CHALLENGE TO A DUEL.

Wanganui Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 14218, 16 February 1914, Page 5

CHALLENGE TO A DUEL.

AVIATOR VEDRiNES V. QUINTON. “ONE MUST BE WIPED OUT.’’ ■ Pros* Association—Telegraph—Copyright Received February' 16, 9 a.in. PARIS, February 1.5 Yedrines, the aviator, has returned, and has challenged M. Quinton, president of the French Aerial League, to a duel with service revolvers at ten paces. He declared that after the incident which occurred in January one must be wiped out. Meanwhile he has announced his candidature for Parliament. Early in. January Yedrines reached Cairo on what he intended to be a round-the-world trip in ,an aeroplane. He was challenged to a duel while in that city by Roux, but Yedrines refused the demand on the ground that Roux was disgraced in France. M. Quinton, president of the French Aerial League, telegraphed to light the duel or return. Yedrines replied: “I will fight you when I return.”