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he CallPrints More News Than A nyOther Paper Published in San Francisco

T h eS a nF r a n c i s c oC a l l .OLUME XCVII—NO. 153. FIFTY-TWO PAGES— SAN FRANCISCO, SUNDAY, APRIL 30, 1905— PAGES 25 TO 38 .

H O O T I N GO F GUATEMALA'SPRESIDENTIS R E P O R TPRICE FIVE CENTS

A E R O P L A N ES O A R SD O W N W A R DLIKEG R A C E F U LB I RAt a test at Santa Clara College yesterday it was demonstrated that th e a e r o p l a n einvented by Professor J. J. Montgomery ca nbe successfully guided, and the Rev. Father R. H. Bell, S. J ., of the chart- of p h y s i c s -at th e college, declares enthusiasticallythat the demonstration is a great step forward in the science of navigation of th e air.

st Held at SantaClara College Is

Successful.C A B R EW O U N DB YB U LR A F T IS STEERED

ith Priest's Bless-ing It Mounts

Into Sky.S t o r yToldb y C a

S a y s .H is S oI s Kil led .SCENDS GENTLY

N e w so th e Tr a g e d

Receivedbj F r i e ninT h i s City.

this city. For three days the report

the President's death wasstoutly

nied by all the foreign representatives

of the little Central American republincluding its Minister at Washlr and during that time a censorship

vented the outside world obtaining

confirmation of the report. Finally

official confirmation was sent out.a story of the n\urder. Recallingincident, the Central American cois naturally not satisfied with Stadenial and is impatiently awaiting

ther advices from Guatemala, wwill be received to-day if the linaacommunication are open.

A s t he . President of Guatemalaa brother named Gabriel theresome doubts expressed as to whethhe or the son had died, but a responto a telegraphic query brought theformation that the son was the oneferred to in the message.

Among the first to whom the msage, which wa s sen/ ina confidentiaway was conveyed wa s Adolf Stahl,

member of the firm of Schwartz Bro

who doan extensive business In Guamala. Stahl arrived here on yester-days steamer with young Estrada Cbrera a nd w as deeply interested inreport, especially in view ©f thethat the republic has lately bthreatened with an uprising. Late

night, however, he gave out a stment through his wife that the repo

circulated was without foundation,

attributed its origin to some motiveunknown to himself. Young EstraCabrera, who is staying at the PalaHotel, refused to discuss the matter.

A few years ago when PresidenBarrios was assassinated in Guatemalaa similar brief dispatch reachedPacific Mail steamship management

President and Gabriel shot. Gabrieldied.

The local colony of Central Amcans was ina high state of excitemenlast evening over a report recehere from the city of Guatemala toeffect that President Estrada Cabrehad been shot and his son, Gabriel,

killed. The news reached the cityhour before the steamship San Jbearing another son of the President,

Diego Estrada Cabrera, arrived infrom the s out h. Th e message briread as follows: .

AdolfS U M ,I n t i m a t eo f th e C eAmericanRule r,Doubtsth eA u

thentici tyo f th e Repor t

P EO PL E O F SWITZERLAND. FRIGHTENED BY EARTHQU

TWO VIEWS OF THE MONTGOMERY AEROPLANE, FROM PHOTOGRAPHS TAK EN B Y ROGERS YESTERDAY AT SANTAPLARA WHEN A SUCCESSFUL DEMONSTRATION OF THE GREAT INVENV-GN WA S MADE. THE INVENTOR AND ALEARNED PRIEST WHO HAS ASSISTED HIM.

machine to overcome the downward ;

tendency of gravitation. This, of icourse, is yet to come. However, it

must be understood that Professor jMontgomery in offering to the world <

the aeroplane, invented and planned by jhimself, has solved the first part of a

'very intricate and complicated problem

'and has practically demonstrated what jno one has done heretofore

—that an j

aeroplane built on thoroughly scientificprinciples c an be handled safely and:directed in the air at any height.

The demonstration, to-day was a j

perfect success and showed the mostskeptical that the story of the newaeroplane was not merely hearsay.

When Maloney. by directing themovements of the wings and sails, put

the machine at an angle of about 90degrees to the earth and then in a jgraceful curve came circling about a isecond afterward, in the opposite di-rection, it was demonstrated that themachine is built on thoroughly safeprinciples.

Time may go on without the reali-zation of our hopes, hut we do hope toapply in the near future a motivepower to the machine that will sus-tain it. It must not, however, bethought that even now the aeroplanecannot be sustained in the a ir f or aconsiderable time. After repeatedtrials, when the aeronaut gets a propermastery over the machine by takingadvantage of the wnds, such a ma-chine c an be sustained there for a verylong time. The enthusiasm of the in-telligent peopte that witnessed thismornings trial demonstrated beyonddoubt what they thought of the in-vention. As the machine was beingblessed as the Santa Clara before itsascent we felt that one mure glory

had been cast about that name. Thatsame dear college has given to theworld another proof of her greatnessand love of science.

WHAT O l' T HE FITIKK?In the construction of th e Sant a

Clara aeroplane Professor Montgomery

Continued on P ag e 3 7, Column 5.

GENEVA. Switzerland. April 2I Earthquake shocks were felt hereI 1:41 o'elotr-k this morning. The

I abitants were somewhat alarmand many of them rushed intostreets, but the damage done incity was very slight.

The shocks were felt throughoutt Canton de Valols and elsewhere. T

were accompanied by subterraneanrumblings. Some houses wer« daged in the canton of Valols.shocks apparently were more sevat Chamounix and in Its neighborhood

than elsewhere. Houses were cracki and some old monuments were ba

damaged. The church at Argentin-

e res was so shaken that its conditiois dangerous.

LYONS. Franc*. April 19.—

Eshocks were felt here and at Pontlier and Ocx between 3 and 'dockthis morning

Several Houses Are Damaged andMonuments Cracked by th e

Temblors.

People are likely to get an. exag-gerated notion in the matter, in so faras to. expect a piece of mechanism

with a motive power residing in the

Father B el l w as also congratulated,

his devotion to the cause of the aero-plane and his scientific investigations

in regard to it having been great fac-tors in its successful flight. FatherBell spoke as follows concerning theaccomplishment of the machine:

The problem solved to-day by Pro-fessor Montgomerys aeroplane is thebalancing and successful directing ofsuch machines at \*ill with the windagainst it

—in a word, a perfect naviga-

tion of the air as far as th e two fore-going points are concerned.

LESSI2S X \\o» CRAFT.

e d̂*ay on *which wafs being cele-the birthday of the Rev. Father

president of <he college, wasfor t h e t es t of the Montgomery

ne. There was 'quite a crowd, including Archbishop Mont-ery, a cousin <» fthe inventor.the ground, beside»a fifty-foot hot

alloon, lay the plane, lookinga captured wing creature of unu-shape. Waiting for the hour when

a s to show what it*could do when

drift in the sky. Shortly after 11in the forenoon the great bag

was tp efevate the aeroplane wasIn star. More than a score of

held it in lerfteh until thefinal mo-should arrive. The man who was

gate the J ssercraft, Dan Ma-142 pojinds weight, a professional

ute came,

altired intights, jauntily to t h e scene and.a lock that showed him to be light

eart and entirely thoughtless ofdanger that might lie ahead,

dled the pole beneath the wings atce where a small roll of carpet

l formed a very meager saddle.Inserted his feet in stirrups at-

to the aeroDlane, grasped somewires . hat looked very much

reins and sat as if mounted on awinged monster waiting to

Into the sky.

presence of the assembled throng

Rev. Father Kenna blessed the oddhine.o It w*s a pretty and novelny and 'will be carried in th«»ories <S t those present. Ships ofea have been sent forth time with-c o u n t with the blessings of pre-

but perhaps never before a craftair.vat- intended to le£ the great gas

rise slowly with its burden for adistance that the aeroplane

be properly adjusted as it rosethat photographs might be taken.

accident occurred, however,prevented this and showed

rr?r«vclearly the remark-

points of the aeroplane San-lara;, The rope with which the

wa s to «be handled as it rosethe ground broke and like a flash

npowder almost the great . baginto the air, Jerking Maloney andrail support with it. . There was:a

a swirl of ropes and the San taturned half over. The rider

word.«» cf Father Bell, whoseas a scientist is the best, car-

much weiet it and his estimatione importance of the rssult gives it

importance. Professor Montgom

s equayy delighted, and Fays thatcame out as desired

—that

was nothing* more that could bein this torst stejv toward the ac-

shment of greater things and them a t e ^conquering **t he air.

he ; demonstration to-day was asuccess. said the Rev. Father

Bell, §. J., who, fills the chair ofat the college and has lent his

dge and skill toward the con-ction of the machine that is des-

to create such a furor- in thecf science.

*sA s t he machine wa sblest the Santa Clara before

sc en t w e felt tftat one more gloryb ee n cas t about that name. That

dear college has given to theanother proof of her greatness

love of science. • \u

aeroplane invented by ProfessorMontgomery. which, it Has said,

one of the most difficult prob-of aerial 'navigation, and about

a 0 w h i c hthere has been so much talk,given a public test at Santa Clara

ge yesterday accordance with araade. « Though to the unscien-

micd there did not. seem to bethat wa s sensational in he. flight

a machine.. the daring skill£ man who'-sat in the saddle.inventor and the learned priestse college were full of enthusiasm?he result and saifl something ofimportance in the science of navi-

the t air had been accomplished.

w o Problems Leftfor th e Men of

Science.

The exhibition of jockeying in thesky that followed brought many excla-mations of admiration from the spec-tators. The Santa Clara soared thisway and that and dipped and tacked.The craft never rose, however. Therewa s little wind and the machine wouldprobably have been blown farther hadthere been more, but it would also havebeen enabled perhaps to perform evenmore Interesting feats, as it is con-structed to toy with air currents. Atone t im e t he re w as a shout that Ma-loney was coming back to land in theinclosure from which he started, andhe certainly was moving toward thecollege from the southerly point inwhich the detached balloon had lefthim. But he circled a few times, con-tinually moving earthward with the

maintained his upright pofftfcm, forthe bur o n wh Ub be sat swngs onhinges and. BO matter how the sai ls orwing* dip or turn hjs seat remains ona level, as does the keel of a ship whenit heels. It looked f»r one little secondas if the delicate craft might br; insuch a position that it could not becut loose , or if not this, that it wouldno be in position to sustain its hu-m an burden. It was only the specta-tors whe felt any a arm.

Tlie snapping sound was caused bythe breaking \ u 5 a o fthe lop of a smallguy pole, which made no difference, itwas afterward learned. Maloney soared

up, some say 4000. others 2000 feet, andthen released himself. There wa s nosudden drop, as in the cast of a para-chute, but for several seconds It ookedat if the mechanical bird was in doubtwhether it should descend or not. Ma-loney was, a.s usual, sitting with hishead pointing skyward, but the wingsof his vehicle were at an angle thatmade it look as if they could not sus-tain weight. They did though. Therewas no trouble about that at all, andwhen the throng had made itself easyon that point, it began watching Ma-loney, who by^this time wa s manipulat-ing his Btirrups and the tilltr wiresthat he held in his hand.

lUDKS BOLDLY IN THE SKY.

Professor Montgomery wa s warmlycongratulated- by those assembled in-s ide the college grounds and he saidhe knew that the result would be aatis- jfactory. He had employed Maloney a

Imonth before he said, and has senthim up four times previously to theascent just completed. Each timte theinventor had learned a new point, hesaid, and he was certain that the spec-tators would be astonished and that itwould be demonstrated that nothingbut the truth had been told about thediscovery.

SU3IS Ul» THE RESULT.

settling of the Santa Clara was an-nounced to be seven minutes by someone who had held a watch.

gentleness of a f ea th er an d finally

landed in a grain field about half amile from where he had started. Therewas no Ja r when the machine againreached terra flrma. It settled downas if languorously seeking rest in thewaving oats.

There was at once a ruth for theplace where the Santa Clara had light-ed but the crowd met the manwho had so recently shot Into the airon wing* coming down the road oh abicycle. He was given plenty ofcheers and men and boys followed him,

carrying the aeroplane, which had beenat once disunited into sections by him.The machine wa s in no way injured.

From the time of the rising to the

THE W E AT H E R . ,

Forecast' mad* at San Fr&adseo for

thirty hours cndlnrm ldnlshl .April SO:

San Francisco and vicinity

—Cloudy,

un»«? t f l» iSweather Sunday fresh southw<ndj, chanrioJC to brisk wo

A. a. IT A DIE.

. District Forecaster.

THE T H E AT E R S .

ALCAZAR— 'When Kni»hthood Wa s

In Flower.**M̂atinee to-day. . .COLUMBIA— Red Feather.CENTRAL— Robert Emmet. Mat-; inee to-day.

CHUTES

—Vaudeville. Matin* ».

GRAND—

A Gold

Mlae. Mattnea'_ to-day. -, \ u 0 0 8 4ORPHEUM—Vaudeville.

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