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The New York Press, Sunday [[cutoff]] Public Tired of Aeronautics, and [[cutoff]] [[image photograph portrait]] Alan R. Hawley, Marceau Photo [[image photograph]] Miss Quimby in an airplane [[cutoff]] [[Caption]] Miss Quimby Her first pass [[cutoff]] [[image - drawing]] [[Caption]]Miss Millers First Smash [[image photograph of 5 people around, working on, in a plane]] Aviators, Who spent Money [[cutoff]] Harvest, are out of Jobs or [[cutoff]] and Allan R. Hawley Admits [[cutoff]] aviation is totally dead. It is not. There will, no doubt, be birdmen and flying machines from now until the end of time. But it is certain that the general popularity of the sport is gone. One well known aviator laid the blame at the door of the new Administration. He said that with times uncertain, people were not spending money on the exploitation of aeronautics. Then, too, he said, with a whimsical [[cutoff]] Cause of Aviatio [[cutoff]] Allan A. 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For a century and a half priest-princes of the house of Petrovitch nominated as their successors other priest-princes of their line, and every head of the house, up to 1852, was an unmarried monk, who was also general in battle, spiritual guide in time of peace, teacher and inspirer. The present King's uncle, Danilo II., was the first to throw off the priestly role. he declined to vow himself to celibacy, married a rich and beautiful woman, and, more warlike than his monkish predecessor, raised the banner of revolt against the hated Turk and redeemed his little land from bondage. King Nicholas was born in time to take a glorious part in that campaign for freedom. The great heroic figure of the movement, however, was Nicolas's father, Mirko, "the Sword of Montenegro," as he was called. Although Mirko never ruled, he embodied the national spirit as few of his house had done. In war he was terrible, in peace he was par excellence the patriarch of the people. Rearms His Subjects This man, whom the Turks had such good reason to fear, was, when his sword and shield were hung upon the D[[top of page is folded and obscures the first line]] play as great a part in deciding the issue of the next war as the dreadnoughts of the sea; and it is because they wish to impress this fact on the mind of the man in the street that certain people have been so loud in their denunciation of the British War Office for paying $90,000 for an airship three years ago, and afterward making no practical use of it. Great Britain may have a fleet of aeroplanes, but they also must compete with France and Germany in the matter of airships, and, judging from the extraordinary efforts which Germany is making at the present time to perfect her fleet of airships, it is obvious that she considers they are essential as war vessels for the maintenance of her power. In the matter of airships Germany at present stands first in the world. That nation possesses twenty-five dirigibles of the rigid type, and by the end of the present year will have thirty-two. And it is significant that the Zeppeline company, which now turns out an airship every three weeks, hoeps to be in position at the end of six months to double this output, says an expert. Favor the Rigid Type. Germans pin their faith to the rigid type of airship, and consider it by far the best for war purposes. So convinced are they of this that when England tried to buy a rigid airship some time ago the German Government vetoed the order, although they permitted purchase of a Parsival, a non-rigid vessel. Some facts regarding the capabilities [[cut off]] air dreadnoughts, given by an expert, provide an illustration of their deadliness in time of war. Before an airship is accepted by the German government it must have done a trial trip of a continuous 1,500 miles at a speed of fifty miles an hour. As a matter of fact, eighteen vessels now in commission have a range of 2000 miles. They can carry six tons of explosives, and are practicing with apparatus which can direct bombs of dynamite weighing half a ton apiece. Which means to say that a couple of these air dreadnoughts could utterly destroy a town or army. In addition to explosives, however, each dirigible carries heavy quick-firing guns. Hangars on Turn Tables. Hangars capable of holding the largest air vessels are being constructed 'The late types of hangars are built on turn tables, so that there is no difficulty in docking or taking the airship out in a strong wind. The latest type at present being constructed in Heligoland is such a turn table hangar which sinks in a pit, so that its heavily armored roof is flush with the ground. In addition, all over Germany there are erected iron towers as anchorages. These towers are built with revolving tops, so that the airship can ride in safely, no matter how the wind changes. The towers are built close to hydrogen stations. It is interesting to note that one such tower is built on the Austrian frontier, two on the Russian, three on the French and eight on the North sea cost--which is the British frontier, if Nelson's dictum still holds good. The murdered King of Servia, and that the eldest daughter of Nicholas was the first wife of King Peter, lent additional significance to the attempt. But that the brave, large-hearted old King bears no malice is shown by his releasing the statesman who, with exalted colleagues, had thus aimed a blow at the lives of himself and family. Still Priest and Poet. Although he is now a constitutional monarch, King Nicholas has abandoned none of the attributes of the patriarch. He is still priest and poet laureate to his people. A dramatist of genuine gifts, an orator of power, he remains a fine military leader, but he does not forget that he is a teacher; every child in Montenegro receives its education upon a plan designed by the King himself. Hundreds of Americans know him, for a visit to his capital is an established feature of one of the most popular Mediterranean cruises, and he talks with perfect freedom and frankness to his visitors. But he is shrewd and cautious, if communicative, in action no less than in speech. Not even the cherished members of his own family escape his wrath if they offend him. When Austria cold-bloodedly set treaties at defiance and seized Bosnia-Herzegovina, the patriotic spirit of the beautiful Princess Zenia, the King's youngest daughter, blazed up and she took steps in the direction fo inciting open enmity toward the greater Power. The stern but loving father treated her as a subject, made her pack her trunks and betake herself, with a cautious chaperon, into exile in Paris. 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