Show PRESIDENT INTERESTED IN BALLOON EXPERIMENTS Washington March Maich 5 WIlliam William Barrio BAT Bar ar- ar rio a member ot of tho the Now ow Vork state commission In charge of Fill Hud Fulton ton Hud son celebration to commemorate omm the theone theone theone one hundredth anniversary of tile the In Inti Introduction In- In ti of steam In river rl navigation tion Con called upon President P today to secure his lila Interest In tn an ef effort effort ef- ef fort Cort to have tho the nations of tho the world worl exhibit dirigible balloons during th the celebration which takes place September Septem- Septem ber C. C All 11 forms Corms of or transportation willbe will wll be bo on exhibition at that time It Is for Cor this reason that Mr Berry Derry was particularly desirous of having tho the aerial method pill play Its share The rhe P President President Pres Pres- es ident expressed 1 himself as greatly In favor of balloons Ho He said ho had al already already already al- al ready urged congress to appropriate with which tho the signal corps o otho or of ortho tho the army anny s should experiment Congress dl lid did not see fit lit to make maJc the tion The President urge urged Mr Borry Borr to get got the New York del delegation gatlon to re renew renew renew re- re new the request upon congress for an ai appropriation anti ami to Interest signa signal corps officers of the thc army in the matter |