| Show I 5 r I AIR SlIPS SHIPS AT WORLDS FAIR FAIRA I s A of or to bo Offered for tho mho Mont Moat Success Successor or Flying Inventors Invited to 5 In tho An Con a circus Jross n 0 Port Part of the tho Plan I And Respond to Steering M M Special Correspondence St Louis Jan IIAn 11 An exhibition of ot airships In n operation line has been deter determined determined determined mined upon as ono one of ot the tho great groot novelties novel ties tics tor for the tho Louisiana Purchase Ix I position of 1803 1903 Charles W Knapp and anti Nathan Frank I members nt of tho the executive committee ot or tho the fair were wro recently appointed as all n sub cubo 1 to consider thu tho question ot ut otan utan an nn aortal aerial tournament to bo ho a of tho time lair fair Thesa gentlemen hau called 11 Into In 11 consultation Prof B S 1 II Langley secretary ot of tho time Smithsonian Institute nt at lon D 13 Vt t C anti ami Octavo Chanute of ot time the Western Society of J of ot Chicago two distin distinguished scientists who have havo given special to III It U Is iIo t 1 I aped to offer prizes of ot nut not lI t leant leai than The Tho natters matters to tobo bo be by Jy tho the subcommittee aub and act those havo hav been b en culled upon to 10 confer conter with them Ube tho recommendation of at n II duet chief of It the tho ho display i the tho rules ruing governing tho limo tint and flee tho con Comm tilt ions under older which h the prizes will be awarded A cablegram from room London nH that Sir Kit Hiram Maxim the Amur Amer lean Iran Inventor III expresses mach Interest In time the proposed contest und imd Is willing to upend spend us mum u II participant in Im 1111 hit effort to win wll the prize ln David J H n Francis l of tho the Imposition company Hays any that Mr Maxim Maxine will VIII ha ho Invited to participate ns as p soon coon us as time the of aerial experts has Juan crys tho time plan for tor the thu contest lit III connection with tho the tournament there thero will also bo he held an all congress In ins which the tho will be b exhaustive exhaustively ly I discussed dl it by IW those who haw have uller ulder taken practical experiments In aerial navigation rime Tho director of or exhibits Mr Freder Frederick lok ick J V In inn making up lp its his hl claw class for Cor tho the exhibit department of ot the th worlds cone nomo time ago ngo In Included eluded in III the deportment of ot transportation tation In Ili group No 77 provisions for aerial Till The group Is I ar ur arranged arranged ranged In III four tour classes Class ro rotates lutes tates to construction fabrics fabric varnishes ears cars valves netting cord coal ngo age appliances for tor stopping balloons such ns as anchors and grapnels the lice gen germ generation oration ot of hydrogen ant and other light lIht gasses captive balloons Class re tee nn Yr w err rr N Y Y M Y Y Y Y 4 Y U in hates tos to aerial I voyages tho the use of ot bal bat loom loons s for tor the tho study of ot tho the atmosphere air currents clouds temperature at great grent heights optical phenomena etc maps lIa ll of or dl diagrams grams photo photographs Class Clans relates to mill mili wry tary ballooning military captive bal loons ant their accessories s winding drums drumM transport W apparatus for tor Inflation Illation Class m IS relates to aerial n navigation dirigible balloons anti gold guid ing lag apparatus lying flying maci screw aeroplanes ant and parachutes mn raal rho Tho fourth class clas mentioned Is le the ono having a I particular public Interest at lit tho lima present meson le en t time tune ft It was u recognized by of ot tho time exposition e that tho time navigation of ot time the air all Is one of the tho gnat at problems for tor solution and anti thou that this expo exposition would not trot fulfill Its duty to tu the Ihl world It II lent Its encouragement and furnished hlll an nn opportunity for tor those thol who are aro skilled d In this title science to 10 demonstrate the tho results of their timely en deavors Tho Tha experiment of ot M at fit Paris farts last year yar when ho he 1 the tho tent feat of ot sailing In an nil air ship hIp around the I tower and buck bitch to the plure of ot beginning a trip trIll of oC thirty minutes minute duration nil all but solved Halved time the problem of ot aerial navigation Tho The magnificent prize which the Louisiana Purchase Exposition I proposes propose to offer makes time the matter one of ot lI In iii terest anti and the tournament will he hI ono one of tho the most east novel In history Secretary Walter H Ili ot of the Worlds Pair Fair reports that tha t there thero Is le now n prospect of nt lit lease lense entries representing not less leAs than ten countries |
