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Yes ; man does use land and sea at his pleasure, lint his mastery Is still subject to nature's nod. There are natural forces before which he Is helpless. The earthquake may obliterate his proudest city In a moment The tornado may tear to pieces his stoutest structures of steel and stone. Mount Everest Aghts off the mountaineer with altitude, cold and storm. The giant ships of these latter days seem to bid defiance to wind and wave and mischance of the Seven Seas. But remember the Titanic. And what Is the mystery of the Cyclops? It was untold ages apo that man assembled an axle nr.d two wheels, hitched np a domestic beast of burden and took his first ride on a cart. It was about that same time that he hollowed out a log, spread a hide and made the wind move him over the water. The price of progress from canoe to steamship and from ox cart to railroad engine has been a heavy toll of human lives. But it was only yesterday that man launched himself upon the air and bade It carry him. So it Is that the price of securing mastery of the air seems disproportionately heavy. When we all fly! This catchy phrase does not rome so glibly from tongue and pen as It did before the unsuccessful use of seaplanes In the non-sto- p Arctic, the San Francisco-Honolul- u failure and the Shenandoah disaster. To millions of Americans the fate of the Shenandoah seems almost a personal loss. For millions have seen the glpantic "Daughter f the Stars" high overhead In the heavens a thing of beauty though alas ! not a Joy forever. And she whs "Made In U. S. A." a fact that made the patriotic thrill. So It seems reasonable to assume that she was well built. In good condition and expertly handled. She was caught In a tornado of the upper air mid torn asunder. Under similar conditions probably even an Improved Shenandoah would meet a to be that future similar fate. The moral Shenandoahs must be able to avoid such conditions through aerial lighthouses, audible signals rndln communication for directional for flight, weather reports of frequency, charts of meteorological conditions and ail the resources of science. Doubtless the many who lack Imagination and those who move along the line of least resistance will now predict failure for aviation ns a whole. But those of largpr vision and of sterner stuff see In the heroic dead the pioneers of a new era. For It Is unthinkable that man will titit In time establish mastery over the air. He Is already In the air and he will exhaust every energy and resource to keep himself there. And It M tinthlnk-nbl- e that America will be allowed to f;ill behind In the competition among the nntions. For air mastery these days means vital thin:s to the So, while nation. Including many Americans shall sacrifice their lives In the struggle for mastery of the air, volunteers shall never be wanting. For such Is the American spirit. In time the controversies among officials ovr the needs of the military and naval air service viil be settled. In the meantime Instruction In aviation has been added to the training of cadets a picture shows Assistant Secretary of the Navy ICobinson conferring with airmen at Ann:ipoIts. I'resiiiiinbly there will he another Shenandonh ; It H fitnted that President Coolldge will ask fur an pproprlutlon to construct a new airship. ,ii l,iiro. cotiiinerclnl flying Is much further edvtineed i linn In America. Every American tourist comes back to tell how he flew across the English channel between Paris and London. Other tell of the International collection I' ll of aircraft to be seen at the Amsterdam alrdome regular passenger liners from eight or ten dliferent countries, from London, Parts, Brussels, Hamburg, Berlin, Copenhagen and where not. Still others wax eloquent over the commercial air activities of Hamburg, where there are about forty arrivals a day and the same number of departures, direct routes being maintained practically to every big city of Europe. There is even a direct line between Berlin and Moscow, which has carried 30,000 passengers In the last three years. The 1925 business for all Europe Is expected to be twice that of 1924, when the principal air companies carried nearly 90,000 passengers about 6,000,000 miles over regular traffic routes. To be sure, no one of the many lines Is a Industry. None of the air companies of Europe can afford to operate at present without a government subsidy. Great Britain aids her flyers to stimulate commercial aviation. France aids hers to have a flying service ready In case of war. ' In the United States, outside of the activities of the mall planes and those of the army and navy, the sky Is pathetically bare of aircraft. All the commercial lines last year employed but 217 planes, carried only 48,904 passengers and flew only 922,000 miles a decrease from the business of 1923. Yet the situation has Its encouraging features. There is promise of much activity along strictly commercial aviation. An Interesting proposition which has attracted nation-wid- e attention Is the tentative proposal of the Air Ways Corporation to lease the naval dirigible Los Angeles for experimental flights under control of a naval crew. John Hays Hammond, Jr., says that If his corporation obtains a lease of the Los Angeles, the plans contemplate a dally schedule between New York and Chicago, to be covered In twelve houre. The proposed rate of mileage Is ten cents a mile, or $75 for the trip from New York to Chicago. If this system proves successful, using the Los Angeles In the experimental stages, the company proposes to extend the system to transatlantic service. The Los Angeles Is shown to the left of the capltol dome In the photograph. She was built In Germany by the Zeppelin experts and Is purely a commercial craft, while the Shenandoah was designed for a military craft. The Goodyear-Zeppellcorporation In Akron holds the Zeppelin patents for the United States, and employs a number of Zeppelin engineers who produced more than 100 airships during the war. This company has projected a mammoth dirigible, larger than nny craft ever conceived. It Is still on the drafting boards, awaiting an order from an operating company. If built, this ship would be capable of flying aroun 1 the world without stopping. It would be about five times the size of the Los Angeles. P. W. Litchfield, first vice president and general manager of the corporation, is quoted ns saying that he looks forward to large airships, affording all comforts and flying at a speed In excess of 80 miles an hour. These ships will be operated from airports on regular schedules, making Journeys to all parts of the civilized world. The National Air Transport, a $10,000,000 concern, has been formed by New York, Chicago and Detroit Interests, and Col. Taul Henderson, who recently resigned as second assistant postmaster-general- , has been named general manager. This corporation was formed for the development of commercial aviation between New York and Chicago, and has an arrangement with the American Hallway Express whereby collections and deColonel Henderson liveries will be made. It s who made the transcontinental air mall service a success. If the Henderson route should be a success, hundreds of millions of private capital will probably go Into commercial aviation within a decade. That would mean air service between practically all Important points In the country. Cornelius Vanderhllt, Jr., announced at Atlanta the other day that the corporation had secured 1.0(H) acres there and would establish the third largest commercial air base In the country. Three separate fields will be constructed. Development . n 43 44 46 61 2 all-met- I) .'in ill XI 8-- :t.'i 37 3S IMnKril lluws of ranks I'nrtw of vertebrate 27 Golds! the Celts heads of mea the Outgrowth Comma nils Nnllve place of the "Wild (according; to the circus) A woody perennial llnt'ks of boats Conflagrations To rive A flxed course or roatlaa A little brook Finish to Pertaining on 41 To make lively 42 A combination of mnalcal sound 4. To entangle Thing owed 47 A knob Organ of hearing; Not many The solution will appear In nert To classify and arrange Cover One who rides Solution of Last Week's Puvtlo. Sheepfold (Scot.) A trembling; A meal RUN Price A atleky anbstanee Rjo Hereditary classes Into which India la divided E. D C EE HOpT Parta of the arms siel e: m Vertical. 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With a program for dirigible operations, the Fords are behind the Airship Development corporation, which has been working for years on theoretical problems and preliminary tests In the Ford laboratory at Dearborn, Mich. That work has been completed. The Fords are now preparing to build an airship, not unlike the Los Angeles In appearance, but smaller and constructed entirely of duralumin. This will be used on experimental flights, and If they are successful and prove that airships can be operated with profit, larger craft will be built It is even said airships will be built three times the size of the Los Angeles for routes between the Atlantic and Pacific, and finally across to Europe. r After a conference with the President recently. Senator Bingham of Connecticut announced that he would introduce a bill to subsidize the airplane industry and that he expected the bill would have the President's support Senator Bingham is an aviation expert with an extensive World war experience. The bill. It appears, will not grant cash subsidies to operating companies. It will. Instead, appropriate money for the construction and maintenance of landing fields on the principal air routes and will provide on adequate Inspection service for commercial planes. Senator Bingham proposes, in short, that the government perform some of the services for flying that it already does for shipping. Practical encouragement of comnrerclal aviation was offered by the federal government when the lust congress passed the Kelly bill authoring the postmaster general to contract with private companies for flying the malls at rates Insuring the operators a fair prollt. That legislation had been ur'ed for years, so when It became a law all those who hoped to become aircraft operators Immediately saw an opportunity to obtain revenue at the start while waiting for public patronage. Various aviation questions will apparently have to be settled by the next concress. Legislation will he necessary before government property Is leased. Congressional sanction will possibly be necessary before the present air mall route with Its landing fields, beacons and other facilities can be placed at the disposal of private operators. Because there are so many rival companies In the field charges of attempted monopoly are likely to be made. Before air llnps are operated regularly congress must pass air legislation laws to protect the public, the operator himself, his passengers and defenseless Inhabitants on the ground. With this there must be federal supervision, aviation men agree, else there can bo no proper regulation or administration of the law. That congress will have the data for an exhaos five consideration of the whole aviation question In the United States Is indicated by the appointment by President Coolldge of an Investigating committee of nine distinguished men who are to make a study of the best means of developing nnd applying aircraft In national defense. The names of such men as MaJ. Gen. James (1. Harhord. retired; Hear Admiral Frank F. Fletcher, retired; Howard E. Coflin ; Col. Ilirnm Bingham, and Wll Ham F. Durntid give assurance that the report of the committee will be comprehensive and that It. "recommendations will go far toward solving tin rohlein. 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