The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-05-22
BREAK MONOPOLY
OF AMERICAN AIR.
That Is Hope Of Louis Paulhan,
Great French Avia-
TOT.
TO BLOCK THE WEIGHTS
He Hopes to Checkrnate Them
by Use Of Old Airsl1ip
Patent.
by VANCE THOMPSON.

LspIo'a' Eaoie TO inc Iimes- Dispatch.l
Paris, May 21.--While Louis Paul
han. the king of the flying men.
swears he will never go to the United
States again. he believes that In the
discovery OF Clement Alder, an aged
Frenchman, he has found the means Of
successfully blocking the Wright
brothers in their plan of stopping
other aviators from flying in American
air.
Paulllan has CURLY refused tho new
offer made him to-day to go to the
enough" he says. What Farman and
Paulhan think Of the treatment they
received in America is unfit for pub
LEGATION.
Paulhan believes that Alder will give
all avlators tho rights to use his de-
vice Of flexible wing tips, which was
the feature of the aeroplane that Alder
invented in 1893. Ader's machine of
that date had almost all the basic
features of the present Wright aero
plane.
Adler Flew Eighteen Years Ago.
Adler is now very old man and
lives in the extreme South of France.
He is very reluctant to engage in a
quarrel with the Younger men who
have carried on his work and de-
veloped and patented his ideas. Paul
han has appealed to his patriotism and
love Of science, and believes that the
aged inventor of the aeroplane may
be induced to come forward and lend
his assistance towards breaking down
the monopoly which the Wrights are
trying to establish.
Alder built his flying machine eish-
.een years ago, the funds being sup
piled by the French government. 1t
was n bat-shaped aeroplane, weighed
$500 pounds, and was driven by a
steam engine. He made many flights
during the next four years, and In 1897
flew over 900 feet. Complete sue
cess was impossible owing to the
weight OF the steam engine. ana as
gasolene motors were then useless for
aeroplanes. Alder abandoned his trials.
In a private letter Clement Alder de-
clares that the Wrights knowingly
and deliberately have perverted the
truth when they claim to be the origi-
majors of the present system utilized
to balance aeroplanes. Paulhan hopes
to persuade the old inventor to make
good his undoubted claim to priority
and end the Wrights' monopoly.
Anna Held, who is en- route to Paris,
will buy country house half a mile
from the estate owned by Mrs. Maheiie
Gilman Corey. In a letter to friend
she said:
II don't know why 1 want country
house, as I'll never leave my Paris
home President Fallieres might miss
me, and know ! should miss him. Tor
nv windows overlook his garden.
Every morning from my bedroom win
dow | can watch him trotting up AND
down for his early constitutional. III
rest for year and then gladly go
back to work.
r.I, al ga husband
of the former Mrs. Josephine Schmidt.
owner of the Lion Brewery of New
York, will probably make a very short
stay in the United States. He Is eS-
pected to return soon to Paris because
of historic lawsuit that Is coming
up before the First Chamber OF the
Court of Appeals. of which Judge
Forrichon is president.
Prince Giovanni sold to a usurer
named Gautier, of Lusigny in the De-
partment of Aube, his rights to por-
tion of the estate of his grandmother.
Queen Maria Christina of Spain. Under
the stress of necessity he parted with
his rights for song. Now his nephew
and co-heir, Don Urbano del Drago.
wants to buy back the property. and
the French law will probably give him
that right.
Prince Giovanni del Draga slips in
and out OF New YORK OFTEN ulhollceu,
as he frequently travels under the
name of Monsieur DtEo.
Edgar Mills, the nephew of Ogden
Mills, and Mrs. Whitelaw Reid. has re-
turned to Paris this week to complete
arrangements with Edmond Rostand
for the book rights of "Chantecler."
Which is to be published by the Duff
field Company. the firm with which
he is connected. Mr.. Mills told the
international News Service corre-
spondent: THE play is almost impos-
sible to translate. 1t loses in English
much Of its cynical philosophy and
all of its quaintness Of phrase Rostand
used idiolms and slang that are typi-
cally Partisan"
For the book rights Rostand re-
ceives $1,000 cash and a 20 per cent.
royalty. Mr. Mills is an energetic type
of the young millionaire. He spends
six months of tho year in the publish
ing business and the other six months
in his music studies in Paris. He has
an excellent tenor voice, and is proud
of the, fact that the Brussels Opera
House has offered him three years
contract.