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Show RAINS HINDER FLIERS Lieutenants Sheridan and Richter Delayed in Starting. MINEOLA, N. Y., Oct. 13. Captain Lo.vell Smith, third eastbound aviator to complete the transcontinental flight, irrived here at 10.50.42 RENO, Nev Oct. 13. Captain Dray ton left for Sacramento at 7:40 this morning. He spent yesterday here. LINCOLN, Neb., Oct. IS. Colonal Reynolds and Lieutenant Nelson arrived ar-rived safelj in North Platte from Sr. Raul a short time after leaving the latter lat-ter station, but Lieutenant Torney made a forced landing 42 miles east or North Rlatte. Lieutenant Torney was stuck in lh mud. reports from North Plat to said. LINCOLN, Neb, Oct 13 Rain and ,iir mists In parts of Nebraska early today was hampering the movements of some of the participants in the transcontinental air derby At ihe North Platte,- Neb., control station the bad weather kept. Lieutenant Lieuten-ant J P. Richter. entry No. 65. east-bound, east-bound, and Lieutenant II W. Sheridan, No 1", Wi -i hound from resuming then fl Kht early this morning Plane No 108, the marine corns entry, piloted by Lieutenant G D. Newman, however, cot away from there at 7:52 a. m. for ihe west during a temporal; let-up of the bad weather. ' From St. Paul. Neb., three west-hound west-hound aviators who spent Sunday I there, "hopped off" early today. They were Colonel lohn Reynolds, entry No 14, who departed at 7.15 a. m.: Lieutenant B. W. Torney, plane No. s. who left at 7:45. 3d. and Lieutenant F. C. Kelson, plane No. 6. who "hopped Off at 7:51. ' UK AGO. Oct 13 Major J. C. P. 'Bartholf in plane No 51 left Grant Park, eastbound. at 7: 3-1 ,02 'his morning morn-ing in the transcontinental air race between Mineola and San Francisco CLEVELAND, O., Oct 18 HT-vo eastbound fliers who arrived here Saturday Sat-urday afternoon got away this morn-inq. morn-inq. Lieutenant. Queen, No 52. leaving leav-ing for Buffalo at 7:08:14 and Lieutenant Lieuten-ant Worthin-ton. No. taking the air for the east at 7.13:50. j NEW YORK. Oct. 13 Captain I Lowell H. Smith, eastbound. left Rocn-! Rocn-! . -te; for UinKhamptoii .p 7 In ;i .n.. today, the American Flying club her3 I announced. PES MolNFS, la . Oct. 13 -Lieutenant J Wright, eastbound. arrived hen 'll s 41:80 this morning from Omaha 3ACRAMENTO, Cal . Oct IS. Captain Cap-tain H. C. Drayton, westbound in the transcontinental air race, arrived from Reno at Mather field, fourteen miles from Sacramento at S "el : 53 this morning! morn-ing! Smith Claims Race. MINEOLA. N. Y . Oct. 13 Accord -'ing to the record in Captain Smiths 'log book he has beaten Lieutenant I Maynard in the transcontinental race. I Captain Smith's figures show lhat he flew from San Francisco to Mineola In 24 hours 30 minutes flying time as against Lieutenant Maynard's 24 hours ."! minutes and 48 VS seconds from tfineola to San Francisco Captain 'Smilh's claim to be victor will have to be officialh verified before a decision de-cision is made. reno. Nov., Oct 13. Lieutenant P. arson left Battle Mountain for Reno at 8:15 a. m. Lieutenant L. s Web ster. in attempting: to rise from the field al Battle Mountain at 9 o'clcok ran into a fence and damaged his plane slightly and is still there making mak-ing repairs, ( aptain J. O. Donaldson leti Rattle Mountain for Reno at 3 05 a. m. MINEOLA, -V Y. Oct 13. Captain Smith said that but for an accident at Cleveland, where he brok several pait; of his machine in landing, he would have beaten Major BpotX aud Lit utt nam Kiel b pe A leak radiator which he tried to saaaal saaaal patch up with corn meal, found him arriving ar-riving &ere with water lowing freely from bis radiator. He was anxiou it !be off ou his return trip, he said, and was confident of "winning the race Captain Smith wei suffering severely severe-ly from cold when he landed. ' Captain Lowell Smith, who claims to be the victor In the first lap In the army's great trans-continental ah" nice, is :u ve.us old He is a Caliio n-lan n-lan bv birth and entered aviation in 1913 at Los angeles as s mechanic. 1 His firs! experience as a Hying rcnui was in 1913, when he acted as avtatG icon1 for the Mexican bandit, Panclu Villa, in the 1. 'tier's revolution agai1 Huerta He subsequenUy returned 1 th United States, gaye several .-pedltion .-pedltion flights in machine of hid own. Captain Smith received his coi.i I mission In 1918. but warf unable og !to Franco until the close of the war In his native state he is known a 'speed demon" automobile rac as I well as the holder of several flyin-; Hi ' records. ibIm |