The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-08-27
PHOTOGRAPH HING
FROM BALLOONS
ROOMS OF THE AERO CLUB OF
PARIS CONTAIN HUNDREDS OF
CURIOUS PICTURES OF PARIS
TAKEN FROM GREAT HEIGHTS.
BY Associated Press.

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Paris, Aug. 2e.-The rooms of the
French Aero Club at Paris tell of what
has been done In the way Of photo
more curious pictures Of Paris taken
from great heights adjoining the walls.
A new room will soon be given over
to photographs taken from aeroplanes
for aeroplane photography is as rapid
ly developing as Is the aeroplane it
self.
The aeroplane photographer must
machine upon wkAch he sits and his
negatives must necessarily be taken
instantaneously. Lieut.. Blard, of the
French army, has just performed the
most interesting OF the aeroplane-art
feats by taking views Of the city and
| forts at Rheims while flying at q
height Of 1900 feet.
M. Dastre has reported interesting
results Of experiments in overcoming
the bites of poisonous serpents. In a
paper read before the Academy OF
| Sciences he says that the serum pre-
pared by the Pasteur Institute of Lille
has been effective in counteracting the
poisonous bites of three kinds Of dead
| ly serpents, including the cobra This
serum win save human life if inject
ed into the body In a quantity is to
20 times as great as the venom which
has been received from the cobra
| Former Congressman Jos. A Conry,
of Boston, who holds the position of
Russian vice. consul at that city, has
arrived in Paris after an extensive
tour and study of Russia. He is
amazed over the possibilities of COM
mercial development In that country,
especiallY~in the northeast Russia"
said Mr.. Conroy, SIS deplorably mis-
understood in the United States. We
/ should commence a campaign of
| education there dealing with the real
Russia-its wealth, its refinement, the
/ delightful character Of it's people, and
we should tell also the story Of its
wonderful cities. To me the great city
of Warsaw with its culture and riches
and prosperity was a wonderful chap
| ter"
France will have the biggest sailing
vessel in the world. She is to be
launched within a few weeks and will
be called La France" like the new
steamer being completed for the
French line. She viii replace as the
first sailing ship Of the world the huge
German sailer Preussen, which was
lost last year on the English coast.
The France viii be 393 feet long and
her beam will measure 81 feet. Her
displacement will be 10.1S0 tons.
On her five masts will be spread H.
| 500 square feet Of canvas, expected to
| furnish speed of IL knots an hour
There viii, however, be an auxiliary
power of two 1900 horsepower motors
each turning a propeller and designed
to give a speed of eleven knots Be
sides comfortable accommodations for
crew and officers the France will be
| luxurious in that she will have a fine
1 ly appointed salon and fumoir for pas
sengers as well as the officers, while
the accommodations for passengers
Will include seven large cabins de
/ luxe" The vessel win be lighted with
| electricity and will have q central
steam heating outfit with radiators.
The mammoth ship is the product OF a
| Gironde shipyard. She Is built for
Rouan shipping masters and win sail
between European ports and New
Caledonia
The annual congress OF the union
| railway workers Of France which does
not, by the way include the engineers
and firemen, proved to be battle be-
/ tween what is called the revolutionary
and reformist wings The reform ele-
ment contended broadly for the Ameri-
can idea that strikes should be pro-
claimed only as a means Of actually
/ DeLLSTlnB a COnQluOn OF the working
man and not used as q pure revolu-
| uonary weapon.
Unbiased observers think that the
reformists carried the congress and
that an attempt win be made to put
the railway employees union upon an
absolutely non-revolutionary basis and
keep It as far as possible from dorni-
nation by the revolutionary general
labor confederation. On the other
hand, the proceedings showed that the
\ union is split in a serious manner,
while the vote against wilful destruc-
/ ton OF public property In time of