New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-09-08
Famous French Altman Cam
ra;gned in His Flyer for
Election to Chamber of
Deputies on Avia-
ton platform"
.HREE years ago wood turner

-,HREE years ago a wood turner
earning a dollar day, left his
trade TO enter. as mechanician.
-. cnome motor works, near Paris. He
s.1 nreviously been craftsman, but had
,.rsn 10 wood turning because it was
more lucrative.
In the factory his inQuisitive and ac-
.risitIve traits complemented his me
D,,rical skill. and before long he was
demonstrating Gnome engines from the
eat NJ an aeroplane. He learned TO ny
uitb such confidence and ability that his
,srv,ces were solicited by airship con
s,rrctors Soon his name appeared
.oong the competitors In the most i'm
,ortant French trials During the last
evc months. since March 1912, he has on
,vo occasions beaten the worlds speed
rscord. has made the first electoral cam
nsign in an aeroplane. has twice mar
roulv escaped death and has been deco
rated by his government.
This shophand turned aviator this rec
or5 man and aerial candidate. is Jules
yedrjnes. who represents France in the
,,mpetition for the Gordon Bennett cup
Tbcss who see him fy at Chicago on Sep
,.uber will understand why the ex-
nloits and, no less, the intelligence anc
,srsorality Of this short. well built, al
fable brisk speaking and acting French
man distinguish him as the most orlgi-
nal and interesting figure in aeronauucs.
THE APOSTLE OF SPEED.
BEFORE Vedrines won the Pommery cup
and the Paris Madrid race last year. in
alhorsepower Borel-Morane, he had done
nothlng to merit especial notice. After
these achievements ne was known as the
APOSTLE Of speed. In March last at Pau
he few los kilometres an hour. or about
N6 miles in a Deperdussin monoplane, es-
,ablishing a worlds record.
II was about this time that France con-
c.iyed the ambition to dominate the SKY
as England the sea. The whole nation
Was "up in the air Aviation was queen
NJ the hour Patriotism, for long a
stranger in France, returned to the Gal
lie breast, borne on the wings Of hum
ming motors Villages. communes, cities,
provinces, guilds, political and social or
carnations. factory and store employees,
schools individuals. among whom were
many celebrities. were moved by one i'm
pulse-to present a sky feet 10 the gov
eminent. Aviators gave exhibitions
throughout the country. The popuiace
received them In a fever Of hysterical
loyalty. Not in years had France been
50 united in patriotic purpose. No class
Of society. no trade or profession was
unrepresented Contributions for winged
tsttalions overwhelmed the treasury. The
warbirds were attached 10 the land
forces as fifth arm" and the men in
rusty red and blue. long discredited
through political influences in the army
stepped more confidently in reflected
glory 'France-Mistress OF the Air
was the battle cry.
POLITICS "UP IN THE AIR"
SEEKING upon the ascending popularity
Of aviation ss a national defence, We
ornes announced his candidature for
election 10 the Chamber OF Deputies from
the District Of LimouX, in Southern
France, near CaTcassonne His sole plat
form was the aero supremacy Of France.
He maintained that the country should
number among its Deputies an expe-
rienced aviator. whose knowledge would
aid in determining questions concerning
aviation when presented 10 the Chamber.
One week before the elections in March
Nedrines announced that he would be
candidate from Limoux District. His