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Show Atmospheric and Other Conditions Condi-tions in Salt Lake "Were Against Air King. HOPED THAT CONDITIONS ' WILL IMPROVE TODAY Explanations of the Disappointment Disappoint-ment Experienced by the Crowd Yesterday. .j. j. v- Wc arc confident that M. Paul- -J- nun wan sincere In his efTorts and .- we do not wish to criticise hJm for J- his' inability to make successful -I' flights Saturday. He was handl--r capped by the kW.q of the grounds -r -r and the fact that ho was opera-r opera-r lug In an altitude entirely strange j lo him. M. Paulhan expressed v himself as confident that he would -; ! be able to make Kiicccssful flights Sunday vIth his more powerful cn- glue Tie will bec;ln his trials to-! to-! day about -:30 o'clock. Statement 4--by Joseph IS. Calne. secretary of r the Commercial olub. y j I rr.grel more Hum anj-oiif else my Inability to "make cood." as J. tho CNpresslon Ik, on Saturday. r r did my best with the machine I V had. and it was only th- limited -! 4 srounds that prevomed my rising J. Into the air to a good height. The altitude will not stop me. It was v new and strange to me Saturday. J-c J-c but I bellovo that with ' my more -J. -'c powerful cngino T will b able to - g"t up on tho short fairway. I I- expcol lo make good flights Sun- ! . day. Statement by M. raulhan. 4 Y. . i ..'..'..'.,;..;..v..t..'Yj The fact that aviation is yet in its experimental stage was demoustrated in this city yesterday. It. is so everywhere. every-where. It is especially io in the high altitude and the winter cold of Salt Lake. The train bringing the part) of aviators and their machines was two hours and a half late. Ft was a fierce strngglo to get the machiue together that was used the favorite one of tho greal French record-maker in aviation, who covered himself with glory at Los Angeles and is the champion of world's virtories in the conquest of the air. The delay in the arrival of tho train made a long wait for the thousands who assembled at the fair grounds yentorday to witness the flight. It. is delicate machinery that has to be adjusted, ad-justed, and it takes care and time io do the work. Then, the order for gasoline, gaso-line, which had been placed two days before, was delayed, and the multitude multi-tude assembled was impatieut, not knowing the cause or the delay. But the flight, that was made showed that .success even at. this altitude was possible. pos-sible. The aviators stipulated for a straightaway straight-away starting run uf half a mile. This Continued on Pago Two. i J FRENCH AVIATOR UNABLE TO SOAR Continued From Pago One. was not available, but will bo had today, to-day, as promised. Also there will .bo a mora powerful motor and care will bo tulcen to warm tho rods and to see that the lubricants aro fluid, as they wore not 1 yesterday. . - Mr. Clcarj', who was the guest of the governors of the Commercial club last evening, was confident ' that . adverso conditions would be overcome today, and that a good flight would bo seen. The exports have been diligently at work since their arrival to put the machinery ma-chinery in first-class order, and assure tho public that there is ovc' reason to expect success toda Mr. Paulhan is much chagrined at not. doing better in his efforts yestor-day, yestor-day, and fools that hia deservodh' high repute may suffer unless ho can retrieve re-trieve himself, though the conditions arc different from an3' heretofore encountered en-countered by him, in the altitudo and the cold, with ground covorcd svith snow. His fame is so high that he must bo exonerated from any suspicion of failing to do his best; and that this best will bring him tho success that he confidently expects and that the public looks for, is the anticipation for tod.-iy. The Long Wait. Fifteen thousand persons .iournoyed to the Fair grounds Saturday afternoon to seo Louis Paulhan fly in his Farman biplane. The same fifteen thousand shivered for several hours, and then wore forced to leave the aviation field without hav ing secn the man-bird do anything more serious in the flying lino than hurdle two four-foot fences on either side o the race course. 3t was a disappointed disappoint-ed crowd that left the Fair grounds after tho tedious wait, and the expressions expres-sions of dissatisfaction were many. Paulhan did a pretty cross-country dash and skimmed the low fences easily and gracefully. Just as it. seemed that the Frenchman was about to tilt his forward piano and shoot. sk3'ward, he came quickly to tho ground, and further fur-ther attempts to fly were abandoned for the day. Tho French aviator -was keenly disappointed, dis-appointed, but he had no advantage in this respect over the big crowd that was on hand to watch his evolutions. Hero are the reasons why Paulhan was unable to make a successful flight: Through his manager, Evan Clcarj', the foreigner stated Saturday night that the starling course was far too short. Then again, he was in an entirely different dif-ferent altitude, and the atmospheric conditions were new to him, Tho cold air caused the oil in his lubricating tubes to congeal and prevented a free flow. These things were principal!' responsible for tho day's disappointment. disappoint-ment. Put nboufc that tedious delaj'. Paulhan Paul-han was advertised to make hi3 first attempt at 3 o'clock, but a few minutes min-utes after 3 some observing person dis-covered dis-covered that there wan no gasoline for tho engine, and a mad dash was made for it uptown. The Aviator Appears. Following the arrival of the gasoline, the ongino was tested. A half dozen sturdy Frenchmen held tho quivering biplane fast, whilo the propeller did about a thousand revolutions a minute. The engine seemed to bo in a happy mood and everything looked propitious. Paulhan and his mechanics mndo a number num-ber of inspections, and then tho lithe little Frenchman climbed up into th rigging and took his place alongside a puzzling collection of levors. Above the aviator svua a sort of. canopy of oiled fabric, and beneath him was a plane of similar construction. Tho gasoline gas-oline tank, engine and propeller were behind tho man-eagle; in fact, he was the most forward part of the machine, with the exception of tho single plan! that was projected ahead of tho machine ma-chine proper nearly twenty feet. A roar of applause went up from the vast crowd when the mud-bcspawlod auto bearing the gasoline skidded into the encloseure and mndo for tho aviation, avia-tion, tent. Another mighty shout went up whent ho engine was being " tuned up," and when the Parisian pilot climbed into his scat, tho applause wat deafening. Paulhan is a careful man. After as suming tho pilot's seat ho carefully tested every lever, examined0 the not work of flue wires, shifted tho different planes to seo that the' were in perfect working ordor, and mark this caro full' buttoned his kid gloves befort making his initial start. Tho six mechanics raced along with tho frail thing of tho air for a short dislaneo while Paulhan headed due west across the inside area of the track. Tho biplane was rolling swiftly and easily, now and then moving a "few inches. from the ground as it was getting under way. The dash across the track enclosure, a distance of less than ono'-fourUi of a mile, occupied less than ten soconds. For a moment it seemed that the thing would rise, but Paulhan did not doom it wise to nttempt to clear tho first fence, and brought tho aeroplane lo a rather sudden stop. Tho roar of applause ap-plause that started when Paulhan began be-gan his dash subsided into a disappointed disap-pointed murmur when it was seen that tho first flight was a failure. Tho car was quickly turned around, and with Paulhan a the throttle, returned to tho starting point' under its own power. Although tho crowd did not know it, tho Frenchman hoped to make an ascent as-cent on his "return trip, but found that ho could not attain a sufficient height to enable him to clear tho trees directly in his path on the outside of the grounds. Mmc. Paulhan was perhaps tho most interested spectator on tho grounds. Sitting in a position of vnntago in tho aviation camp, the wife. of tho doughty Frenchman watched intently every movo of thoj biplane with its passenger. Mine. Paulhan has flown hersolf, and understands thoroughly the daugors of aviation, and she -smiled in a relieved wa' when her husband did not attempt to clear tho stables and trees that fringod the western extremity of the course. She hugged her pet collie a triflo closer and smiled in a happy way when Pauhan drew up at his starting point with a pretty whirl. There was a tense expression on tho black-03ert Parisicnue's face when Paulhan made his second attempt. Her faco lighted up for a moment when Paulhan cloarcd the first two fences, but the light faded into a shadow of disappointment "when he camo to earth a -moment later. The Lunited Flight. Several hundred persons left the grounds aftor the Frenchman's first failure. It was shortly before 5 o'clock when tho initial effort was made and exactlv nine minutes after the hour when the biplane was started across the field a second time, "He's up. He's off," was the cry from thousands of throats as Paulhan tilled his forwnrd piano and the machine ma-chine rose perhaps fifteen foot above the ground. Gracefully it cleared the tiny fences, heading in northwesterly direction, and it seemed for a timo that the man-bird would soar over the buildings and trees ahead of him and circle back over tho course. But the hope was short-lived. Paulhan Paul-han quickly decided that it would bo folly for him to attempt further aerial navigation in view of tho obstructions and tho winged skeleton camo down in a hurry in response to an application on one of the levors. Tho day's efforts were ended so far as the Frenchman wns concerned, and ho hastened on foot to the aviation lent, where his wifo was waiting. Within a few minutes a surging mob had surrounded tho biplane, and while swarthy mechanics, gave vent to imprecations im-precations in a foreign tongue, an eager throng craned its nock in an effort, to get a closer view of tho machine. Finally tho aeroplane was lugged back to tho starting point a second timo, es corted by a platoon of police, with Chief Barlow at tho head, and followed by more than 1000 persons. Paulhan waited until he Baw the biplane safoly stored away, and then, in company with Mmc. Paulhan. hurried to their apartments apart-ments at the Knutsford in an automobile. automo-bile. . Tho Frenchman's faco was clouded when he left tho grounds, and on the way to tho hotel ho stolidly refused to talk. Ho. announced last evening thatv he would make an attempt to fly Sunday aftornoon between 2:30 and 3 o'clock in a high-power machine, the largest of the four he has with him. It was an ideal day for flying, and it wouldn't have been half bad for the spectators except for the exasperating delays. As it was. the big crowd' in the main grandstand stamped and shivered, shiv-ered, now and then giving vent to ox oressions of disapproval of the delay. The "hot dog" man and tho other refreshment re-freshment vendors did plenty of business busi-ness at their quarters beneath the grandstand, and small sections of "wursl" were thankfully received and pnitl for at holiday prices. The machine in which Paulhan attempted at-tempted Ills fliehts Saturday was a biplane bi-plane built by Henry l-Virman and equipped equip-ped with a thirty-oight-horse power ongino. on-gino. Tho attempts Sunday will be made in a Farman biplane of similar pattorn. but equipped with a fifty-horse-power engine. Paulhan bc.liovcs with the additional power he will be able to get away successfully. A Good-Natured Crowd. Tho crowd was a study in itself. It was a good-natured .throng, that gathering gather-ing of 15,000 then, women and children, and there were few complaints at tho doht3, tedious as it was. But when il was evident that the Fronchmnu would bo unablo to make a successful flight tho crowd lost some of its good nature and indulged in caustic comment. De-mauds De-mauds woro mndo for "moncj back" and "rain chocks," but such suggestions sugges-tions woro disregarded by tho management. manage-ment. Tho better-nnturcd of the chilled crowd simply smiled in a feeble, forced wav and murmured "stung." The car servico was excellent, and thoro was practically no serious congestion. conges-tion. A two minutes' service was inaugurated inau-gurated early in tho afternoon, and this was cut to a car a minuto about 2 o'clock. After tho trials the crowd was disposed of with creditable rapidity. After tho patience-tried crowd reached home and had warmed its feet tho major portion of tho hostile spirit disappeared. Anyhow, Salt Lake had soon its first airship. Edwin Cleary, manager for M. Paulhan Paul-han and his entourage, said ycslordny morning that tho work done hy tho Salt Lako Commercial club in arranging for the aviation meet had been perfect in every detail. "Gentlemen, you have done oviwthing there was to be done in nrranging for this meet, and if like work had been done in other places there would bc little need of a managor's staff." Tho tickot selling arrangements, which wero in charge of J. E. Jennings, were also a subject of nraiso from the manngor. Mr. Cleary announced his cnliro approval of the manner in which this work was being handled by simply telling Mr .Jennings lo go ahead without with-out change. |