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llt-UE id a popular idea afloat
liuit aerial navigation li new,
and so Impressed thousands
of Omaha residents and thous
ands more of Omaha visitors
Jyurueyed out to Cren(hton
grounds lust Ktek to see Ulcnn Curtis
and lila leiow aviators tly. The Ameri
can public in eer i. n the ultrt fur that
mystic "something new," and it in due to
s-ucn well-delhied trait Unit ,imu..ement
promoter have been nbln in acquire co
lossal' lortuncs. The luie of the air called
lnt-n ever a century ago, and man an-
wutreu, uut suuce.-sful aviation U new.
-I uii lias been uui'kuiu on air ve. deles
pver a hunuied ytars uhd still aviation
may be classed uj i.i thu experimental
stage.
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1'l.uue de ltuzler,
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records that the firul balloon
ns .nuuV lJo jvai.-( ao by
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juicv, lufiuitd It w.th liuaud air and
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d away, crosbiiiif ii.u o.mx: and
..uM-i lna over tne city of i a: in. being
the very first of all public buiiuoii fit ,'hta.
an awc-viiKken cioU, luc-u...-.! tvery
rank from dlKuatary to puiaiii, Ktood
uaiiiK upward almost stricken dumb with
muto wonder.
The aacenHion wua a success, ultl.ouprh
It came near eiidhis. in traieily, for th'a
am fire that had suit tne baliouii up
ward, nmoulileiine In a brazier as the
flight wit made, wormed its way arou..d
until It ignited the flimsy body of the
vehicle. A young nobleman, the Marquis
d'Arlanders. accompanied Kozier on b.a final finish, will eventually offer a
perlloua Journey, and when the iiiaruuia swifter mode of travel than is possible
aw tho lire eatlne toward him he tr.ed by land or water. And aviation will be
to Jump. Hozler restrained him, how- safer after a while, the enthusiastic man
ever, and a little later the balloon came bird will tell you. as If to support his
i onrui oiuy paruuiiy ournea, and outn optimistic proplitsy he calls our at
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have done to the man. who would dare
HUKgest such tlilnK back In the fifties,
when the late A. IX .Touts loaned Omaha
balloon. Thirteen yrars tno world -waited Then airaln. tliere was a time in the
In suspense for tidings from Amlree, and history of this country when there was
at Inst the Kllenre was broken bv a story General doubt as to whether tho locouio-
from the far north which led to the be- tlve engine and steel ralln could ever link his hat for a postoffice?
It. V.n t.,.lpAA l.inrl.wl rnmnivhnrA In tlio nun wit ti POAHi. hilt that has long; since Yex, verily Omaha has
polar rations, havlm: mada a safe flight, been done, and Ih now regarded as a de- some."
Ilozler and his onmnnniin Mon,i .ri,..,u .,.,ii,. a . j. i and that he nnd his companions were killed cliledly commonplace achievement by those The Aero club of Xebraska has vrtlcers
. v..ui.u ILUIIUII fcV llic uuiiaci I Nil k llufl a I It' III tCU , - - . .
Injury. s every other means of travel thus far In- In a Bht with Raklmon. Just how near who do not take the time to carefully as follows: President Colone l A
tclhni.i.t..i h..'i,i .. ...,....! the Amlree balloon cn.me to tho North Polo Btudy the full significance of the under- ford; vice-president,' J. J. Derlfrtit
fort. HElr. in .Tnn 17W. if. ii, ,u i if n f .k ...i ... ,- ,., Is a ouestion that can never be fully es- taking. tary, J. M. Uulld
alp er.rt .iuurr..i,...i . . .i... . .... tablished. but there is Inttrest enough In or-time must tell to what "extent tile follows. h,dgar
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The directors are aa
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waters, lie was accompanied by M. ltomaln. fearless llozler made the first flight a
Ai they flew In the direction of Kngland, century and a quarter uso;
and when at a point about 3,W0 feet in would assume burdensome proportions, for
the air, tho whole ballocn became suddenly the list is long. France has always, up to
enveloped In flajiie, and tho aeronauts within the last decade, taken the lead in
the fact that he soared from Sweden over aeroplane Is capable of practical use In O. Powell, T. It. Kimball, C. H. Pickens,
the record ,nto the polar rcr'.on, even though he did the transportation world. As yet It v is Colonel W
Jumped. Their bodies crushed to a pulp,
were, picked up a short distance from
Boulogne. Thus we have In tabloid, the
tory of the firft balloon and tho first
aerial tragedy. ; '
Tjiat'waa over a century ago, and do
spite the many casualties that have since
resulted from aerial experiments, un
uattsfled mankind ' Is stil ondeavorius tt
comjuer transportation through the air.
"ilut what of it supposu they do fly;
of what ' practical use is it," asks . tho
Close-to-earth Dructicul hi.ulii.. mun
1 Vlirni the, nvliiti.t.' v.unL ti.
the prediction that In the, course of time
ilylng machines w ill bo as popular ns
air navigation, but the Unite I States is
now ahead of all other nations, and present
Indications denote th-'it when at last the
nir shall be conquered, if that time ever
comes, the glory of thu achievement will
bo another victory to the credit of Ameri
can genius.
Of course there Is a vast difference be
tween the aeroplane of today and the old
fashioned balloon such as was ued in th
early history of bulloonintf. In f.ict, bal
looning Is ono thin-,', mid aeroplanlng U
not touch In the immediate vicinity of the
much-sought and much-discovered pole.
The use of ball, oas In wnr Is a subject
that has been widely discustetl so mm h so
that readers of newspapers i.nd lnasaztncs
are thoroughly posted. Here In Omiha, tile
ain'y has made numerous deniotibiratlons,
and Lieutenant Haskell 3iul a dir;;;i . lv bal
loon from Fort Omaha Were features of
the Cut tits aviation meet.
Aviators by profession and laymen, who
take Intercut In aviation, answering tho
assertion of skeptics that flying machines
can never become practical, cite the early
history of the automobl'.e. Kven the youths
Glassford, Howard Bald-
merely used for demonstration purposes, ruige, taouiu ncuz una j. m. uuuu.
Who knows but someday the Omaha man Considered in the aggregate, Omuha's
tr. hfd In an nlrsh'.n berth at aviation meet was a success.
quite another. Yet, after all, it is kindred of the present generation can readily recall
proposition so cljsely allied that It a!l the time, when automobiles were looked
may fittingly be cutalogued as aerial navl- upon us mere piay things for short dic
tation, tances about city streets. Now the prac
liettlnflr h.n;k tn further diKciiKsioii nf ulr tlcHhilitv fif "iip automobile has been fully
vehicles of travel from one nulnt.to an-. fiKhts 0r un earlier era. there comes to demonstrated demonstrated to such extent tbe study and expansion of aerial navi
other; that the demand , for speed ha.t mnd the remarkable unilertaklng of An- tlmt even beer wagons glide swiftly about gation.
g-ne to Its limit in surface travel , and dree,' the Intrepid 5wede, who in the sum- without the aid of horses for drawing An Air ship club for Omaha! What
that the air ship, yet Incomplete aa to mer of 18W undertook a polar dash in a power.
may go
night and land in New York for break
fast next morning.
That will be "going somei" doubtfully
suggests the skeptic, but then It must be
remembered that a flfty-mlles an hour
train and they are common In modern
railroading Is "golnf tome," as compared
with the early-day steamboat speed such
as Nebraska pioneers knew.
Nebraska as a state and Omaha as a
city are well to the forefront In real mut
ters. The Curtlsa aviation meet was not
billed for Omaha by mere chance presence
her of Curtlss or any of his represen
tatives. On the contrary, the meet was
given under the. auspices of the Aero club
of Nebraska ah organization devoted to
flights were made, some records were
broken and the crowds came that covers
tho main essentials of a successful meet.
One of the Interesting bits of aviation
aftermath Is the Juvenile devotion to aerial
transportation that has been aroused
locally.
All over Omaha amateur aviators ure to
be found that Is, they are would-be
aviators, hopeful that some duy they may
aviate. They looked upon Curtlss as the
greatest man who ever visited Oiriaha, not
even excepting Buffalo BUI Cody.
Small boys were numerous at the aviation
meet and the lure of the air came to them
as a direct result of the visit of Curtlss,
Mars and Ely to Omaha.
And by way of climax comes the ad- ,
mission of the Omaha Aero club to the
national organization, thun placing Omaha
would the pioneers, who came by ox-team squarely on the aviation map.
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TranuitlaBtlo Telrphour.
lib! Improved teiephone between
London and Paris which, as ro
tated in a seclai cable, lias
u roused hopes that there may
be before very long telephonic
communication between London
and New York, Is tho application to a
cable of the system for extending the
radius of telephones, perfected about ten
years ago by Prof. Pupln of Columbia Uni
versity. This cable has . becu laid by
SI omens HrothetK of Loudon, to whom
Prof. Pupln sold his Kngllsh patents. The
device consists of the re-enforcemcut of
the curront In telephone wires by colls of
wire inserted at certain intervals. As soon
as gl'ound cables were used for telephoning
It was found that tho electric waves, which
transmit the vibrations of the voice fram
ono diaphragm to the other, grow neuk
through the effect of tho earth on the
curront. Unlets the ground cable curront
was re-en forced it became useless nfn-r
aliout twenty miles, and the limit of long
distance telephoning seemed reached. Thin
It was discovered that If the telephone
was cut and u coll of wire was Introduced
between tno two ends the current was
strengthened. Prof. Pupiti developed this
Idea and devised colls, coii.'nlng of copper
wire, wound over cores cf iron who. lie
worktd out also the Intervals at which
tilf.tf coils should be placod, for If they
wele too near together or t'o far apart
luo ou:ids (urrbd by the telephone be-c.ihl-
c ufu.'-cd. Once lie had brought his
uli a m lertcc.ion, ,u appibatlou to any
pM'.lculur problem became largely a mat
te, of in allien) ules. It was only mcit-saiy
lo t kt in u.l'iiiula an 1 decble bv it v here
tn- c i!j shuuld bo located. They have
Lien lung Used In the lor.g-illniceo le!e
J iio. u ulicults on this continent, both for
too uverheHd and the ground Ilnea. and tht
tiift applKatxin to isi:bniergej cables was
In Lake Const ir.ee. In Switzerland, 'the
question as to the posaltillty of the iaylMs"
of an Atlantic telcphmis t-eem.s to hae
passed from the scientific to the Commer
cial class of problems, se.ys the Boston
Transcript. There Is not much doubt among
scl'-ntlsts that one could be lntd theoret
ically, but there are certain mechanical and
economic problems to be considered that
aay make It always a dream. One diffi
culty U the obstruction the colls would
cause to the unwinding of the cubic frfm
the drums In tbe rrocess of lsylng. The
hsp of the colls In a cable Is elongated
as much as possible, but it for nil that
be difficult to get a cable .with these at
tached to run as smoothly off the drum1 ua
the ordinary telegraph cable. Then there
comes thu question whether such a tele
phone would ever be a commeiclal success.
It would be u very costly affair, and the
difference of five hours In time between
Knglund and the United States would
largely limit Its usefulness. AVIth the ad
vance In cable telegraphy and the us yet
undeveloped posslbllties of the wireless
telephone, It Is doubted whether any com
pany would actually consider so serious an
undertaking as the establishment of an
under-oceun telephone with ICurope.
Ketlared Cost of Cable' MrunK",
Hans Knudseii, the lanish inventor,
claims to have found a method by which
cable messages may be went at ut l-ast
one-third the present cost and e.t four limes
the speed. Tile old Morse code is elimi
nated and the words sent us written on a
machine like that used lit sending ordinary
telegram. The having comes at tho receiv
ing end, where u new Instrument, some
thing like u typewriter, is pi a oil and auto
matically p'lnls the nii'ssaae. Kvery im
pulse vui over the vrl-e is uie son:e. so
cabii h cannot be tapped suecessfcl'y, 'or
nil .tlmt Would be i :: 'censary to c infuse v, f e
tnj 1 iis would he th chaneli'K ei' the p 'S -lluti
of the letters on tho tv.o keyboard.
t hfil i i:tert rieli .
Although tlie eln tiic light iicnpaiij main
tains that 11 tents per kiloa t hoar Is u
leas, liable charge for power to its patrons,
relates the l'sltliu re Sun. the power i.lanl
of Pel nhelir.er. Bros," ;e;irtiiien.t afore is
making ekctrle eurrent tor a i.-ifie u.er
V cent. ,rr l;l!o..tt in.ur. Air. Isad.)'i I.
Wolf, a member of C:e f'rin, It: .-ptakli.s of
tip ihil t, said:
"Tlx uoople ft Halt uiiore anouid knvW
tl at we inrnuf.uturr) .n;r on ele.'ttie't . at
n r'i ti i. tiiiu.a ebeipci' Ihar ilu cami'a'.iy
.eilr. ii. ';.u ti.ut our ncivlie p- l.'iii -ly
tleix-iidable. We i.svu oui ivn plai.t. a' .;
It '.i not fuch an elaborate iR'if eit.ei.
but .t suits our rrquireti.eiits exactly. i
believe that it' sotno if the merchants and
manufacturers now using electric i orient
at 10 cents could see how much they could
save by establishing their own plsuitu
there w.uld be fewer people in Baltimore
using 10-cent electricity.
"Thf electric company could sell its cur
rent at D cents and still make a handsome
-refit. 1 know that If we can make If. at l':
centa tiie electric, eo.iipe.iiy can make it at
less than 1 cent, btisusj t.iey '.nuke s.j
much more and their operations cover bucIi
a large field."
Wireless Telephony mid Teleoirapb.
A demonstration was given the other day
of a system of wireless telegraphy and
telephony by earth conduction, now being
introduced by the Helsby Wireless Tele
graph company. In the system no aerial
masts or wires are needed, and the instru
ments can easily be carried about by a
man. The experiments were conducted In
the chalk caves at Chlslehurst. England,
one set of Instruments being on the surface,
while the other was placed In one of tho
innermost chambers of the workings, at u
level over 100 feet lower and at a distance
which was estimated, at three-quarters of
a mile in u direct line. In the case of the
surface lnstruniei't the earth terminuls v.cre
connected each to a pair ot thin brass rods
pushed a few Inches Into tho ground, thu
pairs being some twenty yards apart. In
connection with the instrument under
ground, only two earth conductors were em
ployed, consisting of two ordinary garden
forks pressed into the chalk about forty
five yurds apart. The current for the under
ground set was supplied by u small eight
volt accumulator, and for that ubovo
South Dakota Tornado Poses for Photograah
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U t Very lei ipieMiy i as :t liap- good photograph is 'aciliel. This was tin; the aspect of the
when one forms. Tne
1v T I iencil t'nst a tornado lias sat
lJ I for iU pi.rture to a photo-
raiuer. .ab I un; loe peou.
thilij,j Woa't stund i-tiil loi.g
euuugh for creii a fo.-al i)une
shutter to catch them. occasionally
it liap':.N thai a camera. U tiained
on cue at the propel inoiaent, a. id a
ase at Pierre, !., recently, when a
perfectly deveiojied "twister" hove in fight
lute In the aftcriiooii. A fJiiiTK wim tfirnod
l !1 It Willi: it V.a.i Uho. t eight l.llles H'l':'
frtiii the town, and tiuvtllng eaviv.aij u I
top .spee.l. Tie. c it be:-.w!f)i s'uows l.e
genu el appeal ance of a tornado, a- nell a-f
In as y clouds bu ell but fh'U out the
linbt. alal yet the central fiitaie "I tno
terrible hciuiisk f the juable kcIoiih Is
m:i.uii v ery ii's?5:u-Tli .
pilot igrHi.1. vas p'j'di'
v. aaii.x iiuoe .-1 1 ' i .
east of the city of Piei
At the tlMle file
the toraaho was
fat 'ii '. irflit. in les
ground by a somewhat larger battery. In
these circumstances Morsu signals sent
from the surface wero easily read on tho
telephone below, und speech was heard
with perfect distinctness. In the reverse
direction communication was readily ef
fected telegraphically, but tbe transmission
of speech was nut so good, perhaps on ac
count of defect in the microphone trans
mitter. It is thought that this system,
owing tu lis simplicity and comparative in
expenslveiiess, will be suitable for short
range communication, us between island
forts und tho mainland, between submarines
and vessels abtiw them, and between the
various galleries and levels of a colliery
and the surface. '
Klertriv V'iius n" t'l 5-K.lllers.
Co into most any store these hot summer
days und there you wl'l find one or mora
electric .- very busy. These l'an." per
form tho nu. 'ask of keeping tho rooms
cool and deslroju.g til? flies.
There is something uboilt the elect. ic l'a::s
which flies d'.alllie. I'M hap if Ii the
itrangi' Imriin.in;; anise which retuiiiils
them of some dire erepiy. perhapr it Is
the Htrui.g current of air whleti makes
It ilirfletiH for a fly to nuvlguie. Wbi t
ivu' It is. it has beet, proven ihtti tne
eoi"iiioM alectMc fan is one of t' i vr.t fly
0a oiii 'Jhhi's in ue toila; . i fan Uer t p!av
iiig in cV iill-s of fruit, the ;.la fotinta1.:',
the imi'i.1. case or ;.ny other part of t'
slo"e whi.'ii Ih ait ; it::" tno ins-jets v. ill
cllecilvi 1..' lr:.'! then) mvay.
Vtunieipul 'I elcplimit luft.
lti;er I', llatltu. I'il'f.'i' -lute.- Lo.isah
hi. J i .-. i aaob an in . . i.i:; n :..'. lo the
S.al.e 'le; lartlii -a' on i.".:.t il. it h 1
t:i'..i iu'i'i' n-b on ..f llv.'i, i'.::vi-
u :, ...ay h' .il J.'.if.l bv
.UV r.ciil. cil, a h.c. :o i ..')' tlieil oWll
I'Oiilhs vilih t ... e I'llol" I'linliUnlo,
Ti.c M.i'.l r-: r( ).) i.' " , fiw- .. t.a old.
it v., i'- j. . ji.io i. .iiou anaiu-i. .it ojj-
po otioll, b it bii.i till' U II .) i I ' th" l- -
ph .f that city lii teh 1 ! ran a tn . eosl
of its iiiHa.lineiit, lia.kiiu a profit e.'Ch
All loiil tin Hall telephone plant has
eoi.t tin; city .'&.!.!)!. and. after paying all
chaigis, there imw remnlns hi the sinking
ami 1-e.servc funds a total of 'ili,ail. I. The
cily lii'K.n it ofM'iatiotls b' catting the
late.i i f I in National t-yiietu iiinmit. in
haif aii-' it lir.s inn fml- ina iritaiievi llie.s
tales, out eouipi ih d li e National t. sle:u
to leduco il rate, t-j the -uine bai'is u,
quit tho city. The following Is the tab!
of municipal lutes charged consumers:
Unlimited number of calls, butiincas
place J.IO.GJ
Unliniiied number of calls, residence.. 24.83
l''lve-party line, I'overlng 7-0 calls 14.5U
Unlimited calls, residence, two-party
line 19.4
One thousand culls, exclusive line 34. o.)
The establishment of the municipal Una
In Hull was fought openly at the outset by
the city council and tbe business element
In the city. It Wus argued that it would
bo Impossible to compete with tne' National
company, which already occupied the local
field. The people insisted on the project,
however, and today the original opponent.
of the plan arc warmest In its praise. Ag
compared with the net earnings of the post
office telephone company,. Hull makes a
great Khowlinr, us the following quotations
fieri the London limps show:.
"Tiirnlng to tne figures of the telephone
brunch nf the pontoi'flci;, we find that tha
total telephone caplail of tho postoffice la
$!'i,Tl 1,1(10. Lust ytar'd gross revenue wus
.M.Cj.dl. tho working espunses $S0,N30,,
l"i.vI;.V t' haiuiice of t Hi,4di.,f7 witli which to
pay !i,i("'cm and tu- allow lor depreciation
.and , -Inking fund. The profit balance Iff
only J.Sil on tiie capital."
The com of maintaining telephone sta
tions b t ie ;io.-ioflice, the National Tele
phone roinpiiuy and the municipal InMltu
tiniis ii'.-.o re l iuiiiIs to the credit of the lat
t -r, u.j In .shown by the following figures.
Port- Nat l Tel. Muni,
office. Company, clpal.
'ost per nation $2k.JU Jllfi3.2! l.;4
i irons i'e etnie per
stalloa SC. 71 x.U Vj.it
Workiin: '!XienseM
per Ptntloii L'7.-ii JT.f'l 11.41
Net l c . ntte i cr
i-'iatiiiii ,. in'.'l J-.'.Mif t.Oil
Tin;-,. r--ult of luuitleli'iil ooeiation at
Jluil ite ut ra. Mug wide a t teiitlnn through
out tiiii;lali l. a.nl otin-r inuiili Ipal.ttes are
i-erionsle eoi),,ilrlllg ilollig lulu tue tele
phone business for t tieinseH es.
Iil-nrller Kxelaunue.
Toe rir.-t telewriter exihai'e was opened
i i'l.oniton tlm other d.i. The telewriter
I.Neir, exi epi as to detail liuproveanenls. Is
not new, but a brief outline of lis prin
tlplea limy nevertheless be of lnlerent. A
telewriter requires only 4u wires, but
there ure really two circuits, each wire
forming one. The pencil which writes the
messages Is guided by or controls when
tiain-inlttliig two Units, tint other ends of
which am eonneei.l to Hie ends of two
arms fixed lil.n cranks to the ends of tw
spinel ier,. Hence ii' the pen Is moved over
tlie paper its motion produce.- correspond
inn rotation in each of tiie H.j r-pludlej.