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[[missing text]] Among the other competitors is the inventor of the telephone, Mr. Graham Bell, whose tetrahedral kite has already been described in the "Daily Mail." News Baltimore Md 5 Apr 1907. M. Santos-Dumont flew a distance of thirty yards in his latest aerial voyage. It is a pity the record made by Darius Green and his flying machine was not preserved for purposes of comparison. Star Washington D.C. 5 Apr- 1907. PLANS OF WALTER WELLMAN TALKS OF HIS BALLOON TRIP TO THE NORTH POLE Departure from Spitzbergen in the Airship Will Be Made Late in July or Early in August. Walter Wellman, the arctic explorer who in planning a trip to the north pole in a dirigible balloon, is in Washington for his last visit before going to Europe to superintend the shipping of the apparatus for his journey. "By the middle of May," said Mr. Wellman, "everything will be in readiness to ship by train to Rotterdam and thence by boat to Tromsoe, Norway, where, during the last days of May, the expedition will assemble and board the Frithjof and sail to our station at Spitzbergen. "June and part of July will probably be consumed in assembling the ship and making our test flights to assure us that everything is as it should be. We have extensive workshops there, and about forty men will be employed in making the final preparations. "Toward the end of July, or during the first half of August, we expect to take our departure from Spitzbergen in the airship and make for the pole. We will have everything aboard that would be necessary for sledging work, including twenty-five sledge dogs, brought to us from arctic Siberia by a special reindeer caravan over a trail of more than 1,000 miles in length." Mr. Wellman will be the guest of honor at a farewell dinner given in New York by the Aero Club next Wednesday, and Thursday he will said for Paris. He will probably not return to this country again before making the essay at the pole. Will Sail Next Week. He arrived from Europe on the steamship Kaiser Wilhelm II Wednesday morning, and after attending the marriage of his daughter, in Washington, he will sail next week to complete his preparations for the aerial voyage. He expects to reach Spitzbergen, where three men were left last summer in charge of the skeleton framework of a balloon shed, early in June and at favorable opportunity in July or August he plans to launch his airship and set sail for the pole. But he has no intention of following the example of Andre and "deliberately commit suicide." Andre knew that the chances were vastly against his success, Mr. Wellman said, but his sincerity had been questioned and he feared more to return home without having made the attempt than the dangers of the attempt itself. "We may not Succeed the first time," said Mr. Wellman, "but we shall not lose heart, and on the second or third attempt, if they are necessary, we have the utmost confidence that we shall succeed." Describing the construction of his airship, which is 183 feet long, and has suspended from it a steel car 115 feet in length, Mr. Wellman said all possible obstacles to success had been taken into consideration. As to the danger from the condensation of moisture and the accumulation of a great weight of snow on the surface of the balloon, which has been suggested by Peary and other arctic explorers, as well as by aeronauts, Mr. Wellman siad it does not exist. Will Shed Rain and Snow. His balloon has three thicknesses of cotton coated with an emulsion of pure rubber, which, he believes would [[missing text]] -vious to moisture [[missing text]] Santos Dumont non alcun male, ma il motore dello apparecchio tu gravemente danneggiato. Adriatica Venezia 5 Apr - 1907. L'areopiano di Santos Dumont SAINT CYR, 4. - Alle 5.30, il vento essendosi leggermente calmato, Santos Dumont, ad istanzu della Cemmissione esaminatrice venuta da Parigi, ha preso posto nel suo aereoplano. Arrivato all'altezza di un metro e mezzo e dopo aver percorso circa 45 metri in lumghezza, il suo apparecchio girò due volte su sè stesso e cadde al suolo. Santos Dumont non si fece alcun male. ma il timone dell'apparecchio tu gravemente danneggiato. Lombardia Milan 5 Apr - 1907. Gli esperimenti di Santos Dumont Ci telefonano da Parigi, 4: Si ha da Saint Cyr che fino alle ore cinque del pomeriggio Santos Dumont non riuscì ad inalzarsi con il suo aereoplano a causa della violenza del vento. Alle cinque [[missing text]] germente calmato, Santos Dumont, ad [[missing text]] della commissione esaminatrice venuta da Parigi, ha preso posto nel suo aereoplano, è arrivato ad un'altezza di un metro e cinquanta ed ha percorso circa 25 metri in lunghezza. Ma poi l'apparecchio girò due volte su sè stesso e cadde al suolo
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Reopened to change State Washington D.C. to Star in second complete clipping; change typo in the word ineluding to including; add accent marks to Italian clippings and correct conquanta to cinquanta and add al suolo as last words to last clipping//
All done except the accents in what I think is Italian. Maybe.
Added accents for easy copy and paste : à è é ì ò ó ù
