The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1904-09-26
CHAMPION AERONAUT ARRIVES
WANTS TO INTEREST CAPITAL IN
COMMERCIAL RALLOONING.
Delegation OF French Workingmen Hefp
to Inspect st. Louis, Trade Unions
and American Democraey-Ln Bro
tagne Got wireless News on This Trip.


to Inspect st. Louis, Trade Unions
and American Democraey-La Bro
tagne Got wireless News on This Trip.
The Count De Ia Vaulx, known to his
French brethren who make specially Of
aerial navigation as the champion -aerostat'
OF the world. arrived yesterday from Hayre
aboard the French Line steamship La Bre-
tagne. The Count said that the special
purpose OF his visit was to interest American
capitalists in the two kinds Of dirigible
balloons which he has invented. II he
secures enough capital in America he will
let the investors decide whether the bal
looms shall be made in this country or In
France. He processes to see a future m
@rial navigation by means OF tile Siderable
balloon.
he Is really the champion Of air naviga-
tors. He made the longest balloon trip on
record, from Paris to kiev, In Little Russta,
distance OF ,24o miles, IN 80 hours. Under
the supervision and with the help OF the
French Government, he also made voyage
over q restricted course in the Mediterra-
mean, which he says was long In p ONT OF
time, and tedious because OF continuous
steering IL took him AZ hours to cover
this ciruumscribed course OF iSS miies;
His balloon in this test was Of the elongated
kind and had special steering gear used
only in travelling above water. For navi-
eating above the land the Count uses the
| GlobLlar balloon and another sort Of steer.
ing s paris l. s hs ae has made
| 1888 ascensions, has been In the air alto
qether forty days and has travelled 1880
miles through 1t. he says that he has
developed some new ideas, that he Is now
ready to put into practice. that will make
his balloons safe and steady. and that he
hopes to inspire investors to believe IN
their practicability for commercial pur-
| poses and for use in war
The Count has reputation as an ef-
| plorer particularly In Patagonia, through
which he travelled with four natives and
| drove Of forty mules. He has written q
book about his experiences: He visited
| New York In 1893 while on his way from
Japan to France. and declares that he 10
| glad to be here again.
Other passengers aboard La Bretagne
were the Baroness Liebig the Count Peretu
de la Rocca four naval officers who will
| join the cruiser Troude, and a delegation
| Of French workmen who are here to visit
the st. Louis exposition and get general
idea of American industry and American
democracy and to enter in touch with the
labor organizations" The head Of the
delegation is Prof. Albert, Metin OF the
who also represents the Ministry Of Com
merce. The delegation is much like the
Mosely delegation OF British workmen,
except that II is sent out by the French
Government (Wnlcn pays all itS eSpeiisesb
instead Of by private enterprise. AmSng
| the delegates are some of the most skilful
artisans OF France. many Of the leaders
OF workmen's societies and unions and
representatives OF various technical schools.
until Tomorrow. 1t will then 60 to Phila-
delphia, spending q day there; then to
Washing ton, to Pittsburg, where two days
will be spent: and thence to St. Louis, where
ten days will be devoted to study o. the
n. a. fxNv, tu
the delegation will stop at { hicago. iagara
Falls, Montreal. Quebec and Boston. II
will spend q few more days In ew York In
the latter part Of October before sailing
| for France. Most Of the delegates are
Minister Combes had the support Of the
labor element Of the country. The Cow
ernment was more closely allied tolabor than
the Government Of any other country.
! The Radicals and Socialists were practt-
Old age pension bill for workmen, whether
| in or out Of Government employment.
Prof. Metin says that each OF the dele
gates Zone Of whom. A. Busson. - the
director Of lie Trap5a, repTesentstiys o.
Chevalier OF the Legion OF Honorl WI
write q report Of his Impressions Of Ameri-
| can methods Of work, Of the American
workman and his unions and VIII mako
comparisons with the industrial rnethods
and unions Of France. The reports will
be printed by the French Government.
Albert Clement, q young French END.
neer whose father manufactures tho CIe-
ment automobile. also was passenger by
! the Bretagne. He brings a % horse-powsr
machine which took third prize on tho
Ardenne course, also light car which
took prize, He viii enter the races Tor
the Vanderbilt cups on Long Island on
| Oct. 5.
La Bretagne was recently equipped with
\ the Marconi wireless system and for the
! first time she gathered most Of the import
ant news Of the world from ships she spoke
going east and west.