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i-oiintiiniiii. uiciiic u i"'- .iruic
sranlniio U the most
iirdous enterprise in the upectncular his
tory o( flying.
I it succeeds, it will lie nn nrhieve
ment comparable to the ilicwer.v ot the
Xorth Tole. '
Major Wood, n BritWi liter, the first
nttunlly to Mnrt the lrnii.atluiitii
flight, met disaster jeRter.lav wlicti hi
plane tumbled into the Irish ca. Tie
had "hopped off" from Knt ( huiili.
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But he will tr acini nn.i ...v.- ... . . rnllllliiUI1.
ollioV'hlrmcn on both -hh of the AI mp (f (, ,,-,,
latrtie uniting .it thjs very moment for ( tln . ()f njl. (1(lf( f
Tshuidi, and from the Aroicn to Portu
gal. A point ou the Irish coast, near I.liu
rrick. was tho point lf departure
chosen h the ItrilMi llieis who decided
to fl wtMuniil.
Xatlirallj the gicnt("t inleiest in thl
lountr.v focused on the start of the air
lnee from this side of the water. 12eij
one looked foi the stnrt to lie made
heie. uither that in Ireland. The great
tSopnith iiiiicliinr. now waiting t" str-t
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uteieil for the
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an auspicious time m sum.
Exnlorers stiove for a hundred j ears
to master the ie waters that lie between (
civilization and the top f the world.
t. ...... ,k- in mi4 that n trausntlaii- ,
to he llcitsseu stiirtniK point on tins sine, is in
ided between the Sopwitli ir.ilt ami
llie ennallt iniwi-rCill .Miutiusjde. l!ut
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Inteii'st at St .lohus, 1 , the
tic air vojage began
'seriously.
, Virtually it was only aftei Ihe signing-
of the nimistice that the flying ex
perts of the Allied governments made
definite preparations for a flight from
shore to shore of the Atlantic
War Mother of New Daring
It was the war that made the under
taking a possible success, instead of n
nrobablc failure. War needs brougni
marvelous advances in airplane
ish.linllt like the Sonwitli. ami Mown
by 1 1 Ktijniiam, nuothei tiitili
aviator
Mieie anhro Hopes Lie
AmeiK tins inteicsted in ueroiuiitiis
look hopefully toward the four huge
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I'uitiss lljing limits '1'hej will not be
enteied for the pi IO liinnej , but will
iiiake mi indepeuilent ntleuipt to cross
from Newfoundland latei.
During the weeks of prep.iuitlou, the
liendfiiinrters for these big N. C boats
tho letters mean Ninj -Curtiss has
been at Itockauay IJeach, N. Y. Tho
fourth of the boats is not expected to be
iead in time for early competition, but
the other three hae been well tuned and
thoroughly tested in practice flights.
. Especially the fust of the lug boats
lias become u laminar aigut about .cw
Yoik.
The enormous weight lifting capacity
of these muchiues was developed during
tests at Rockaway. One ot them lifted
a gross load of "0,000 pounds. The
crew of each of thete boats it is an
nounced will consist of five men on the
overseas flight.
Although the intensely eager prepara
tion for the transatlantic flight goes
nnd
seaplane construction
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vplonment in the earlier davs ot epei i
mental lling had fither the carrvuig
power or the capacity of sustained flight
necessary for an undertaking of this
magnitude. t
,Super-plancs of the Mpe euleied m
Ihe ocean race wW hrt made late in
ihe war for bombiug purposes. The
Italians astonished the world with the
carrying power of the earliest Caprom '
planes. Ilussia likewise developed a
gigantic biplane, but the revolution,
came along nnd nothing more was heard
of it. . i
Uritain nud America tinned their at
tention to huge scsplnnes. used to hunt ,
Oct man submarines nnd kill them with
TNT depth bombs. Some of the best
of these were manufactured at the
Philadelphia Nav Yaid, in the great
aircraft factory there, nnd it was
rumored ieceutl thnt one of the giant
American planes, gieater than all its
prototjpes, which would be used in nn
American attempt to conquer the At
lantic. was being built at League
Island.
ll Nations Want to Try
Kngland, France and the I'nited
States announced their enhance Into
the rare for air suprcmaij that was
' to be decided bv the first plane to cross
the Atlantic Ocean. Individuals ns
well as governments, went into the con
test with enthusiasm. Some of the
world's best aviatois announced that
they would try to flj across the sea.
The pruc to lie gained by the suc
cessful competitor is huge, iu both
money and ' fame. The man first to
1 thart nn nlr track through the skies
over the Atlantic will 11 straight into
the pages of history. lie will come
"skj -hooting" into a fortune too, for
the cash prizes ofTeicd for the first
non-stop flight across the Atlantic
reach the alluring total of something
like S110.000. including the 550.000
prize put up by the London Daily
Mail
Choice of Routes Problem
Various air routes have been ug
rested. The one most favored bv ex
perts was the New Foundlaud to lie
land track. The chances for c rossmg
were considered better from the New
foundland side, because of the prevail
lng winds. Weather conditions at St
Johns held up the aviators waiting thcic
for R chance to make the attempt.
Tho distance over the Newfoundland
Ireland route is estimated at IfWO nun
tlcal miles. It is considered the short -
rst, safest nnd most practical
Startling French Scheme
The French tnlked recently of com
peting in the transatlantic men over
the most difficult route of all those sug
.gested, from Paris straight to Nev
York. This would menu a journey of
4000 miles, and if it i3 made in the
pear future will be a more notable tiip
In point of danger nnd difficulty thin
the Ireland-New Foundland attempt
Several weeks ago a French army
lf officer, Lieutenant Fontan. set off on
what was to have been the first leg of n
flight to America. He those n route
J radically different from any proposed
by the other contestants. He proposed
to fly frcm France to Dakar, in Scue
gainbia, where there is a French air
1 Mat ion, and from Dakar to launch out
on a transoceanic flight with Prrnnin
Imco, Brazil, at. his immediate oh- !
Active.
From Senegnmbia to Urazil is about
the same distance as from Newfound
land to Ireland. Unluckily, he cracked
an engine cylinder during the first Mage
ot his flight and had to abandon the
attempt for the present.
Ilennuda Stopover Once Favored
The American fliers at first proposed
to go from Norfolk to Ilennuda, (100
miles, and from Bermuda to Irelnncl.
IflOO miles more. Another suggestion
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Bake More
Save More
More and more, thoughtful women are de
creasing the cost of living by increasing the
variety of their home baking. They have
learned to bake the Royal way with fewer
eggs. They have found that more baked
foods mean less meat. They have further
discovered that their baking keeps fresh
longer when made with
Baking
Powder
ROYAL
Absolutely Pure
In many recipes, only half as many eggs are required, in
some none at all, if an additional quantity of Royal Baking
Powder is used, about a teaspoonful in place of each
egg omitted.
Try it with your favorite recipes
Royal Contains No Alum
Leaves No Bitter Taste
hack only n comparatively short time,
American nnvni aviators havo Men ells
eiisslnjr It quietly for a year. A naval
officer made ii report on the subject to
Secretary Daniels in October, 1018.
February 0 of this year Commander
Towers, of the United States Jinvy. was
detailed to take charge of what was to
he known na the "transatlantic sec
lion" of tho navy. He created n pcr
donncl of experts, nnd investigations ot
cean flight conditions were inndc. which
led to the selection of Newfoundland n
the most advantageous point for a
start.
Ilesidcs the projected attempt to
cross the ocean in a lieavier-than-alr
machine, there has been much talk of
a crossing by dirigible. The British
now possess the greatest iightcr-thnn-nir
craft in existence, nnd it hns been
rumored from time to time that this
or o smaller but almost equally capa
cious nirship would attempt the voy
age. There have been tumors also of
tin attempt by an American aircraft of
the same type.
Fxperts believe the Amciicans stand
n better chance of making the t rossing
in n lightcr-than-air macliine than the
British, nt least for the present. This
because thcie arc no dirigible hangars
here of sufficiently great idzc to house
the mammoth British air cruiser. Tlieic
ate several dirigible sheds iu Ilnclaud
and Ireland that could leceive any diii-
gible we might have to bend.
Optimistic British flying men nttached
to the dirigible service hint that thev
may start off some fine day with their
big cigar-shaped gas bag, when the
weather conditions are entirely favor
able, and make the run across without
letting nny one know they are coming.
UNIVERSITY TRUSTEE
ATTACKS HIS CRITICS
WOULD GIVE BACK
Provost Uilgnt F. Smith, of the Uni
versity, 'who Is credited by Mr. nnd
.Mrs. Morris with being responsible for
the appointment of Bean MeClelliin,
returned to the city .today. He was
asked to coinme.pt fin the Morris state
ment. He smiled:
"1 really enn'f, jou know," he said.
. Mr, Bell declared he was perfectly
Ilk nll c., li .billing to vote to turn the Wharton
John C Bell Says Harrisons Sehoof endowment back to tho heirs ot
Should Not Have Made De '''feg for myseif." said he. "I
moralizing Statement should be entirely willing to vote for!
I the return of the endowment to the
heirs. Ot nil the departments ot the
MnfJCVl University the Wharton School is tho
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sistent criticisms by these.
"There is much I could say in the
matter, but it would be manifestly im
proper for me to spenk for trustees
other than mjself. It is to bo regretted,
however, thnt Mr. nnd Mrs. Morris did
not bring the matter to the attention
of the University instead of making a
public statement. The criticism of the
dean was founded on misunderstanding
and misinterpretation ot later deeds of
gift, which do not require the dean to
perform the services mentioned in the
criticisms. No dean ever has.
"As to the matter of salaries, I do
not know how those nt the University
compare -with those of other places,
but I know thnt our endowment is ex
ceedingly small in comparison, for ex
ample, with Ynle, Harvard or Colum
bia! T believe in high salaries for our
tenchers, and we are'trying for the best
of means with .which to insure them.
Incidentally, I 'may mention that the
trustees do their, work gladly and
gratuitously." v.
, Former Attorney (icneral John C.
Bell, a trustee ot the University of
Pennsylvania, today declared the lega
tions of mismanagement of affairs of
the Wharton School to be "exceedingly
ill-advised and demoralizing to the
school."
The charges were made bv Mr. and
Mrs. Harrisori S. Morris. Mrs. Monis
is n daughter of Joseph Wharton,
founder of the hchool. They alleged
in n statement yesterday that Dean
William McClellan. of the Wharton
School, was nppointed contrary to the
deed of trust, thnt lie"sat on the lid"
to keep down researches of professois
against corporations in which the trus
tees were interested, nnd that the Uni
versity was operated like a trust-controlled
railroad and they predicted dis
integration of the school.
"Starvation wages" and the recent
resignation of Prof. J. Busscl Smith
were also mentioned in the indictment
by the Morrises.
DISEASES TREBLE IN 19f8
49,496 Influenza Cases Boost Com
munlcable Total to 93,943 '
According to tlip annual report of
l)r. A. A. Calms, chief mcdlcni ln
spector of the Bureau of Healthy iher
were, Inst jcar, fKl.n-Kl cases ofjeom
munlcable diseases reported In the city,
as compared with .1tt8,"t in th previous
jcari This inprense is due largely
to the iufluenza epidemic, in which
10,400 cases were reported. The other
principal cases of last year, as com
pared with 1017, were:
Tubrculolii i .
Typhoid (ever .
Vvhooplnff cough
Scarlet fever .,
T'neumonla . t
Measle
Slumps . . . . 4 . . .
Hrablea .. .
ChlckenpoK.
Diphtheria .... .
Koalpelas .
Smallpox ...
Tetanus . ...
Infantile paralysis
Anthrax
Uermau measles
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To relieve food shortage in fj'izcr
landi the steamships Sarcoxiq and
Schenectady, of 7B00 tons each, will
load here April lio and then proceed
to Oenoa, This announcement was
made yesterday by the Shipping Board.
A third vessel, nlso assigned to Swiss
relief, is the Wabash, G77f tons, which
will load April 21 at Baltimore for
Genoa.
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ink to reduce their immense and
valuable collection (prior to Mr.
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has decided' to sell by auction,
vrithout restriction,
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In Philadelphia for 72 years.
Vi( evr booth; tatltr Wacs, April SI to 26, of
Iht "Own Your Own Homo" Exhibit, First Rtgimont
Armory, Broad and Callowhlll Sti., Philadjphla, and
Victory Carnival, Third Kcglmont Armory, Camdon,
How glad I am tkat I agreed
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'Own our Home!
CAN look back and laugK now at the worries and discomforts that were
always with tls when we rented 'bur house. With troublesome rent pay
ments, the constant need for repairs that our landlord seldom made, the
uncertainty of living in some one else's house, moving from place to place I
sometimes wonder how we stood it as long as we did.
"We wouldn't have remained renters for a minute if we had known then
how easy it is to own a home. For four years we paid rent a total loss.
"One day, this was eleven years ago John said, 'No more renting for us
We'll own our home!,
"We found that we needed but four hundred dollars in cash to take imme
diate possession of the very house that we had always wanted. We also found ,
that we could very easily borrow the rest of the money and pay it back in monthly t
installments.
"Eleven years later we're still here. Eleven happy years, too. It was just
as easy as paying rent to pay off our loans easier, in fact, because every time we '
paid rent, we realized that our money would never come back to us. Paying' for'
our home, on the other hand, was merely taking money out of one pocket and
putting it m the other.
"When repairing or decorating is needed, we
Jiave it done. Our home is always in order and much
pleasanter and more livable than any rented ho.use
could be. Our lawn is well kept, our garden is bloom
ing in' short, we live in a real home atmosphere. '
A case of this sort is a common occurrence now
adays. City residents, particularly Phijadelphians,
are coming to realize that it is just as easy and much
more advantageous to own than to rent.
You, yourself if you can afford to rent you
can afford to own. And it is inevitable that soon you,
too, will tire of rent troubles and rent wastefulness
and the uncertainty of living in some one's else house.
You will decide to own your home. ,
Attend the "Own Your Home1' Exposition, First Regiment
Armory, Broad and Callowhill Streets, April 21 to 26, and get a free
chance on the bungalow to be given away. Exposition open from
noon until 11 P. M. daily. Tickets free by writing or calling at
Own Your Home Committee '
1126 Walnut Street
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A Helpful Book
SENT FREE
To you or any one else
who is interested, Write
for "Own Youi Home
Why?" It will give
you all the necessary data
and serve as a handy ref
erence bo'ok. Write for it
today Own Your Home
Committee, 1 1 26 Walnut
street.
We have no Hit ot properties
, for tale. This campaign is '
purely educational to teach
the advantages of home own'
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