The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-27
NOTED FRENCHMAN
now A GUEST HERE
His Mission Is to Show His Party
the Great North
west.


is one Of those wealthy men who regard
riches as the mere means to an end: 10
a Journal interviewer, he evinced
far more interest in automobiles and
airships than. he exhibited in schemes
for making money. The father Of the
sport of automobile racing, and the pro-
moter Of experiments which have devel-
oped the present practicable form OF
air ship, he is still keen business man
of enormous capital and exploits in the
world Of business, which would proba-
bly prompt any other man to rest his
reputation upon these exploits alone.
He reached Minneapolis this morning
from Chicago on the Burlington, and
will remain in the twin cities four days.
He is a thoro cosmopolite. Turnout
Europe he owns enormous landed
estates, and as such is recognized as a
patron Of husbandry;; Twice he has
been around the world. Like the true
citizen Of the world, he has many adj
Lubbock; 50 Mount street, London; IS
ria, New York: Ard he has had an
Office in Seattle. UNot for business, =
he protested, but just to get the pa
pers. -
The first impression Of this remarka-
BILE son Of France is one Of his apparent
youthfulness. A short talk with him
reveals the seasoned traveller, the unas-
Stunning man Of the world, rather than
citizen Of any circumscribed territory.
He Prefers Northwest.
An incident revealed one direction in
| which the enthusiasts Of NJ. Lebaudy is
turned. In reply to "a question ais to
whether he were identical with the IA
nous Emperor Of Sahara" the Lee
baHdy who set mp a kingdom In the
desert. elevated his shoulders in elo.
quent denial. & + = 20
That IS distant relative Of mine,''
! he said. ttIfzI were to have an EN-.
pire it should be in this great north.
& am familiar with this country.
was here three years ago with Samuel
Hill on his return from Russia. have
maps in my room showing the lines OF
J the Great Northern and the Northern
Pacific, in, which my family has hello
! bonds for many years, and Of which ]
am a shareholder. i invited the French
consul at Chicago to. come and see the
great country at my expense. The am
bassadors Of France and England ant
Germany come to Washing ton, but the,
! Paul. It is scandalous, the ignoranc,
! the educated people Of Europe show
They do not know these cities exist
and / show them on the map.
On this trip. around the world, M. lie
I: baudy places his knowledge of Amer
: lea and of the English language at til
disposal Of his party DE three. He en-
apartments everywhere. He. will have
new Great Northern compartment ca
:: to Seattle: On The Great Norther
steamer for the orient he will have tn
! best bridge deckrooms. Next year b
will bring q party of ten or more fror
France to the northwest. Two year
ago, at the request of the French gov
!: eminent, he sent students to the Unive1
!: sity Of Chicago. He is greatly inter
abroad have deferred M. tLebaudy froI
: investing in America. ].
"Bpt I am watching things up here,
he said earnestly, "and i may bu
!: land in the west later -
:: A Patron Of Sport.
81 Altho the Lebaudys are well know
5 in the commercial world as the suga
: firm, and in politics as representative
: lin the French house Of commons, the
5 are best known as patrons Of pure spor
Without question the title of fathe
( of automobiling goes to Robert y
. Ibaudy. Ten years ago he began to e.
: pertinent with the motor car, merely {
!. sport. He deprecates any allusion
) business in this connection. For tt
): same reason he is enthusiastically pr
s noting the perfection Of the steers
s bleO balloon, as he calls it.
!: sYou see, how the automobile
: used now" he said with smile; g
{ ten years you will see airships trave
5 ing about just the same. -
= IN airChinS hp had
5 kindly word. He believed start hs
s been made, as has been done in the ca
!. of motor cars. It is evident, howeve
: that M. Lebaudy believes the real thi1
!. to be the Paris dirigible machine. Th
!. is not strange in the light Of the rel
|. ton he bears to the sport and of tt
/. fact that he is vice president of, tt
8 Paris Airship club. 2
s The dirigible balloon is a great su
s cess in military affairs. in the opinlt
3 of the French expert. He says it
s used along the Franco-G German borde
!. and only. recently a minister inspect,
/. the border from one end to the 9th
!. in a dirigible with great satisfactio
!. He predicts the use Of the steered al
. ship from Minneapolis to Chicago wi
/. the affirmation that "vou will g
. there then
!. In the Lebaudy party are Captain
3 MCCaTIny Oh lOuuOu, IetlIeu, s-Aiii'
!. Montague and Desvaux of Paris. Tns
3 day the four will leave Minneapolis
!. Seattle, where they will meet t
French consul from San Francist
!. They will be received by represent
s tives Of the Great Northern compar
= as they were today in Minneapol
!. With the independence Of the wealt
/. traveller, M. Lebaudy refuses unusu
+ favors, but he accepts with gracef
mi +honLS nI,nn oro,,s small co,,rt lac at +
z hands of James j. Hill s.
s M. Lebaudy expects to travel to Pa
s over the Siberian railway, and to rea
!. Paris July 80.
!. Chicago, Oct PA subpoena to appear a
5 witness in the .'beef trust' trial Nov. 20 \
!. today served on Charles G.. Dawes. former c
s troller of the currency. Mr.. Dawes refused
e discuss the matter, altho he admits having b
GK served with the subpoena.