Show TRIES A FLIGHT TO KANSAS CITY t t H. H t 1 1 z MIDLAND Kan Juno June J. 4 C. C Mars the aviator was vas still fr f here at 1 I 0 o'clock clock waiting for tho the t. wind which is squally squall to fal 1 i I I I I I t r I M I I 1 lIt 1 t t I I 1 I t t TOPEKA Kan Juno June 15 J. J. J C. C Mars Man the aviator left TopekA at 14 this morning in an attempt to fly to Kansas Kan Kan- sac laB City Treacherous winds and a defective defective de de- cn engine no forced him to descend near six miles from Topeka a again l in at Newman fourteen miles from Topeka and tho the third time at Midland twenty twenty-nino miles from Topeka Th Tho wind was hi high h when Mars landed for forthe forthe forthe the third time but hut ho e expected t to rUe ro- sumo rume his bis flight bt before noon Mars Marg is trying for lor a prize of offered by J. J C. C Strang a capitalist of Kansas City the tho conditions being that ho he must make mako the flight bt of ot seventy onty miles mites in three hours hours' actual flying timo time though he may mar land often as ho he chooses After a preliminary brief brie light flight Mars turned tho the nose noso of his bis thirties biplane the the Skylark toward Kansas City and rapidly rose roee to a height of 1 1200 00 feet Treacherous air air currents were encountered encountered after passing and Mars descended Ho lie tried for a small meadow but missed it and struck in a furrowed corn field two of tho the ribs of the tho lower plane being broken These were soon repaired and ana a second start was as made marJe but a badly working en engine ine necessitated another descent near New No I man The plane was waN n again ain broken but butas was as repaired with the limb of a 8 tree and for tho the third time Mars climbed the tho air The fifteen miles mites between Newman and Midland were traveled in twenty- twenty four nur minutes A choppy wind forced Mars to and he be nearly fell feU into the Kansas river river while rounding the bluffs at Ennis He landed landell safely in a meadow near Midland |