COUNT ZEPPELIN HOPES
TO FLY TO AMERICA
'T have always hoped to be the first
to pilot an airship across the Atlantic.
1 have believed that to do so would
be the crowning effort of iny career,”
declared Count Ferdinand von Zeppe
lin In discussing the possibilities of the
slant aircraft that bears his name.
"Not to bombard New York and
Washington'?” I asked him quickly.
The count was very grave as he re
plied: It we* plain from hi* general
attitude that he has been greatly
troubled over the charges of rulhlesa
nesB In the use of dirigibles In war
and the Intimations that they were
"beyond the pale" of civilized warfare.
Wants It to Be Peace Trip*
"Throw bombs on people wbo have
been so kind to me when 1 was among
them?” he said. "Never! Neverl 1
want to sail on a peaceful mission when
I go to America. My greatest ambi
..on nas not been to create an engine
of destruction. It has been to dem
onstrated that the Zeppelins were suit
ed to far greater purposes than to be
used as mere Instruments of warfare.” |
it was evident that the demolition
of the skyscrapers of New York and
destruction of the historic structures
of Washington were farthest from the
thougnt of the mau who is responsible
for a form ol terror which has been so
aptly described as the "Zeppelin chill '
He seemed to be pondering matters
over in his mind. For a few seconds
there was silence. Then, speaking with
an intensity of thought as though he
were talking to himself. the count
continued:
"I must try to live long enough or
1 fear thati i won't be accomplished
--at least not In the near future.”
Overseas Flight Prcaticable
"Then you believe that transatlan
tic aerial travel with a dirigible of the
type you have constructed is possible?”
1 asked.
"Not only posible but practicable.
This war has Interfered with my plans.
1 know that aerial travel will become
the quickets and safest method. Zep
pelins, In their development, have. In
my opinion, a great future before them.1
Few people know the delight and safe
ty of travel therein. They will become
great factors for quick passenger and
mall service."
"How long do you believe that It
would take a Zeppelin to make the
flight from here to New York?*' I
asked.
"Three or four days; perhaps more
perhaps less. It would depend on the
wind aud the weather."
Talks of Future Zeppelins
"What will he the trend of devel
opment in tne Zeppelins in the future ?"
Where they are to be utilized for
wurcraft a form of construction that
will permit them to lly much higher
.nuii at present. For commercial pur
poueh tuey must liute greater carrying
capacity aud greater speed. As coni
pai eu with tne years it look to develop
me railroads my aircraft are merely
o. ginning tneir careers. At present they
are too much dependent on wind and
weather.
"With the exception of the Urst
flight that 1 muue 1 cannot conceive
a more inspiring moment than when 1
can pilot one of my cruisers into New
i ork aud then go on to Washington."
The veteran inventor was keenly
alive lo the defects still to be over
come before his airships are complete
ly sucessfuL
Perhaps there won’t be wars when
i he stage of perfection is reached,” tne
count said.
1 suggested that he might have sent
one of nis Z ippeliug to Han Francisco
lor exhibition at the Panama-Pacific
exposition.
Dont’ Want Aircraft ShiPped.
No," he declared emphatically. "No,
1 do not want a Zeppelin to make its
tirst voyage across the Atlantic in the
freight hold of a steamer. It will make
It under Its own power."
Count Zeppelin will be Ji in July,
but he dues not look over tiu. He Is
short, but his well knit, athletic figure
shows astonishing elasticity and a
quickness of movement. He has very
clear eyes aud a ruddy face with a
snow white mustache, and when X saw
hbn lie tied a pair of "beautiful shin
ers." both eyea being discolored and
almost swollen shut. Calling hia at
tention to them ha said:
“It look Uke 1 have been in a tight,
doesn't It?”
He explained that It was the result
of a tumble In the air while conduct
ing an experiment at Johaiubsthah
Tells of Trip to Amer'oa
The count related to me Incidents
of Ills experience in America during
the civil war. He told of meeting
l’resiuent Lincoln as a military at
tache and representative of the king
oi V\ urieinberg.
1 made my llrsl balloon ascension
at St. haul,'' he continued, ‘and not
on the civil war llrlug line, as has
ueuu stuu. a major or me union aruij.
whose name 1 have forgotten, was
mere and had a captive balloon. 1
wanted a real sensation and arranged
for tne use of the baboon, he to cut
the rope and let me maze a long Ulgnl
after i had gotten up to the bum. 1
bougnt all of tbe spare gas that tbe
of. haul gas works would let m« havt
and was able to get up several bub
died feet, but tbe gas waa of so poor
t^uubiy that 1 could uut get tbe bag
tilled sufficiently to essay a long llight
let while i was above St. haul i had
,n> first <iea of aerial navigation
strongly impressed upon me and it
was there that the llrsl idea of luj
Zeppelins came lu me. Kveu In lbthi
St. haul was pretentious enough to
nave a photographer, and as a sou
venir 1 have a photograph of myself
taken at that lime.
Visited Milwaukee.
T returned south via MUwaukee,
where many houses were being raised
on higher foundations on account of
the high water from the lake. In New
Volk 1 witnessed the draft riots and
saw the police shooting Into the mob.
"I had many friends In America,
but I fear that few of them have
cared to live as long as 1 have, her
hapa none will be left when 1 come
again. If 1 come lu one of my crulserH."
CORROSIVE GASES
AS WEAPONS
If the introduction of polsonus
gases in war were merely an addition
of one more implement or device for
Killing men outright with a brevity
of suffering which in conceivable con
ditions could in this way be achieved
there would be no particular reason for
criticising the invention or the Inven
tors. Death by asphyxiation passes
for humane and merciful In terminat
ing the existence of sick .Injured, or
troublesome animals, and Just why
the putting out of the way of human
beings, when considered necessary by
the law, has never been so done Is
not easy to explain.
Perhaps It is because Instant un
consciousness, the boon supposed to
be conferred by the rope, the axe, and
the electric current alike, cannot be
reason Is that we all know personally
thus given, and another possible some
tiling about how It feels to bo smoth
ered, while experiences on the gallows
or block, or In the chair, are never
related or recalled. Tho real teBt;
however, of a military expedient, as
regards its greater or less ‘'humanity,"
Is how it affects those not immediately
killed, and on that scoro the gasses of
which wo aro now hearing so much
seem fully to justify the bitter de
nunciations which tholr use has ex
cited.
The sufferings of men wounded by
the familiar weapons, missile and
trenchant, can, indeed, bo severo and
prolonged, but they have a certain
tolerability for the mind, duo In great
part, perhaps, to the fact that they
have been familiar all over the world
for Innumerable ages, and tho respon
sibility for Inflicting that sort of pain
Is so widely shared that for any peo
pin to condemn it would be for that
nation to condemn itself . But not
only are the sufferings of those who
for awhile survive the inhalation of
corrosive gases as yet unfamiliar; they
are also, according to the victims and
to expert observers, of a severity un
paralleled In the dreadful annals of
conflict.
There Is, therefore, a double Justltl
catlon for the Indignation which this
method of fighting has aroused. Yet It
Is probably true that If one of the
combatants Insists on using the dread
ful novelty, the others will be ob
liged In self-defense to Imitate the de
plorable example. That, as everybody
says, Is war.
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CENSORS DETERMINE
LENGTH OF FILM KISS
What la the correct length of a kiss?
Should it continue Indefinitely, or
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It Is no doubt the correct time to
settle this question once and for all.
• Anyway, an attempt Is being made
in Los Angeles. And the board of
moving picture censors has taken a
hand. If the footage of kissing reg
inters a fraction of an Inch over two
feet boward, that is If you happen to
be In the confines of L. A., for the
censor man may get you when you’re
not watching out.
For two feet is the recognised length
of the kiss which has been examined
and passed by this august body.
The hubbub over the kiss question
was started by Judge Funkhouser of
Chicago. Since then the local phot
play censors have followed It up. And
to help them come to their "two-foot”
conclusion, Miss Agnes Vernon, of
much movie fame, agreed to demon
strate.
Several hundred feet of film were
taken of her with Herbert Rawllnson
In kissing scenes of various lengths.
These were all ogrefully submitted to
tho censors, who then decided that the
official kiss should not be more than
24 Inches long.
In taking two feet of kissing the
camera crank turns four times. This
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quires six seconds to throw tho cen
sored kiss on the screen.
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