Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 145, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 June 1911 — MONUMENT TO THE MARTYRS OF AVIATION [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

MONUMENT TO THE MARTYRS OF AVIATION

THE French government recently ordered from Roger Bloche, the sculptor, a monument commemorating those who have fallen victims to the atteilnpt of humanity to accomplish the conquest of the air. The result of M. Bloche’s inspiration and labor is seen in the artistic and pathetic monument here pictured. It is on exhibition in the Salon des Artistes Francais in Paris, where its timely and appropriate nature has excited the utmost zinterest. \