... »~-r 100.000. Vine a eel or 8J5 per 100^)00. odicr than railroad car*, street cart 1 per 300,000. Deaths resulSaj: from ■ din* is-a rate cf 8 per 100.000. or 23y>er 300.000, a ratr ms year •awed hy the Wean's by the American Machinist tc workers an ployed duria* the »-ai

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i that of -the TranscaoraslaD to the present four vafcxv only. The tii*h Achieved was In the mar 1*1*. when J JSt t'.ronphout the world, mainly doe la th* * "t eokatlB-lsaaec' \n the phllstellc attnirs of new Knrope for the klnrhan tf <he Berli*. CtmIi ite Isspea for Oruotls. tfl»r»nla. Bosnia anf jeti the veseran Kin* "Mar I as overlord ol jjki.brnh Latin sad CyrUUe dUracters. of the Japanese Nat) ■ Isnnebed by Japan at Knre the othet a <* the Imperial family, any* a Tokyo i Vert wee laid at Kure nasal dockyard t AD*mtt 28. 1017. but her tmildin* canaMinihly delayed owaa.* to tht seiifeJty of workers In rmtseqaenoe "1 the war hnd to the chance tt. the plan <if const ruction as the result s-f IcwMts eumlslu-4 by the Jutlund battle At first It was proposed to build a skip of the Kyuca clsas wMh a dl* ent of 1113300 ton." lint laser bet c was chcnged to dO.UXl. on the work of btr itjolpmen; mamrut will be proceeded with Kare dockyard, and

be done.

Theae feaU merely emphasise the fact which la becoming Increastncly apparent that there la nowhere that the airplane cannot-go. I'he fact that these unexplored regions of the earth ere the taokt difficult, dangerous i ceaslble but hastens their exploration. The more danger the greater the Incentive! The greater the adventure, the more enjqyable the thrill 1 These silent places of earth appeal to the adventurer of the Ckiea as the man i with loathing. A writer hi rfhe Strand Magttxlne t ly that nature still provides the flying man wtlh all the has^rds of adventure. And. he proceed* to art down in - detail the opportunities that await the arlatcr on exploration bent. He argue* that nature. In theae remote regions, has defied all the white map's attempts to scale }»er heights. Intrude upon bet arid ertltudes. escape'from the luthin* dangers of her virgin forest*, or f upon her snowy wartea. She.lat-__ expedition* oat of court; but Mie cannot laugh -at the equipment of the winged explorer, there !* little the airman cannot da. From Gibraltar be can peep upon She tribal fanatic* af southern Morocco and dwell a white on the wertern Atlas moantains. , -J-'Toni Sto’PVbeylx# a flyto* ground of tb«a- ' «nnds of square miles In the eastern Sahara . d. ilf 'M'U Kmd of rolling sand, the deserts of Arabia, tpq, Both are with' u his reacL. and be la certain of do company except whar he takes vdth him. For a change, the coast of JxeGalanas irlfleal lor s)l|.plng Into ,Uiy malarial Jungle* of the OordITb r.i of-dontherr. Veneruela, and when tired antharakhiga brief tfear he ahoold hnd a convenient % tiding qpot cm the Tumae Ho mac. Or-else the '.esert OfaGobl from the Siberian railway, or portion* of the polar area that are not “the home cl the biltzayd." might be worth Us attention. Bnt let him bewaare of the fllhaltable Coreau of BratU. the hnrrieana lands of western Antarctica, the ■windy heights and Icy Croat* of the Himalayas without proper regard to the pitfalls that beast the uawary la theae reglcss. la the *3real Himalaya*. An airman would prwbaMjr fly s thousand feet above the Great Hltaalnys.'The maix range, which from The south appear* like pM*earning wall of anew and lee. Some oT ttie enow field* of the Ik. infaiya* are anly acceudble fnax the air. aod If he landed tm odd an engine eto]ipage might leave him marooned In an exposed and precarious

position.

It would be hard to find any srteatlflc task more Interesting ttian the esploratiun of certain regloae of Afghanistan and tb< itndy of It* wild, pagan Inbubitunta. Uw Wd K*fly» and rtber atrange trilxe. In the harifaenst comer of the country large portion* of Badskkhan cud Kaflretan are entirely unknown. The aerial wanderer, inspired with a true love of adventure, will Aoubibws be pleased to know that not all the Dark Continent U yet an open book. In fact, it still j-;.lou*ly guard* some very black spot*, iiven la JirlilKb territory how much Is known of the Inner Shlllnk district* of the Bcudsn; the region betw-i n the npper water* of the Blue Nile and the limit* of the Uganda, or the line of the Senusal oe-" from TripolL or thv Cyrenalce towa.d Wntelf What Kuropenu ha* seen, much lew trod, huge area* within the desert region* of southern Asbi? There are other areas which have be*, crunrd alway* In baste and even In fi-a'; also region* rl*ltod i>erhBp» by a score of traveletv. aliiee the rv'ival <‘f lenmlng, but hiItafalted by peoplas of wh-no we have ivtimod much lean than about the polar t£*kfat*> The greatest ume-n n r. a Ilea in Arabia, almost nl! ibe southern half «1 wliicb 1* occupied. *<- cunilBg tc native report-, by s gr.nt wlld-Tiitas Anoan a* the “Dwellln;. of the Void." Three tnuclera have dalsmd iliat they have gazed on tttemwMt trincM fr.-m the west, south and

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The biggest feat left tpr a traveler to perform in Arabia, perhaps In all Asia, ii to cross the Yemen, then on to Nejran. from there along the Wady Dauaslr to Ada] and High Mejd. The southernmoat province* of these land*, noted for their water* and easparatire fertility, have «tlU to be seen by west err eye*, and It would now *eem that these eyes wIUTk- those of an alnnsa. whoas wire ship will he mre than probably worshiped as a miracle from the celestial blue. He will have to determine what becemua of the inland flowing water* of west-central Arabia, and to throw light on the mysterious valley region which Moslems in the middle age* said existed on the north-cen-tral fringe ef the Great desert, and contained halfburied cities among whose ruins the Bedawla found coins. Be ahoold Isarn much at oil' the mysterious Kitktan Arabs, end their possible African origin. Bnt fur the modem investigator South America •til) offers the largest field of Intelligent Inquiry. Regions n<«r the poles and In the arid desert* cm. only lend themselves to the progress of material development In a purely auxiliary capacity, or provide quaint tere of the custom* and conditions of effete, or alaait nonexistent, tribes. Bat South Amenta is teeming with virgin richea that are only waiting the mrglc sesame of the aerial pioneer. Kqulpped with powerful flying machines, the work of exploration should proceed more rapidly than tt ha* ever done, and soon the unexplored environs of the poles, patch** of central Aria, a large Interior of Arabia, especially of the Sahara, spot* In central Africa, large tract* of South America, esiwdully between the great rivers, and certain ari a* of Australia should be on the page of accomplished exploration. In the Next Decade. To show the wonderful way In which the map of the world bn* boon filled, tt ha* only to be stated that In 11100 25,024.360 square mile* hud been mapje-d from route traverses and sketches, whereas la 10IC this area Increased to 37.550 552 square statute mile*. In 1800 no less thua 30.UW.cfri square statute miles were entirely ansurvey ed and unuuipix-d. while in 1010 tbl« had been reduced to 8.350,794 square statute miles out of OOXMO.OOO square mile*, the total area of the land surface of the earth, together with the unknown jinru of the Arctic and Antarctic region*, which mey i e either bind or water. With the much quicker men a* of itiveatipnlhni of today a decane or two should *cc the proper survey und ..dipping of all parts of the earth's surface that are likely to b« of any use to a man us seitiomeris. or capable of his development. Aerial science seems to be beeping pace with the demands which will be made upon 11. One of tbese is the mdstance of the engines to frost wl'lle Inactive; otherwise there Is the risk of frozen ctiglne* and permanent stoppage upon landing. This difficulty has no doubt beer preseatasl Iwtwecn Vancouver and the Yukon, where there have been cxperttmiit* with an nivlal port, be', fly hi c In this n-gion Is cominratively simple to the long distances to be covered In arctic ex plouthm. Already as ourisi expedition to the

./razqi wastes of the polar regions Is being - T9tif«d. rnnl the airship will, no doubt he on that will command a big radius of action and per-

mit large petrol storage.

The tropica created another set of difficulties. The airplane fabric and glue fixtures were fosnd to be of a perishable nature In the climate, and new asbatancea of greater resistance to the tt* tease beat were introduced. But today an airplane. adaptable for any hemisphere, is within the range of science, and soon the flying explorer should be on most routes leading to the unknown beyond the region* of civilisation Ills story win be an imperishable and tiirilllng chrpter of tb» history of nature In her wildest hanrta.

Aerial Exploration Costly.

Bqt aerial exploration Is not to be lightly undertaken. There Is the cost of airplanes, hangars, landing places and maintenance of personnel. Exploration is a stationary thing at time*, and buses must bo erected. It Is one thing to fly over an untrodden region and quite another to explore it Bdeoee demand* much knowledge from the modem explorer. I'osslbly a nation, or nation*, coaid only furnish the necessary means to provide the material for the aerial highway and stations whlcb are lndlspen*able to satisfactory exploration In remote quarters of the earth. Huai r.i* of uv"" of Arabia which no west?rner ha* x*vn have ta flown over by European officers during the * Member* of these military expeditions have t covered most interesting ruins of hnlf-btirf dtle*. But this work was done from proper equipped depots. Military bases and aerial past stations may prove the Jumping-off points for further expeditions under state tn-giv Desert flying would lead to the Unking up of (he old caravan routes by tracking successive ouw-*; and then, from the beaten paths, the wastes adjoining would

bo searched for historic rains.

The fsict remain* that the aerial pioneer will be tile first !•! many virgin field* of science and history. and will In his quest* And the wine of ad-

venture In bumper drat ghts.

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I'ndoubli-dly theiv I* much of Importance to tbo world to be gained by thorough exploration of this region. And by way of mystery there 1* the legend of the White Indian*, tbo Guatmrtva of the uppar bnHliiS. The Spanish explorer* of 1730 inentTaaMd 188H reported them; and other* have twn about them by trader* and Indians. Tho Brazilian, Venezuelan and Colombian erumvnt* have done Utile in exploring this region which la full of uukau uu rtebo*.

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