The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-07-30
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#Airsl1ip Exhibition at Forest Hill Hill
Park - Handsome Well
" Made Model.
WILL DISPLAY IN EXPOSITION ! ISL 10
Republicans Hold Mass Meeting
and Eject Delegates, and En- 81
dorse Judge Lewis.
Manchester Bureau. Times Dispatch,
lHEI-L No. 1lO2 E1ull Strcct. /

m Manchester Bureau. Times Dispatch,
81. No. 1l02 Hull Street.
Mr.. Charles NJ. Stanley, formerly Of
San Francisco now of 1,wcn,y-sixth and
franklin Streets Richmond has on cxni-
plton at Forest ELL Park an nirship
model, which he Claims comes up to all
tho requirements necessary to successful
Digit. III
The model was made entirely by the
4 inventor who has succeeded In having 1t
patented.
1t Is worked by an electric motor, which
operates two propellcrs, one al each end.
These propclcrs afford not only propul-
i, don, but also give direction to the air
4 ship. by this means the nlrship may DO
tithcr raised or lowered. They net as
ruddcrs. thus saving extra weight by
doing away with the regular raiders
heretofore used by Inventors, and are
5 reversible. giving the machine either an
Upward or downward motion us desired
To raise 1t and maintain II In the air
tho machine viii be filed with d conical
shaped balloon. cnct4ed In aluminium or
Some other light substance. Room Will
&c afforded In the outer cone to allow OF
4 t}le expansion OF the gas In the balloon.
Is his, tho Inventor claims, Is n new fea-
feature and viii save the loss OF gas. a
@;lhIculty that inventors have had to en-
counter and which Mr. Stanley claims
ias not yet been overcome.
THE rcversiblityg Of the propcllors and
their Use as rudde,s give the operator a b.
solutc control over the machine. He
may. In the words OF he inventor 20
up or down. maintain himself on level
move forward and be propelled counter
Ito any mir current. 55
s} Mr.. Stanley has worked on his invention
for fifteen years. On his latest model
which Is now on exhibition, he devoted
the whole OF last year, and now he thinks
he has reached a happy climax In hay
Ing built as he GLAZING. model perfect
In every respect. II all Is as Mr.. STAN
ley claims, the new aIrship viii revolu-
tionize commerce and warfare 1t but
remains for him to build practical
machine, in which he can ascend and
demonstrate to the world the practica-
bility OF his ideas.
He proposes TO construct one which he
will exhibit at the Jamestown EXPOSE
ton. 1t Is his intention to demonstrate
the perfection and effectiveness of his
machine BY lighting a sEam battle with
the United States navy In Hampton
Roads He is waiting now for the ncces-
sary funds with which TO construct the
practical airshp.
Mr.. Stanley now has his model on ex-
&hbition at one OF the pav!lons In Forest,
Hill Park. where it may be viewed by
the public for slight admission fce.i
Surprise Their Friends.
Miss Ruby A. ralmer, of Richmond.
and Mr. irwin 7. Donnelly, Of Manchcs-
tcr were married in Washington on
Thursday. july 9TH, by Rev. w. N. Fer
80 Vc;,, H., u Nictl lot
Church. The wedding was surprise to
Il number Of their friends.
They will make their future home at
z No. l4l2 Porter Street.
Contractor Arrested.
G. w Smith. Of Shores, Va. who has
contract work in Manchester, was yester-
day evening arrested In Richmond on
complaint Of ]. ". Lane, Of Swansboro,
A charging that he Is an absconding debtor.
he was brought from Richmond by
Officer Waymack and lodged In the Man
chester station house.
Smith was rcmodeling house for Mr.
Lane under contract, and tho latter,
hearing that smith was preparing TO
leave for his home in Shores, caused his
arrest. The house was not finished, and
1t seems that he feared Smith would
not return to complete the work.
Smith said last night that he had not
been able to finish paying Off his hands,
and that they had sent abroad stories
about him, and that these reaching the
ears Of Mr.. Lane caused his arrest He
says that he was going home. where he
Lad been called by his wife, DO at the
bedside of their sick baby. He is a
stranger and unable to secur cbail. Si His
Wife. he contends, unaware of his IL de-
tcntion, is,at home nursing her sick baby
and anxlously awaiting his arrival. But
Smith is unable to 80 and without means
to send word to his wife OF tho reason
Il his staying away
Republican Mass Meeting.
Republicans Of Manchester held d mass
meeting last night for the purpose OF
electing q delegate and an alternate to
the Roanoke convention on August Sth
Mr. II. c. Bcnttie was chosen as delet
gate and Nj. w. r. Beattle was. elected
alternate. n
BY resolution tho Republicans who at
tended the mass meeting in Cunning
hams Hall endorsed Judge l.. l., Lewis
Tor Governor, and also endorsed tho acts
If President Theodore Roosevelt, IL
The meeting was well attended. and
The majority of the best known and most
Influential Republicans of tho city were
present
Reduce Time to Petersburg.
on Tuesday, August list. the Virginia
Passenger and Power Company VIII In
lugurato a new schedule from here to
Petersburg, which will reduce the time
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