The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-07-27
INNS BLERIOT
'iP0PULAR HERO
mI ondon RusheS to See the
=" French Aviator and His
MOnOpIane.
cpFcK FOR $4,000 AND CUP
.,uNr DE LAMBERT TO TRY AND
Wv ACROSS CHANNEL TODAY.

L4HAln AAANA AHAH NAAN
------5-,au who made history by fiying
-s the English channel from Les
.,e- rr Dover distance of
h1--..--gr. miles. in the remarkable
l''s ~ little less than half an hour.
N bic famous little mOnOplane both
-..- -sr London this morning, the for
l.l, o., receive the monetary fruits of
.-- .r4arrmaut fu the shape of a check
s-ra and the latter TO be placed on
i.titfar fu the financial advantage
-aA---r London hospital and the en-
---,sirr PROPRIETOR of the only Amer
-- 5anrtm.ut store here.
BIsrfot a Hero in London.
--. aviator is finding hero worship
.,,F nor. trying TO endure than the
.-.r af navigating the air. Remark
.E. s.an-- were again Witnessed at
Nor this morning when NJ. BleTiJt
stunned Their. fJ attend a civil recep-
.- a his honor The FTeuChman was
..lraF Ug lGe enormous crowds, and
.-.r..fra had to come TO his protection,
..--ar were the enthusiasts TO greet
ru 1T close quarters
similar ovation awaited the aviator
. London. his aampItriots having gath
.-.r If Victoria station I'M huge mum
f.- With The help of the police he
r-rr Succeeded i'm getting away ana
r-.f-T his lH.aL where he was pre-
..r,sl with Che check lat q luncheon
Warm Congratulations.
p.gr gambou. the French ambassa-
farat London. was present and warm
las .H--e.m D..
British army was largely represented.
and besides War Secretary Haldane
there were Colonel CappeT, head of the
a.-nauue work of the army; Sir Ed
rs7I Grey. secretary of foreign affairs.
and Lieutenant General Sir Arthur Pa
-5t Lieutenant +. II. ShackletOn. who
recently returned from an expedition to
iHa Antarctic and Sir Thomas Upton
also were present.
When 81. BleriOt arrived. Mr.. Haldane
vas the first 90 fsiicitate him. Speak
-g 30 French. the secretary of war con-
graduated the aviator on his magnifi-
cent success. which. he said. would give
him place I'M history all by itself. as to
have crossed the English channel was
1 event marking a new era. You did
tHth wonderful ease added Mr.. Hal
Cane "1ur you had great courage.
Touched by His Welcome.
BE- Bie.iot managed to get out a
i-keu accented Thank you but
made DO further attempt TO speak in
Esish. Speaking his mother tongue
b attributed his success to an immense
-llnr of preliminary work. and said
be was profoundly touched by the
.um-h of his welcome, which he
thought Was quite out of proportion to
what he had accomplished
All had 90 do he said, was TO
a4ye Calais ON my left and make for
Dover on my right
u Beri0l was handed the 81. OOO
b. bank notes iu a splendid silver cup.
i Vas announced at the luncheon
that the Aero club of Great britain had
decided Co present NJ Bleriot with "a
s1 medal similar to the one conferred
on Wilbur ana OTville Wright the
American aeroplanists, I'm London last
May.
Everybody Excited.
'Bier0t fever seems to have seized
2 large part of the pOpulace of London.
those unable T. see the flyer himself
have been hGsiegiug the store where the
compact little m1noUlane is installed
among other travelling requisites, the
chine being $50 small it looks like