Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-08-23
THIS is THE OFFICIAL TIME.
Thousands of Spectators Went from
Paris by Early Trains 10 Wit
ness .tYiator Fly.

Rheims, Aug. sss.-Giegn H. Curtiss.5
the Americnn aviator. matte a record
here today. He covered one lap, a dis
tance of 8 1-5 miles, in S minutes. 3-5
seconds This is the official time.
sunshine and oniy5, d trace Of wind I,
made ideal conditions for this, the Sec
lSond day OF Walton week at Rheims
Attracted by the sensational perform
ance s of yesterday, when six aeroplanes$
We're seen at the game time winging
theif, Hight in huge circles over the
ni5in OF Eetlieng. thousands OF specta-{
tors came down con the early trains
from Paris. and when tile dirigible bal !,
loon Colonel Renard appeared over the
| field 5at 10 o'clock, having come from
! Meanx, the fences lining the field al4t
read We're black NTH people. The
!; sRenatd. Mhich$is the first of the dirlgi-t
| Die 1iloons to arrive, carried out Il
serics of impressive evolutions.
Huhart Latham has been chosen as
the third aviator To- represent France.
| lin the contest for the international cup.
Isthe9Sbig event of the week. Which wifi
| be run off next Saturday.
The others are NJ. NJ. sBleriot and Lee
3febvre. This decision WAS rea ched by
the Judges this morning after careful
consideration of the elimination corr
tests held yesterday. Tissandier, paul
ham and Solnmel are alterna tes ia
Latham. Tissandier. who uses q. Virgin
biplane, thus far holds the speed record Il
Only one other Wright machine, that
operated by Schreck, remains to COM
pete;in this event. s}5 e 5s ss5 MI x
The daring performances yesterday; Of
LefebvTe have made lim> extremely
popular, but 13leriot and Latham still
remain the faYorites OF the crowd.
Cortland r. Bishop, representing the
Aero Club of America, today received
definite assurances from jacques Verna
That he would send q small portable
diiAgiblei balloon. the Zodint To appear
~ the Hudson ton celebration IN
New Yorl next month. Zodiac VIII
compete in the race for difislbles to bc
held here.
IS The events scheduled for today were
| the Grand priS de la Champagne and
| os tire G'it.f oee r helms and continue
tons In the Prlx d !, Iou,. de Piste and
the t9rlx des Aeroia'its. The first,
| event carries flrlzeA amounting to s20,AI
\ COO the first being $4,000. The money,
4 will be given 70 the six aeroplanes
4 tra ing he greatest distance without.
! 5touahiiig the ground or feplenisfing]
35sthefis supply IF fuel and oil. sssET
~ No aYlator can come within a certain
| .lpeeifieG distance or the ground This
ent%consequently is a test OF endur-l
| ailcc. 5 I'LL
Most OF the sky pilots elected to-
! postpone their efforts until NJ toward
evening During the morning and
early afternoon hours few unofficial.
test flights were made. q n VA
Glenn II. ,Gurtiss was out early and
made Il satisfactory trial fight OF two
Silometers. Bleriot, With his s6-horse
power machine, astonished his COM
4 petitors With the speed he, developed.
He travelled. so swiftly that Curtiss'
| confidence in his ability to capture the
international cup has been somewhat
shaken. This event is the principal
| feature of the meeting. q II
MI Ct1rtiss today expressed great
ltsurrrise at the decision of the Wright
brothers TO sue him personally. He in-
| sisted that the Wrights never. have.
specified completely wherein he has In
| fringed upon their patents. Cortland.
| II. Bishop. president of the Harring-
i Gurtiss company, maintains that the
| Wrigllts' claim for a basic patent is.
1 not good and that Mr.. Curtiss does not.
employ the warning wing principle
which Is a distinctive feature of the
| Wright machine. @
The rartisans of Mr.. Curtiss are man.
4 ifesting considerable bitterness against
tho Wrights for bringing this suit at
| the moment when Mr.. Curtis is the sole
| representative of the United States in H.
| flying contest, especially as they de-
| cllned TO enter THIS contest themselves
1 and! the Wright aeroplanes here are
| classed as French machines. 81 y
FELL INTO THE SEINE.
Paris. Aug 2s,-+The Baynard- Clement
dirigible balloon after making flight
here today fell into the Seine. The
| aviators We're saved.
The Bayard Clement dirigible balloon
was built in Paris last fall. 1t Is
about $50 feet long and has a capacity
of $500 cubic meters. The car is built.
4 of steel tubes. The airship is filed
/ with steel covered engine house and
a shelter for the pilot and passengers.
The motor is attached to the frame by
| strings so as to prevent the vibration
from being transmitted to the frame
work.
The balloon is driven by wooden
! propeller about Is feet in diameter,
{. which has n speed of $50 revolutions a