Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-10-11
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agement that he would hurry to Paris
tests will follow, but they have not
formally entered machines to contest
for the prizes.
Professor Alexander Graham Bell
OF Washington, inventor of the tele.
phone, will exhibit his kite very soon
and Major Baden-Powell of the BRIT.
ieh army, who had charge of the mill.
tary balloons during the Boer war has
entered for all aernautic contests
which will be conducted under the dj.
rection of Professor Rotch,
Many Offers Received.
s. F. Cody, an American, who has
been operating balloons successfnllv
in England, has offered to come to
st. Louis with several man.liftine
kites, II his expenses are paid, Hun.
dreds of similar applications have
come from other countries. but the
exposition directors have declined to
pay subsidies or provide pecuniary az.
sistance. Everybody Is free to enter
the contest at his own expense and
the prizes are of sufficient amount to
reimburse those who are successful.
People are working on the problem
OF aerial navigation in every part Of
the civilized world, and the cores
pondence of William A. Smith. chief
OF the department of transportation
who has had charge Of the arrange
ments, has been voluminous and in
every language. He has received sew
eral novel suggestions. ~.
Prisoner Wants Help.
A gentleman who is now residing in
the penitentiary at Canon City. Colo,
has also offered some valuable sugges-
lions which he Is willing to carry In
to practical effect if the management
OF the exposition will secure his re.
lease from confinement. He assures
them that he was unjustly convicted
OF a crime that he never committed
and desires to devote him time and
talents to- promoting the welfare OF
his fellow men instead of remaining
in jail He proposes to construct q
number of balloons with reservoirs
which he will flll at the great lakes
tow them across the plains to the arid
regions of the west and then squirt
the water on the thirsty soil.
An Aerial Chariot.
A gentleman in Amsterdam, Holland
has offered to secure, tame and train
forty eagles, vultures and condors and
harness them to an aerial chariot II
the exposition will pay the expenses
He sends drawings and specifications
and shows how easy il wox,d be tc
build an air chariot and have It hauled
around the heavens by the mighty
wings of birds.
To Initiate Birds.
An English sailor, who asks no fav
ors and no aid. has sent in a remark
able suggestion for whatever it IL
worth. and the expert aeronauts de
clare that 1t is worth great deal
They believe that he has discovered
a great principle which Is certain tt
have its influence upon the develop
ment of aerial science. He says thai
while at sea he has often studied the
| flight Of the birds that follow the wake
Of every ship, and has noticed thai
they always rise spirally and always
descend on the incline. Since he hat
been on land he has observed the same
phenomenon among the birds of thu
fields and forests and he suggests tina
the experts of the exposition make {
series of experiments to determine
whether the science of aerial naviga
ton cannot be promoted by initiating
the birds. The suggestion will b,
adopted.
Successful Flying Machine.
/ According to the records of the ex
position, two hers named Wright
who manufac' bicycles at Dayton
Ohio, have ma the longest and mos
successful actual flight in the histor.
of the world with a machine heavie
than the air. They have an aeroplan'
made of canvas upon wooden frame
resembling that which Octave Chan
ute has been making his experiment
among the sand dunes of Lake Mich
i gan. Mr.. Chanute has made flights o
4 800 and 400 feet. The Wright broth
ers have frequently made 800 fee
with gasoline motor, rising from
level They have demonstrated tn
practicability of sailing with motto
and more is expected from them, bu
they explain that they are not able t
comply with the conditions and there
fore have not entered their machin
I for the contests here.