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[[?NING]] RECORD
MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
WASHINGTON, TUESDAY, MAY 16, 1911.  NO. 270.

[[image - photograph of Wiseman at wheel of plane]]
[[caption]] FRED J. WISEMAN, Aviator
Snapshot of Daring Birdman, at the Wheel of His Bi-Plane. [[/caption]]

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^[[Tacoma News 5/22]]
Baseball Park
TACOMA TWO DAYS ONLY
Friday and Saturday
MAY 26TH AND 27TH
2:30 P.M.
THE FAMOUS AVIATOR
FRED J. WISMAN
GUARANTEES TO FLY
PRICES: 50¢;  CHILDREN 25¢
ALL SEATS FREE

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SUPREME COURT DECISION MAKES STOCKS ACTIVE
Market Inactive for Long Period, Awakens and Price Go Up With a Rush.
BIG SALES ARE REPORTED
Fifteen Thousand Shares of United States Steel Sold and Securities Show Good Gains.

New York, May 16. The supreme court's decision in the Standard Oil cases caused an awakening of the stock market from a long period of inactivity. Prices went upward with a rush at the opening of the market. The gains ranged from large fractions to nearly three points, the market being very active. Standard Oil opened on the curb at 675, a loss of 4 3/4 points, but a few minutes later it more than recovered the loss, selling at 680. On the stock exchange there were wide openings in several of the more active issues. United States Steel opened with sales of 15,000 shares at 77 to 78, with a maximum gain. Reading gained two points, Union Pacific two, Virginia & Carolina Chemical, two and three-quarters; International Harvester, two and one-half; General Electric and Consolidated Gas, one and three-quarters; United States Rubber and Lehigh Valley, one-half; Southern Pacific, one-quarter; Atchison, one and one-eighth; Northern Pacific, Delaware and Hudson and Amalgamated Copper, one.

New York, May 16. The first word came from the Standard Oil Company today on the decision. It makes two points clear, first, that there will be contumacy by the company. Its purpose is to obey the decree and, second, that it will be sometime before the plans of reorganization will be given out. The company has made no plans in advance of the decision.  

London, May 16. Supreme court decision in regard to Standard Oil company caused a surprisingly light interest or flurry in financial circles here, as the result was generally anticipated. 

Wall Street Divided.
New York, May 16. Wall street's opinion how Standard Oil will meet the wishes of the court is divided. Two plans are heard. One is for a division of the present organization into several separate companies, both operating in its own territory. The other suggested the disintegration [[?]]

GUSTY WIND BLOWS;  WISEMAN FAILS TO ATTEMPT FLIGHT
"Swiss Cheese" Atmosphere Prevails and Aviator Finds Elements Too Much for Him.
BIG CROWD DISAPPOINTED
Machine Stays on the Ground and First Aviation Meet in City Is a Failure.

Although 2,000 people within the gates and outside the grounds waited patiently for Fred J. Wiseman, the aviator, to make a flight in his biplane this afternoon, the wind was too strong and the aviator held it suicide to brave the elements.  It was hoped that the strong wind which blew this morning would die down later in the afternoon but it seemed to increase in strength as the day wore on and shortly before 1 o'clock the price of the tickets was cut to 10 cents and all persons who desired to see and study the machine as it lay on the ground were admitted within the enclosure.  The engine was run for a few minutes, the aerlons and elevating planes were tipped and the machine was explained to the crowds.  Then it was dismantled and shipped to Olympia, where Mr. Wiseman will fly Thursday.

Mr Wiseman, who reached the city yesterday, was charmed with the valley and although he kept his plans to himself, had intended to make a series of unusual flights in Ellensburg.  He had planed to fly to the foothills, light near some farm house, deliver a message as proof that he had made a landing and then return to the starting point.  The flying from a valley to a mountain top has never been attempted in the history of aviation, and it was Mr. Wiseman's desire to set a new record here.

The gusts of winds which blew made it impossible to fly and Mr. Wiseman in explaining his failure to leave the ground said:  "It is easy to fly in the face of a strong, steady wind but the gusts which blew today made what aviators have learned to term a "Swiss cheese" atmosphere.  In other words, the atmosphere was certain to be full of holes and the holes so encountered can not support the weight of the machine.  If a turn is attempted in a hole the machine is certain to tip over.  Even today it would have been easy to get off the ground but a return without wrecking the machine was impossible, as when the motor is shut off and the machine slowed down a gust of wind was liable to overturn the machine.

The meet was in doubt all morning, on account of the inclement