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THE CITIZEN, FRIDAY, JUIiY 38, 1011.
SURE DEATH
TO AEROPLANES
New Army Aerial Gun a Perfect
Protection.
EXHAUSTIVE TESTS PLANNED.
Will Shoot "Dunnite" Shells a Distance
of Fifteen Miles and Bring Down Air
Craft Before They Can Get Within
Scouting Range Owned by the Gov
ernment. The United States government is
the owner of the most powerful quick
firing long range aerial gun In the
world nnd onewhlch It Is declared
will prevent the swiftest and most
highly perfected aeroplane or dirigible
balloon from getting near enough to
New York to even mako observations.
No hostile aerial fleet could get within
twelve miles of New York without be
coming a perfect target and being
sent to the earth in bits, so It 1b as
serted. The gun is the recent perfection of
the aerial gun invented by army ord
nance officers under the direction of
Brigadier General William Crozler,
chief of ordnance. It has been given
to the government gratis and is not
patented. It is a weapon far superior
to any aerial gun yet built, according
to ordnance and aeronautical experts.
"With it has been perfected a tracer
shell charged with a high explosive.
The gun Is a six pounder with a cal
iber of 2.38. Its weight Is 047 pounds,
and it is mobile. It is equipped with
a modern breech block mechanism in
vented by the ordnance corps. At
fortifications it will bo mounted on a
carriage like that used for all six
pounders. The only difference will be
In the latch or hinge by which the
gun is attached to the carriage. This
hinge will bo so arranged as to permit
tho firing of the gun from horizontal,
or zero, to a vertical or ninety degree
angle. It can be swung from zero to
zero, completing u full half circle.
Tracer of Colored Gas.
For field service tho gun will bo
mounted on a carriage similar to that
used by the field artillery. In this
case also It will be so mounted as to
permit Its being elevated to any angle
from horizontal to vertical.
The shell used in this gun is u com
bination of the best tracer shells used
by England, France, Germany and
Austria, with a few Yankee improve
ments. Its weight Is six pounds.
Tho tracer is of colored gas, Ignited
from tho firing pin of the gun. It
Is charged with smokeless powder and
"dunnite." The velocity of the pro
jectile is 2,400 feet per second. The
velocity is so great and the shell so
hard that the latter will penetrate
three inches of Ilarvcylzed steel at Its
maximum range, between twelve and
fifteen miles.
"To show what guns of this typo
would do If used in tho forts about
New York against an enemy's air
ships," said an ordnance expert, "pic
ture a fleet of twenty aeroplanes of
the six passenger carrying type being
launched from a fleet of battleships
fifty miles at sea. Theu look upward
through a pair of fleldglasses and see
these mechanical birds at a height of
10,000 feet and a distance of ten miles
flying in a flock toward Sandy Hook
or tho upper part of Now York city.
Then glance toward tho forts in and
about Now York and see a burst of
Hume and a hundred of these projec
tiles with little tails of smoke trailing
them go plunging through space for
the air fleet.
"There is a cloud of smoke, theu a
flash of flame. In an Instant frag'
incuts of aeroplanes are dropping to
earth or sea. Nothing n minute after
ward remains in the air except a hazi
ness. One round from these 100 guns
has sent 120 men to eternity and $100,
000 worth of aeroplanes to nothing
ness."
Drastic Tests to Be Made.
One hundred of these guns and pro
jectiles mounted in Forts Ilancock,
Wadsworth, Hamilton and Slocum
would prevent anything less than a
fleet of 100 aeroplanes from getting a
sight of New York. Mounted on cais
sons and wheeled along with an army
in the field the aerial gun would be
invaluable, according to leading of
ficers of tho army, in preventing an
enemy's aeroplanes from getting near
enough to estimate the strength of the
troops. For ordinary field work the
gun would be as serviceable as the
present field or light artillery gun.
Some tests of the gun have been
made, and they were pronounced most
successful. The big test, however, will
be made at Sandy Hook some time in
August For tho test free and captive
balloons and box kites will be used,
These latter will bo of man carrying
Blze.
The gun will bo fired from every
angle possible and at its maximum
range, both vertically and horizontally.
The navy will mako an aeroplane
test one mouth later on tho southern
drill grounds. Tho gun tho navy will
xseo is the regular six pounder re
mounted so as to bo fired at the same
angles as the aerial gun of tho army,
Tho army tracer shell will bo used.
Balloons and box kites will bo the tar
gets. Those testa will bo made while
ships are at anchor and at slow speed,
firing speed and full speed. Firing
will be from the bow nnrt stern
RODE MOTORCYCLE
ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
Davis Mads Trip From San Francisco
to Nevi Ynrk In Twenty Days.
After twenty days of hard riding on
a motorcycle, Volney 13. Davis, captain
of the Snu Francisco Motorcycle club,
reached New York, beating the record
for the transcontinental journey by
several days. Ho will start the return
trip after a month's rest here.
Davis' actual time was twenty days
nine hours and one minute, allowing
for the three hours' difference in time
between the coasts. About ten hours
a day or 200 hours in all were spent
in the saddle of his seven horsepower
motorcycle. He lost eleven pounds and
had many falls. He has a bruised leg,
a sprained shoulder and many small
cuts.
Davis' biggest day's run was between
North Bend, Neb., and Grlnnell, la.,
289 miles; the shortest was from Gran
ger to Bock Springs, Wyo., only forty
nine miles. He traveled 3,745 miles,
but figured that more than 100 miles
of that was wasted through losing his
way and having to retrace his road.
Davis' first dlfllculty was In getting
through the snow in crossing tho Sier
ra Nevada on his way to Beno. But
he had much greater trouble afterward
with mud and sand, rocky roads and
steep grades. A mountain Hon in Uie
wilds of "Wyoming fled from the
strange being that sped across Its
truck, but not so the mosquitoes of
Nevada. They pursued him relentless'
ly until he spurted away.
"If I told you tho size of those mos
quitoes," said Davis, "you wouldn't bC'
Hove any part of my story. I positive
ly believe that If an accident had put
me at their mercy I'd havo died from
their attacks."
Davis' routo carried him through
Beno, Ogden, Salt Lake City, Chey
enne, Omaha, Des Moines, Chicago,
Cleveland, Buffalo, Bochester and Al
bany, but he made no stops in those
cities except for minor repairs or for
gasoline, as he had bet he would make
the trip In twenty-five days.
His mysterious accident occurred
near Grlnell, la. no was thrown from
his machine when descending a steep
grade. lie knew nothing more until
n stranger shook him by tho shoulder
"Not dead yet?" said the stranger re
assuringly. "How long have you been
hero?"
'Just a few minutes," said Davis.
'It's two hours since a woman drove
by here and saw you lying, looking
dead," said the farmer. "She drove to
my place and told me."
Davis carried no unnecessary weight
In clothes, buying what was needed
along tho route. A tin of beans and
u canteen of water made up his emer
gency commissariat.
PROPOSE TO MAC VEAGH.
Son of Seoretary of Treasury Gets Too
Many Love Letters.
As u result of u recent newspaper
interview, in which he declared he
wished he were married, Eames Mac-
Veagli, sun of the secretary of the
treasury und Chicago's richest and
most eligible bachelor, Is being over
whelmed with impassioned love let
tors from young women who ask him
to marry them.
MaeVeagh, who is forty and past
tho romantic age, is frantic. The love
notes cumber his business mail, flood
liis Lake Shore drive mnnslon and
clutter up his mail box at the Univer
sity club.
"I have received fifteen letters from
Chicago women," he said, "stating
their qualifications, such as education
musical training and domestic set
enco. I wonder if theso girls think
I am ruuulng a mail order business?
Why, I would pay no more attention
to a woman who would write a letter
of proposal to me than I would think
of flying from the top of the Masonic
temple in an aeroplane.
"Often tho writer addresses me aB
Dear Eames' or 'Dear Eamesey,' and
they go on to tell me how happy they
c-un mako me. Some want to arrange
meeting places, while others say they
will be at my home at a certain hour,
and then I have to let the bulldog out
In the front yard."
BAR THE UNFIT.
Harvard Professor Advocates Plan For
Perfecting Races.
Professor William C. Farrabee of
Harvard university thinks that the
great thing for Americans to do is to
improve the rnco In this country. This
need of improvement, he says, Is due
to tho fact that in tho past Americans
have been lax not only In allowing un
fit Immigrants to come hero, but also
in permitting unfit natives to marry,
ana tnus multiply the number of pau
pcrs and criminals.
He says: "Wo have had an unox
nmpled opportunity here in America to
produce a perfect race of men and
women. Wo have failed to do this
because wo hnvo allowod tho unfit to
come here, and we have allowed tho
unfit, both native and foreign, to in-
crease and multiply. If wo started
now to eliminate the unfit wo. might
in another generation see results that
would approxlmato a perfect race."
Has Flag 121 Years Old.
Draped on tho porch of W. T. Den
nlston of Spokane, Wash., 1b a nation
al flag which has beon in Mr. Dennis
ton's family for 121 years, Tho flag
which is made of bunting and all
hand sewed, was mado in 1700. It
the original national flag of tho thtr
ten United States of the revolution,
having thirteen stars and thirteen
trines.
Practical Fashions
WITH RAGLAN SLEEVES.
AQA1
TWUl
The use of the Raglan sleeve has ,
been In favor for soma time post for
dress waists and even for jackets, now
It Is arriving in the more intimate gar
ments for woman's wear. Tho dress
ing a aequo has a very plain front and
back, with' practically no fullness. The
neck Is cut a little low in front ana
tho edges are finished with a pretty
shaped collar. The balance of the
closing Is accomplished by means of
buttons and buttonholes. Tho sleeve
Is the genuine Raglan type, the upper
side "extending In a tongue to the col
lar, the lower edge finished with a
small turnback cuff. This garment may
bo made up in Bilk, crepe, sateen,
lawn, organdie, and In many other cot
ton materials, and trimmed with silk
or satin.
The pattern (4861) is cut in sizes 32
to 44 Inches bust measure. Medium
size requires 2 yards of 3(3 Inch ma
terial.
To Drocure this pattern send 10 cents
to "Pattern Department," of this paper.
Write name and address plainly, and be
sure to give size and number of pattern.
NO. 4861. SIZE
NAME ,
TOWN
STHEET AND NO ...
STATE
CHILD'S ROMPERS.
Rompers have become an institution,
and they will never be dlsplacad. They
aro an ideal garment for the little girl
or boy who is permitted to play In
doors and out as freely as all healthy
children should. The style Illustrated
has a seam down the center of the
front, and this continues as two seams
on the inside of the legs, becoming one
again a few inches below the waist
line In the back, where there Is a belt
and where the opening of the garment
also comes for the trousers portion.
The opening for the blouse section is
at the left side of the front from the
shoulder. The neck finish may be
either high, with a standing collar, or
square, as preferred, and tho sleeves
may be made long or short at will.
The pattern (4867) is cut in sizes 2
to 8 years. Medium size requires 2',
yards of 36 inch material.
To procure this pattern send 19 cents
to "Pattern Department," of this paper.'
Write name and oddreBa plainly, and be
sure to give size and number of pattern.
NO. 4867. BIZEJ.
NAME
TOWN ,
BTItEDT AND NO
STATE)
Political Debts and Bills.
It is all right to pay political debts,
but it is pretty hard on tho public
when it has to foot tho bills. Charles
ton News and Courier.
As It Might Have Been.
King Richard in. had Just exclaim
ed: "A horse! A horse I My kingdom
for a horse I '
"Sorry," answered a voice from the
clouds, "we're all out of horses, but
my aeroplane is at your service."
Antiquated Humor,
"Pa, what is meant by tho "kerosene
drcultr "
"The 'kerosenee circuit,' my son, Is
a string of theaters and town halls, In
wbioh the monologues of 1834 are con
sidered great stuff."
TRAIN INTO AUTO EArfl'Y.
Four Saratoga Women Aro Killed at
Crossing Near Granville, N. Y.
Granville. N. Y July 20. With their
bodies terribly mangled, four promi
nent Saratoga (N. Y.) women He In
the morgue hi this city, the result of
an automobile accident at Itacevllle, a
few miles east of this city. The dead
are Mrs. Elizabeth Grant, widow of
Dr. Grant of Saratoga; Mrs. Charles
Wells, Jr., wife of the son of a drug
gist of Saratoga, and Mrs. George W.
Yates and Mrs. Itoblnson of Boston,
guests of Mrs. Wells. The chauffeur,
Charles A. Ostrander, has but small
chance of recovery.
The party was hit by an extra ex
press tralu at a grade crossing. The
chauffeur said he did not bear the
train, and tho view of tho engineer.
Frank Bruce, nlso was cut off by a
big tree. The automobile made the
flrat nnrt nf thn frnelnr Villi without
shifting gears, but on the crossing It
was necessary to change, ana as Os
trander attempted to do this the en
gine stalled, and tho train crashed Into
the machine.
BLAMES MOTHER-IN-LAW.
De Forest, Inventor, Seeks a Divorce
From Engineer Wife.
San Francisco, July 20. Harriett
Stanton Blatch of New York, suffra
gist leader and daughter of Elizabeth
Cady Stanton, is declared by her son-
in-law, Dr. Lee De Forest, scientist
and wireless inventor, to be responsi
ble for the suit for absolute divorce
Died here ngalnst Mrs. Nora Stanton
Blatch De Forest.
Do Forest declares Mrs. Blatch Is re
sponsible for his marital uuhapplness;
that she has prevented a reconciliation
with his wife and has nullified all his
efforts to induce Mrs. De Forest to
Join him in California.
Mrs. Blatch is president of the
League of Self Supporting Women.
Mrs. De Forest is a fully qualified hy
draulic engineer.
An English King's Death.
William Rufus was killed by an ar
row, either accidental or with murder
ous intent lie died in the New for
est. His body was stripped by tramps
and the next day was found by a char
coal burner, who placed the linked
corpse on Ills cnr,t. hoping to receive a
reward. On the way to Winchester
the enrt was upset, and tho king's
body fell in the mire. Covered with
filth and black with charcoal, it ar
rived in Winchester, where it was
buried In the cathedral. A few years
later tho tower fell and crushed the
tomb, and (50O years after the Puri
tans rifled the grave and played foot
hall with the king's skull.
W. AY. WOOD,
Candidate For the Republican Nom
ination of
COUXTV TREASURER,
Solicits the kindly consideration of
the voters at tho primaries.
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DR. E. F. SCANLON,
Only Permanent Resident Specialist In
Scranton.
TEN YEARS' SUCCESS IN THIS CITY.
CURING VARICOCELE
Varlcocelelmpulrs the
vitality and destroys the
elements of manhood. I
dally demonstrate that
Varicocele can bo posi
tively cured without the
oreuns beinc mutilated:
they are preserved and
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oreanlsm affected by the 1st.
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Offlces433 Linden St., SCRANTON, PA.
lupposue I'osvuiuce.i
POSTAL BANKS POPULAR.
Among New Depositories Next Month
Are Princeton and Westfield, N. J.
Washington, July 20. Postmastei
General Hitchcock announces that tho
United States coupon bonds for de
positors In postal savings banks would
bo ready for delivery on July 22 and
the registered bonds nbout one week
Inter. Interest In tho system contin
ues to grow, especially In the far west
ern states. At Cripple Creek, Colo., In
four weeks forty-two separate depos
ta were made for the limit of $100
.-ash. At Gainesville, Ga., the depos
its have amounted to more thnn $5,000.
Fifty additional second clnss post-
offices are designated depositories.
These offices will be ready to receive
deposits on Aug. 10. Among them are
Westfield and Princeton, N. J.
"There is only one reason," he saia,
"why I have never asked yon to be my
wife."
"What is that?" she asked.
"I have always been half afraid you
might refuse."
"Well." she whispered after a long
silence, "I should think you'd have
curiosity enough to want to find out
whether your suspicion was well
founded or not" Chicago Record-Herald,
FOR TREASURER
A. W. I;ARRABEE.
I hereby respectfully announce my
self as a candidate for tho office of
County Treasurer on the Repibllcan
ticket, subject to the decision of the
uniform primaries to be held Septem
ber 30, 1911. As it will be impos
sible for me to see all the voters of
the county, I take this method of so
liciting your support. If I am the
choice of the people, I have but one
promise to make, viz: that I will dis
charge the duties of the office im
partially and honorably.
A. W. LARRABEE,
57tf Starrucca, Pa.
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