The May 8, 1909 NYT published the following letter to the editor:

In view of the remarkable achievements in aviation of the Wright brothers, may I not suggest the propriety of advocating an award to them of one of the Alfred Nobel Prizes? Their accomplishments come within the Department of Physics, and possibly also, within the Department of Peace. Public agitation seems to be necessary - vide the case of ex-President Roosevelt.

I might grant the letter writer their appeal to a Physics award, but the Peace award? If offered in 1909 the award would most certainly have to be repealed only a few years later as the military applications of their invention matured.