Second Flight To Cuba.

New York Times 100 years ago today, May 20, 1913:
Parla Flies from Key West to Mariel — May Receive $5,000.
Special Cable to The New York Times.
    HAVANA, May 19.— Without warning his Government, which would have furnished warships to protect the route over which he passed, Agustin Parla flew from Key West to Cuba this afternoon, landing at Mariel Bay, thirty miles southwest of Havana.
    Parla says that he did not lose his way, but found the winds off shore opposite Havana so strong that he could not make a landing here, as his machine suffered from some slight imperfections.
    Although the City Council, which voted $5,000 for the second aviator making the flight from Key West to Havana, stipulated a landing in the city, it is believed that a liberal interpretation will be made, so that he may receive the prize inasmuch as he flew thirty miles further than Domingo Rosillo did in his flight across the channel on Saturday, when he won $10,000 for being the first Cuban to do so.
    Parla's flight took Havana by surprise. When a cable dispatch from Key West gave the information that he had started, three guns were fired from the Cabana fortress, whereupon thousands quickly gathered along the sea front, looking for his coming. When 5 o'clock had passed and no word had been received, and several passing ships said by wireless that they had not seen him, he was supposed to have been lost.
    The first news of him after his departure from Key West came when the Mayor of Mariel telegraphed his arrival; whereupon the Mayor of Havana and other prominent citizens automobiled thither, bringing Parla to Havana.
    In order to leave no doubt as to the legality of his receiving the prize, Parla may fly from Mariel to Havana to-morrow.