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Show HIS FATE CERTAIN The unt mely tak ng off of a long string of American aviators L ncoln Beachey be ng the latest victim ap parently has not served as a warn ng to joung Art Smith of Ch cago who s now do ng dare dev 1 stunts at the Panama Pacific exposition at San Tran Cisco Besides looping the loop twenty one times during a fl ght thp other lay, Smith gave an exhibition of what he rightly calls aer al msan ty Allow ing his b plane to roll and tumble about during a gale he appeared to lose all control of the machine but be was only toy ng w th death dar ng the gr m reaper to come p n the a r and get h m The exh bit on was tbnll ng enough for all the spectators Accord ng to the telegraphic description the b plane tumble 1 over anl over forwa d and backward tangoed anl dippe 1 s le ways bnt was alwayB n control of the aviatr Smith descended to the ground unharmed and rece ved the plaudits of the gasping thousands of spectators who tho ght he would s re ly meet the fate of the late lamented Beachey But his day of reckon ng s only postpone 1 a short t me Sooner or later his defiance of the laws of grav tation w 11 be rewarlel n the us a) manner and the newspape s w II recorl the exit of Art 8m th from th s war torn world and place b s name m the 1 s of f oolhar ly a rmen who be an o n bue 1 w th the dca that they bore charmed lives anl roul 1 not by any chance be lashed to death after hurtl ng thro gh spare for some hundreds or tho Ban Is of feet Ho nless Art Sm th s relat es an 1 fr ends can pcrsua lo h m to ot ro from he name before tho expectel hap rensthcy sho Id make II the c pb8ot r ro arat g for h n funeral an 1 j r a o the s al o t ary not op It nnn ng strange th t tin lesson git y (I loath of Do hoy nt tho ox osit o groun Is s t hee lolly tho o i g a r en 1 ho o ly cxrlu at s t t o s b y the men who gi e thr II ng e t ons becon e e h 1 ated to the yo nt of nsan t and cannot res st the be on no- han 1 of leath |