Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-12-03
LIEUTENANT LAHM TELLS
OF CONQUEST OF THE AIR
Asserts That Conquest Of the Air Be
gan IN France as early as
1888.
Nt III" Associated PresSD

Sla,t : SI9nai corps spoke at f'EGkn
upon "rh" ConuurSl of The Al!". "u.
ing 4 E.irf historical View o. ar!, =.
uu;l,> .r"i Il, ocrihins M!Ch ~ L
d,Jail the m - prolninrn, feat, IN
hullnnujue curing the past >r\rr.'i
wear, l.r-ut. l.thm has himself
I%Ld, MANY n~c"nSi0us and h. de-
scribe, some of jhr s,us.t!uns rx-
pr.i, need during Il balloon voyage.
The history ui IN" conquest oI IN"
air Lieut.. l.uhm said had it., beg in
ming in rs; when two Frrnchm"u.
j, s,.,h and t.r!nrnr Mont golfer. pup'y
bu" inaml.dctur,.,s conceived tn" id,.t
o! ri!ling one OF their paper bagS
with water lapUr in Or'!"r ia hav'' an
ir\uibitiuY OF Interests l., IN" public.
III" \arur cunU"naIne 80 rapidly ~"
.t.,a h,:lrO"tu BAT that leaked out
through The paper. Fimall, they f!llrd
:. sin bag with >mohr and were
uWaIi!r., hN seeing j. isr. Tn" new ,
of their discovery spread and they
were called EloH 20 make puhl:'
&c mons tttlCh. Oh June - II. ! : -
on the cubic sGlArr of rh-ir ua'lvr
'oNu 'hcl sen, uu a balloon tillrh
with hot air 10 Il height OF G.uu' feet
Their success mad,. these ha. manu-
farturrr, IN" heroes uI Me day.
\ few months late" ,wo arr&nautS
-'ar,yd tom Paris IN Il balloon III
Mated with hn, air and lauIrd ON the
outskirts OF jhr city hail an hDur
laj.r iyujaiuin Franklin was pres
en- N tha,, occasion and when : N"
ui!, asked him u' what u.s.. w'r"
~ balloons he replied: OF what
u.s.. is new born hahc?"
Lieut.. I.ahm said that the Init"H
States i ", II r";.r. scented among the
pioneers 0: a"rorauiicS. John Wis" a
Philadelphia carpenter started iH' m
-. Louis in 1859 in a spherical bal
Ioru and LANDED a Henderson il
NORTHWESTERN NJ York. - - hunrS
later having mad" about >.n mics
measured il an air Nn". This was
tn. worlds r.co!i M 10 100" when
Count Della Vuulx went from Paris
10 Russia , distance Ct |. 200 miles.
Wis. ,,,In several a.ccnSions and
wr,,. , !. o,, On rh.. subject Of aoron-
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with an .ngin. and on" or NOR" pro-
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dizziness in making an ascension.
that the effect is not locking down
from 2 high building or tower be-
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