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Show RECEIVE T ll M ,d c Wrights Are Honored by the Nation, State and City Dayton, O.. June 18. The nation, the state and the city, In which they live, today paid tribute to Wilbur and Oi-ville Oi-ville Wright, the aviators. Standing I on a platform not far from their uu- pretentious little aeroplane factory, and almost within sight of a field whero they first struggled with the problem of aerial navigation, General James Allen, chief signal ofHcer of t'.ie army, assigned by Secretary of War Dickinson for the purpose, presented to tho Wright brothers tho gold medals med-als authorized by act of congress. At , the same time, each was given a dia- J mond studded me'dal bearing the ofll- cial seal of Ihe state of Ohio, and another from Dayton, their home city. The state medal was presented by Governor Judson Harmon, of Ohio, tho local medal by Mayor Edward E. Burk-hart, Burk-hart, of Dayton. ' Baron Koporo Takahira, the Japan- ! ese ambassador, and Carlos G. Yelez, the Cuban minister, were among thoso at tho ceremony. After the presentation ceremony, ' the crowds witnessed a parade of floats depicting the development of locomotion in America. This was headed by an Indian runner, and. af- ter the various stages from the ox- 1 cart to the automobile had been shown. 1 was concluded by an aeroplane, w ith . the suggestion that the next route for ! speeding would be among the clouds. Although this, the second day of Dayton'g "Home coming" celebration, was crowded with events arranged in their honor, the Wrights found time to labor In their workshop preparing for the departure to Washington, w-aere they are to resume flights for the government next week. Wilbur Wright said today, they hoped to leave tomoirow. As soon as the 'government's 'govern-ment's requirements are fulfilled. It Is expected they will eall for Germany to take up work for the German gov- 1 ernmenL i |