gerald C. Brandt, died from injuries sustained in the smash of the Brandt plane at De posit, is. -1. Crashed Into Meaatala. Lieutenant K. V. Wales died am Fri day, October 10. from injuries received when bed rovius craft into the aid of the mountain in the base at Overt fasa, Wyoming. Worth D. MeClnre, a passenger in Major A. 1. Hneed'a plane, was killed when the machine crashed in landing at Curtiss Field, uunaio. Lieutenant French Kirbr waa instant ly killed when bis plane fell near Castle Hock, I tab. last Wednetdar and Lieutenant Stanley C. Miller, his ob server, died shortly afterwards. Lien- tenant Cameron Wright waa killed at the landing field at 8t. Paul, Neb, when n plane in which ho went np at passenger dropped out of a tail-spin 200 feet np and wss demolished. - , Tho great race was marked br man Incidents of interest. With virtual simultaneous starts from Mineola and Han Francisco, westbound and - east- bound fliers strove to win the honor of crossing the continent first. News of Lieut. Maynard s - arrival. Saturday, October 11. at , he Pacific terminal was followed tn tw hears by word that Major Carl bpats and Lieut. E. C. Kiel had reached tho Atlantis terminal within half minute of each lowed fhc Pto' laim to fipbee.'u actual fly ig time. Maynard s actual flying time from Mineola to Baa Francisco consumed lit tle over 25 hours, and the flying time of Spats and Kiel came within tho 27 . CanUnae oa rag Two.) a F! GREATEST TEST IN First To Greet Tar Heel Flyer at Mineola was Tar Heel Wife and Children READY TO START ON ANOTHER FLIGHT NOW Pays Warm Tribute To His Mechanician, N. E. Klein, Who Kept Airplane in Shape For Historio Flight; ""Had ' Plenty of Hardships But Found Lots of Pleasure Too Mineols, X. Y, Oct. 38. Steering by compass and flying at an average speed of nearly two miles a minute, 6,400 miles serosa the continent nad return, through snow, fog, clouds and rain. Ueutenant H. W. Maynard landed on Roosevelt Field, at 1:50 o'clock this afternoon, tho first aviatof to finish in the army great trans-continental air rare and reliability test. Us carried as, pasiwnger Master Electrician William K. Klein, of Harriaburg, Pa., whom ho described aa .deserving the "greatest credit,' and "Truie, a German police dog. - -J I nofficial flgurct compiled here to night by the American Flying Club, which has cooperated with the army air service officials in conducting the race, show that Lieutensnt Maynard's actual (lying time on the return trip was M hours, 45 minutes and 8 seconds, only a few minutes less thsn his unofficial flying time on hit westbound trip. Coder the rules of the contest, how ever, time spent between eontrol tta tions must be counted in the actual fly ' ing time as computed by the army in deciding the winner of the race. Thii means thst the IS hours Lieutenant Maynard spent changing motors ia a cornfield ia Wahoo, Neb., where ho wat forced down because of a broken crank shaft, will bo added to his official flying time. The unofficial total elapsed tima oa the return trip wss 92 hours, 82 mini ntes, and 43 seconds. Including three days spent in Ban Francisco, the round trip was made in approximately 10 lUj a and 3 hours. Ts Make Another Trip. tndinntcd by ths fact that ten lives havo been lost directly and indireetly as a result of the race, licut, Maynar4 announced within aa hour after he had landed that within a few weeks he would attempt a one step flight from Mineola to Baa Diego, Calif., with Dallas, Texas, tho only stopping point. A modified type of De-Havlland plane, somewhat similar to that he used ia tho cross-country race, has been fitted up for him here and the start will be mads aa atioa aa he haa had an opportunity to make a few trial flights and become familiar with the new machine. Lieut. L. D. Bradahaw, who has been flying tinee, 1912, and entered the army as an enlisted man, will be hit companion on his attempted one-stop flight. Lieutenant . Maynard flew ' tho 143 milea of the last stage ia his great flight from oeeaa to ocean and, return, a speed of nearly two miles a minute. Several minutes before he landed his plane was visible . flashing across sky in the brilliant sunshine of a perfect sutumn dsy. Ths first persons to greet him as h Wife First to Meet Him. stepped from bis machine at the eon elusion of his historio flight were his wife and two little girla, who rushed across the field amid the frantie ebeer Ing of the hundreds of spectators who yfere marshalled at a safe distance by special details of soldiers. The first words uttered by Lieut. May nard when he put his foot on Mother Earth again were a generous tribute to Sergeant K. E. Klein, his companion, on tho flight. ergesnt Klein deserves tho great eat credit," said the lieutenant. It is" all up to the lieutenant," promptly retorted tho sergeant. "Ho is the greatest pilot on earth." Will Retara To College. Although he is hailed as the greatest ' airman in America and ono of ths fore most pilots of the world, Lieutenant Maynard, who left the Baptiat ministry two years ago to enter the military service of his country, plans to obtain his discharge- from tho srmy before Christmas and to re-enter Wake Forest (X. C.) College, where he still has two years work ia bis theological course He is 27 years old, married and tho father of two girls, aged 5 and 4 years. experience airman . who hsve watched the progress of his flight at tribute his success to superior pilot ship. Lieutenant Maynard is known as straight lina fiver. denendin upon the eompsss slmoit Vntirely and using landmarks only occasionally to eheek np. Betting a speed fatter thaa maa has ever traveled before over such long dis tances, Lieutenant Maynard success fully maneuvered his plane' through all kinds of weather, flying through, snowstorms, fog, sunshine nnd rain at altitudes of from 60 to 13,000 feet and through temperatures as low as 20 de grees above aero. Hit course lay over the low-lying hills of the East, the, great plaint of the Middle West and " the towering mountains of Wyoming, Utah and Nevada. Although ho is of a v retiring and' modest disposition, the preacher-flyer has abuadsnt self-eoni dence and natural ability. - '' Given Big Becentieav. w -hundred people were as - - tembled on Booaevelt Field to witness . his arrival but they gave him a r- , ception that he probably never will forget. Shortly after li.lO o'clock when word had been received that Lieuteao (Continued rags Two.) MAYNARD INISHES AVIATION ANNALS