Show WILBUR WRIGHT PIONEER IN AVIATION S PASSES AWAY p t lL I k i L ti f 1 r 41 t i Ii i y 41 vrr JP r dr 4 r- r AUfU 5 S 11 AE EITe E- E Jre KITE ITe ITa mED ux- ux y vw KUL U r d I t. t I t Inventor In of tt the t first fht S 'S Successful I i i flying Machine Dies at His Home t in i Dayton Dafton Ohio Ohi of elf Ty Ty- Typhoid fever After an Illness of Three Th ree Weeks DAYTON 0 O. May 30 Following Following a sinking spoil spell that d developed Y l ped sOOn soon after Wilbur Wright t the J in n. n ted aviator r died at a. a a. a m. m today of ot typhoid fever feyer He had been near death for for days and though his bin condition from time timeto Ito to time some hope bera bers of his family the attending physicians physicians phy phy physicians Drs Dra D. D B. B Conklin and Levi Lev maintained throughout the latter latter latter lat lat- ter part of ot his sickness that he be could not recover When the tho patient succumbed he was wan was was' surrounded by the members of at his his' family tarn fam ily Uy which includes his hla aged I father Bishop Milton Wright Catherine Miss Miss' Catherine e Wright Orville the of the th aeroplane Wright and L Wright AU All of ot the family reside inthis in inthis inthis this city except n who lives In Kansas S The most alarming symptoms in his case developed d yesterday b before noon hi f r suddenly mounted from front t 10 to and then quickly subsided sub sided to its former staRe At this janc 1 turc ture the patient was seized with chills and tho the attending physicians ians w were re baffled bat bat- fled fied b by tho the turn of nut were unusual in a a. patient suffering from so bich a n fever and tho doctors at W Wrights Wright's bedside were puzzled Clung dung Desperately to Life The condition of th the thc aviator L remained remained re reo re- re throughout the rest of ot the Ille d day da y and thero them was no Improve Improve- up until last midnight Then there seemed to be a a. slight improvement im ira- provement hut but soon there was a sudden sud and den turn for the tIme worse and Dr Conklin was tS called II He arrived d at and learned that that- Wright had bad died ten min min- before Mr Wright ht was waR seized cd with t typhoid May j 1 while hile on a business 3 trip in in tho the cast cut On that day he returned to Day ton from Bo Boston ton and cons consulted with ith Dr Conklin Ho Ic wont to bed and it was ts several days before his case capp was VS dla diagnosed Directions DiJ for or the funeral had bad not been heen ticen completed early toda today Native of ot Indiana Wilbur Wright ri ht wa was born bora in Henry county Indiana April 16 1867 Onville arc On- ville ilIo tho the sixth child was was born August i 19 1881 Wilbur and Orville Orvillo attended the lo local 10 cat cal high h school and stood tood h high higl in their studies Hampered by ly heart trouble mused caused it is thought b by accidentally being struck b by r a polo stick k Wilbur was compelled to abandon his purpose of n college Their father Bishop Milton Wright be being n away from home much of the time the two uro brothers helped to maintain maintain- their home Tho The two first started f a ajob job printing office and for awhile published a small asmaH paper that b had d a suburban circulation Had Bicycle Repair Shop Then they entered the bicycle business business business busi busi- ness aud and opened a repair shop at tho the same time tim e manufacturing bicycles In the th meantime th they y be began an studying studying- the Jiving machine while carrying on the bike business and in pursuit of their subject th they y aco acquired a knowledge knowl ed edge e of the underlying ing principles Adding Add odd i rug ing fo to o their knowledge by a working acquaintance with different modern languages The ancestry of Wilbur Wright can Clin be traced through a number 0 of in England Samuel Wright through whom was transplanted the lineage in in America a camo canio to Spring Sprint field Mass fass in 1736 His descendants af cri 4 M l lI I S. S I r tho revolutionary war PROFOUND SORROW SORROW IS 18 FELT AT WASHINGTON TON WASHINGTON May In 30 30 In government govern govern- mont ment especially In the signal corps corp of otC tj the army profound sorrow Borrow was wan e expressed ex ex- pressed at tho the news news news' of or the death of ot Wilbur VII Wil bur Wright f His connection with the government In the early dayS dayS' or of aeroplane development de was particularly close Wilbur Wright ne negotiated the first contract with tho the war ar department for tor foran an on aeroplane In F February 1908 Prior to tho Issuance of specifications for tor this this' first than heavier flying machine machine ma ma- mae chine he was vas a A. frequent visitor to the tho array army signal corps headquarters During these visits Brigadier General James Al AI- AI I len n. n chief signal ot of the tho army array said Bald today there never was a 3 time when Wit Wil bur bUi wright showed an any doubt of or his ability to do what he had he had un un- or made extravagant claims for his machine Built Bunt First Aeroplane The first military aeroplane In tho the world orld which the Wright brothers built for fOI- thc the United States was brought ht to Foit Fort Meyer Moyer In 1 1908 08 In It Orville Orvllle Wright on oil September 9 9 1908 maintained a a. con con- tu flight ht o of one ono hour and the tho same day carried a passenger on a short flight Soon after aner Wilbur Wright rl ht went to France where he made better records rec ree rec- rec ortis ordis In a duplicate ma machine 1 General Alien today toony paid a a. WK high tribute to Wilbur and Orville Orvllle Wright To them he lie said Bald Is duo due the great credit of first publicly demonstrating to the world he practicability o of dynamic flight The Tho success success' ot of pf tho the Wright brothers was not due duo to chance or 01 to any accident at dis di- covers COVer but to their persistence pe daring and Intelligence intelligence ence in scientifically wo working out th the different rent parts which go to make makeup up LIP their machine and practically testing tho same Kame In flight TIle rift Wright brothers s a medal and thanks from the government and also aiso a medal from f the Smithsonian finn tion lot for their efforts Sta Statement mont by President Pre President dent Taft lan who presented the Uio gold old I medals granted by Congress to Wilbur Wright and his brother Orvllle Orville and who lio hind hade frequently Mr Wright ht fly to tu da day dictated the timo following statement I 1 am sorry that the father tather of or th the 1 great newt new science of ot aeronautics Is dead and aRlI that ho ho- has baa not been permitted d' d to live Iho to see the won wonderful development that thatis Is 19 sure to follow along the primary lines Jines which he ho laid down Hn Ho deserves to stand with Fulton Stephenson and BeU BeH Secretary Stimson said Besides being probably tho the foremost exponent of or aviation on this side of AU Atlantic Mr Ir Wright was a citizen of ot whom America mo may he tC proud for lor his I manly his hi perseverance modesty mod mod- model sty esty skill and antI attention to tb his sloe sion j Maj Alaj Gen Leonard Leonnrd Wood od chief of staff of or tho the arm army said'S said 1 The Tho death of or Wilbur Wright ht removes S s the foremost most figure gurn In tn a aviation lation In In t Ainer-t Ica lea The Time man maim has Jias done more for or th the practical nl development of aviation along sane and well thought lines than m an any on one else Ho lie Wa was a n. citizen of or the best and th arm army ha has lost a man nian who ha has t taught It most of what It k 1 knows ws of or aviation |