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Show LONG-DISTANCE BANKING METHOD Topeka, Kan, Jan 17 "Long distance" dis-tance" banking methods and moro figureheads as the managers of financial finan-cial institutions are things which J N. Dolley, state bank commissioner, soeks to banish from Kansas, according ac-cording to a ruling made today by him. He ruled that presidents of state banks or building and loan associations associa-tions In Kansns must live In towns In which banks or associations aro located locat-ed or tributary territory Ho also ruled that the so-called" management by officers that do not In fact thoroughly thor-oughly manage as their titles of of-fico of-fico imply will not be permitted. vft r in 1.11. i h 1 1 i ma apg t n i f rm than a half hour In a stiff wind with ' complete success It was practically In order to por-fect por-fect this automatic stability dovlco that the Wrights conducted their experiments ex-periments at Kitty Hawk, N. C last fall. The successful completion of tho dovlco is a result that has been sought for by experimenters In every part of tho world ever since the WrlghlB brought out tho aoroplane. It means that any man can step In a flying machine ma-chine and pilot It through the air with ns much oaso as he can drive an automobllo Tho balancing which ha3 hitherto made good aviators so raro and has mado flying so dangeroiiB Is no longer necessary with tho aid of this device. It brings tho driving of flying machines practically within the range of any ordinary person's capability without Intricate knowledgo of aeronautics Tho dovlco is so small that It can scarcely bo dotectcd even by those who aro familiar with aeroplanes. It slsts of a small steel bar weighing Inaa ihnn fMir rtnnnna iiVifli tianfra nc a pendulum from an arm which projects pro-jects from under the operatqr's sont. This pendulum Is set so finely that It responds to the slightest deviation of the aeroplane from tho horizontal laterally. lat-erally. If tho croft Is thrown from. Its balance bal-ance only the fraction of an Inch, tho movoraont of the pondulura causeB two small vnlvos to open which make either ei-ther a miniature tank of confessed air or the compression from the engine en-gine force a piston back and forth, which communicates with the warping levers and so distorts tho onda of the aoroplane ns to throw tho craft back to a horizontal position. The devlco causes the lovers to do what has hitherto boon douo by the hand of tho oporator. |