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June 12 Wednesday at Baddock 73 Washington DC. 1907 ED AS TARGETS. ------------ ee to Carry on tant Experiments. mperial Counsilor Mar- lished book on battles uliar iterates to some the German war office ry out. ships are to be made n and rifle fire, to important question of may be done to them. fectiveness of balloons lict destruction on for- ps and troops on the ar. will be made in the Small balloons of the ubic feet will be let aveling a certain dis- guns will be trained s practicable ill be held captive by a length, attached to will tow them within t batteries at ranges to nine miles. will be witnessed by ral staff, artillery offi- s, and officers of the Norfolk, VA. 7 am 1907 N-NEW YORK HALF A DAY Y AIRSHIP Be Accomplished Fifteen Years, De- Jose Welss-Pro- In Aerial Inventions arch 6.-Jose Weiss, the tor of an airship, interview- subject said: fteen years New York will ours distant from London,' 250 miles an hour being ith flying machines of the wing type gliders. s explains in detail the ex- ne is making with gliders ure plans so far as these seen. step towards the conquest ill be to obtain the mastery alance of the simple glider tes essentially of a hollow with two fixed outstretched curving upward at the tips aut kneels inside the body y moving his body slightly and forward he is expected of Aerial Flight Every Day e eagles. That's tor is even more as worked at the to know all that y everybody else, certain that his nly means of set- ahead of all the erefore, what will ow soon will the No discount al- riot. He has the there isn't the it. He has made or whatever he ything done any- ld look like a to- bout to place this n the market, but he is an Ameri- the tremendous is Government in it will absolutely ihilation of any ist risk or danger avies and armies ere will be no fur- fighting machines is put to work. riotic citizen, the nited States the quire the sole and wentieth century at great personal Germany, France, n, are hanging sion, waiting the p this terrible en- t of course it can . No hated for- much as a peep at ates has ungrate- [[image]] So in fear and trembling the Signal Corps sends out its mimeographed circular informing the patriot that unfortunately for the Government and his genius there is no appropriation enabling the department to purchase this marvel, and despite the terrible danger that may result the hated foreigners must have their chance to buy. The curious thing about it is that in spite of the thousands of these circulars the Signal Corps officers have sent out they have never heard a word about the foreign purchases of these death-dealing inventions. Only One Aeroplane Venture So while others fly and lie the Signal Corps plods soberly along in its old path, working with the old-fashioned and fairly familiar balloon. There has been one experience with the flying machine. Congress did put up $50,000 for an aeroplane, and the best part of a Summer was spent in preparing the thing and waiting for the proper moment to set it soaring. Then about ten seconds were consumed in watching it fall with a smash that ended it and the $50,000 together. Since then both Congress and the War Department have been somewhat more conservative on the subject of flying machines, and only the Signal Corps mimeograph has been busy about them. But the balloon is different. Things have been accomplished to some extent by balloons, even if it were nothing more than giving the enemy a fine range for their artillery practice. There is hope that persistent experiment will ultimately get beyond that stage, and the Signal Corps officers are inclined to reply indigently nowadays if such a suggestion is made to them. So they persist in experimenting. Now they are about to undertake a more extended experiment than has been tried before. A new balloon is being constructed in New York, under the supervision of Mr. Leo Stevens, an aeronaut of many ascensions. It is to be the biggest thing in the balloon line that has been blown up in a long time. It will have a capacity of 78,000 cubic feet of gas, nearly enough to hold an entire speech by John Wesley Galnes at one performance. But instead of any such rarefied output as that it is to be inflated with ordinary plebetan illuminating gas made out of coal. The lifting power of that much gas is about a ton and a half, so that a fairly subst[?]tial and commodious car can be s [?] to this gas bag capable of carrying four men, with two or three sandwiches and perhaps a bottle of beer. [[?]] food and drink does not count much [[?}] cows. The science not having reached that degree of devotion where the aeronaut willingly haves over a man or two when he wants to go higher up, he takes along some bags of sand to serve the purpose instead. It is the expectation of the Signal Corps officers that the new balloon will accommodate four men. Capt. Lloyd Chandler , the balloon sharp of the corps, will go up with Mr. Stevens when the new balloon is ready. They expect that the ascension will be made about May 1. They are sure that they can go up with the balloon, and afterward come down with it. For the rest, if there is any rest, they trust entirely to Prof. Willie Moore, Chief of the Weather Bureau. Upon what control over the caves of Aeolus he can demonstrate depends the further performance of Capt. Chandler and Mr. Stevens and their balloon. And they propose to consult Prof. Moore very carefully before they set foot off terra firma. They want no boisterous and blustering weather, and that is one reason why they have fixed on May for their attempt. The Mayer the weather the better they will be pleased. Gentle breezes, soft, sweet zephyrs will suit them to a "T". And especially if the air currents waft gently from the east. Westerly winds have no fascination for them. They know that the blessed balloon is going where the winds go, and the cannot help it after they are up. Their only means of prevention is not to ascend. So they will wait until the east wind blows, for the west wind heads toward the deep, deep sea, and although both are excellent swimmer May is too early in the season for their preference. If the east wind blows true and kind and holds well to its work, Capt. Chandler and Mr. Stevens may indeed go to Fort Leavenworth. They may even go further. It is just as accurate to say they may go even to Vancouver Barracks, in Oregon. It is a;; a question of wind and enthusiasm-enthusiasm, because the chow will play out long before they could get half that far, and only enthusiasm could keep them hanging to the wind for the rest of the journey. So when Prof. Moore issues his guarantee that the weather is going to be real good, early in May, if the citizens of the Middle West observe strange portents in the sky they need not to be afraid; it will only be Capt. Chandler and the new army balloon, headed for Forth Leavenworth and Vancouver Barracks. ed,a l show The picture of Ger- publi- by the [[CUTOFF]] his hat with a sweep that would have done credit to a courtier of the olden times. As they passed on Mr. Underwood asked who the woman was that she should be shown such marked distinction. Mr. Truesdale replied, "That young lady is Miss Phoebe Snow, whom you probably did not recognize owning to her having just completed a trip to Buffalo on the Erie." In justice to Mr. Underwood it may be said that he appreciated the joke
