Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-10-09
CARNIVAL
Many Experts in the Art of Fly
ing Will Compete in indus
trial Cup Race.
CONTEST HELD AT ST. LOUIS
Double Row of Open Wire Fences
Will Prevent Interference with
Starting of Balloons.


at st. Louis, the principal feature of
which will be the. contest for the in
ternationai cup during the week be-.
ginning Monday. Oct. p, are nearly
complete, and the men in charge pre-
dict that the event will be the greatest
and most successful in the history of
the International Aeronautic fedora
ton, says st. Louis special dispatch
to the New York Herald. Experts in
aerial navigation from many parts of
the world are entered in the interna-
tional race for the cup. and there will
be numerous special attractions. The
board of directors of the Aero Club OF
America. the organization which rep
resents the international federation in
the United States. has made extensive
plans for the care of the visitors. and
the reception committee includes repre-
sentative men of the United States.
The roster in part is CORTLAND Field
Bishop chairman; Patrick Y. Alexan-
der, Colonel John Jacob Astor. DR. AL
exander Graham Bell, o. II. p. Bel
mont. John f. Borne. James l. Breese.
Alfred \. Chandler. Captain C. De f.
Chandler, Octave Canute, Charles G..
Gates, Charles ]. Glidden, Peter Coop
er Hewitt and Frank S. Lahm.
Many members of the Aero Club of
America will attend A big delegation
already has made preparations to
leave New York on Thursday, Oct. II.
and has engaged headquarters for the
club at the Hotel jefferson. Locally
the Aero club of st. Louis and the
Business Mems league are pushing
preparations for the international race
and the other aerial events. Permis-
sion has been obtained to inclose the
grounds from which. the balloons will
be started at Forest park, the site OF
the worlds fair of 1904.
There will be double row of fences,
one ten feet inside the other. Both
will be of open wire, so as not to OBJ
strict the view of the public. The ten
foot space between the two rows will
be thoroughly policed. The two rows
were deemed advisable so that if by
chance the crowd should break through
the outer fence it could be checked be-
fore getting by the inner one t
The people of st. Louis have had TO
guarantee to the contestants that the
Enclosures shall be kept clear and that
| there shall be no interference with
the starting of the balloons. A bal
loon must have plenty of space to rise.
and it is impossible to keep the crowds
| away without erecting fences. Not
only would crowd around the bal
loon make an ascension impossible.
but it would endanger lives. as many
persons are apt to smoke and even
| light matches near the immense bag
| of gas. The gaslight company also
has been granted permits for the lay
ing of necessary gas mains. The com
pany is experimenting, and it expects
to supply a quality of coal gas with
remarkable ascensional power.
| The Business Mems league has OBJ
tanned n permit and let a contract for
an immense grand stand L. d. Do
Zier, president of the Aero club of st
Louis, who spent several days in New
York recently in conference with mem
bers of the Aero Club of America, has
4 returned. He will give his immediate
| attention TO pushing all necessary
j preparations. The aerial meeting is
| expected to last week. There are