The Elk Mountain pilot., 1909-08-19


Of the heat in New York City and vi.
cinity on the 10th inst.
At Milan, Italy, on the 10th inst.
the balloon Albatross. piloted by
Lieutenant Nina. assembled to height
of 1850 meters, or over seven miles.
which is believed to be the worlds
record.
Orville Wright sailed for Europe on
the 10th inst. He will make a brief
stay in England and then go to Ger
many to make series OF flights for
the company organized to manufac
ture the Wright aeroplanes.
In reply to callers. President Taft
is said to have indicated that he will
recommend statehood for Arizona ana
New Mexico in his next message to
Congress. asking fulfillment of the
Republican platform promise.
Native reports received at Annoy.
China. indicate that the disaffection in
the Chang g-Foog district is increasing.
The reyolutionists have six hundred
armed troops. have established pow.
der mandatory and are continually
importing arms.
The newly established diamond mo
nopoly of the imperial government in
Southwest Africa explains the recent
rise in the price of diamonds by the
statement that the sudden prosperity
in America makes Americans willing
to pay more"
An apple crop in the United States
slightly in excess OF that of year
ago. and so per cent. larger in Canada,
is the estimate made by Secretary
Rothwell before the International Ap
pie Shippers Association at Buffalo.
The quality of the crop is rated poor
to good.
Charging that the city magistrates
courts OF Manhattan are breeding
places for anarchy and that the admin.
istration OF justice there is grossly In
competent and inadequate. the New
York committee of 100 announces that
1t will make these conditions an issue
in the next political campaign.
Orville Wright. before leaving for
Europe. said, in effect, that either he
| or his brother. Wilbur. barring mis-
haps. could fly q thousand miles. He
said that their perfected machine
could carry fuel enough to last twen-
| ty-five hours. which would enable It
to travel 1000 miles II y forty-mils
speed was maintained.
The naval tug Nezinscot, Captain
Evans, with a cargo of anchors. sunk
between Portsmouth and Boston In a
heavy gale on the llth inst. and her
assistant surgeon. Charles +. Trotter
and three OF her crew lost their lives.
while nine others. including the cap
tains wife and boy. reached land after
. hard struggle.
The second American Esperanto
Congress WAS opened At Chautauqua.
N. Y. on the 9th inst. The address
OF welcome was made by Frank
Chaplin Bray. managing editor Of the
Chautauqua. Letters expressing inter
est in the movement were read from
Leland Stanford University and from
the state superintendents Of Colorado
and Utah.
| The balloon Sirius. which ascended
at Challons. France. on Sunday, the
sth inst, under the pilotage OF NJ.
spertenberg. with three passengers
succeeded in flying over the Alps. land
ing near Locarno at an altitude OF
5.400 feet. The Sirius traversed Mont
Blanc and scared over the Aiguille du
Dru and the AiEuille verte. The high
est altitude attained was 1873 feet.
Advices received At Tromsoe. Nor
way. from Spitzbergen. where the Wal
ter Wellman polar expedition is being
prepared for an attempt to reach the
north pole. say the repairs to the air
ship shed. which was badly damaged
by storm last June. have been com
pleted and that a gas apparatus has
been installed. Mr.. Wellman began
the initiation of the balloon July 31st.