SUBMARINES AND AEROPLANES
STAR ACTOR OF WAR
The big guns and the gas bombs have
been in the spotlight at intervals, but
submarines arid air craft art? unrnistak-1
ably the star actors in the present war.
For the first time each has a record «»f
really practical work and valuable re
sults. In the air, the aeroplane is ack
nowledged to be the real dependence. As
predicted in these pages a year before the
war, the dirigible as a war weapon can
be counted a failure. True, a few trips
have been made in good weather, cross
ing the English channel, and dropping a
few bombs, which have in the whole
year’s war killed less than L'OO people,
and these mostly women and children.
For a large fleet , each vessel of which ■,
cost 1600,000 or over, this cannot be con - \
sidered much in the way of result. N »
battle has been won or even affected l*y
use of a dirigible. It has unquestionably
been an awful nightmare to the British. 1
but when the worst it has done and all i
it has accomplished are summed up, the
dirigible to date must be declared more
a menace than a real danger and large
ly a fiasco. In fact, every German diri
gible which has crossed into England has
easily recruited 10,000 men to the British
colors. Therefore, on account of cost,
dependence on good weather, its size
as a mark, and small results, ii is now
fairly well established that the dirigi
ble, as a military weapon, has lost out.
The aeroplane, on the contrny. that
far*reaching eye that sees over moun
tains on<i around coiners, has mure than
justified itself. Within the zone of ai ,
tivities an army can no longer begin nn>
important change of base, or advance. «»i
even start a retreat, without its being
almost instantly known to the enemy.
The perilous work of the spy, so inipor
unl a few years ago. is now largely {
taken over by the aviation corps, for !
a single aeroplane with one pilot and
an observer can in fifteen minutes bring
in more accurate information than a
dozen spies could secure in twenty hours
with the additional great advantage of
the report being right up to the minute
And as for bomb dropping, if homes and
hospitals and churches art still to he
destroyed in so dastardly a fashion, the
aeroplane is capable of enough mischief
to quite complete with the dirigible. Tin*
aeroplane is so small a mark, so hard
i to see. and can change its course so i
suddenly and often, that the aerial guns j
have fallen far short of their expect'd
efficiency.
While the submarine has sent a la re
number of unarmed merchant and pas
senger boats to the bottom, it lias as ,v« t.
perhaps for want of opportunity, shown
meager results as against mcn-of-wai
All life is alert to protect itself against
attack and destruction. As iiurbank
says, the cactus had no spines until it
■ was threatened with anniiiilintiou b\
antelopes, and the submarine had freo
hand until recently. Already means have
been devised which tend to limit the
possibilities of under-sea craft They me
taken like Usli in wire nets; they are set
Upon by it mosquito fleet of aiuali speed
boats, armed with one-poimders. when
they show themselves. on the other
hand, the submarine has demonstrated
most satisfactory abilities for long voy
ages, as, for instance, one of our own
submarines recently made the voyage
from San Francisco to Honolulu, it dis
tance of over I’.ouo miles, without one»?
stopping its engines. However, for pro
tection of our enormous coast line, a
large fleet of submarines seems inevita
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MARCONI INVENTS
NEW APPA RATES
PARTS Dispatches from Rome rei • i\
«'J h* i» '.it. that Miirenni lnv« ntm ..f
the wireless telegraph, has perfected a
new apparatus lor oontrolling aeroplanes
and dirigibles by wireless. Tests of the
new apparatus have been made with
perfect results. The inventor has pre
sented the invention to the government.
which will at once equip a number of
flying machines with the apparatus, for
use against tin* Austrians.
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RUSSIA TO CONTINUE
AFTER WAR
PKTROGR A1 >—Russia will i-ontinuu
“dry” after tin* war, so far as vodka
is concerned. The limited sale of l»e» r
and light wines will be permitted. The
bill for both prohibition and limitations
has been introdueed in the dutna and ii
passage is assured. The czar ami nis
advisors approve it.
Finland is nut included.
“it is forbidden to produce alcohol fur
vodka," says the bill, “or to import al
cohol.”
Alcohol production for mechanical ami
medical purposes is authorized only by
the government. Its saie, except by
the government, is prohibited. The order
against production will include indivi
duals. even though their product be only
for their own household consumption.
Tlie sale of beer and light wines will j
be prohibited except in towns. Local |
councils may prohibit it altogether.
The government also will limit the
percentage of alcohol in both beers ami •
wines.—Ex.
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A!, ASK AN KII.I.S PRISON OITARP
Robert F. Stroud, who was sentenced
to twelve years' imprisonment at .Mc
Neil’s island for murder committed in
Southeastern Alaska, killed a guard in
the Leavenworth penitentiary a few
weeks ago.
Stroud hail been transferred from Mc
Neil's island to the federal prison at
Leavenworth. Kan., and while the pris
oners were at dinner. .-Stroud plunged a
knife into the heart of Andrew’ F. Turner,
one of the guards at the Institution.
Twelve hundred prisoners assembled hi
the big (lining room witnessed th« ••ritm*.
Stroud had a had reputation. At Me
Neil's he assaulted a guard and would
have received an additional senl«*nc«* fop
this after his present term expired. The
recent crime will undoubtedly mean lih
imprisonment or be wih be banged.
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the following years:
1915. 1916
June 1 .22 20
June 2.29 31
June 3 .33
June 4.30 35
June 5 30 34
June 6.30
June 7 .38 ‘27
June 8.37 ’7
June 8 .37
| June 9 . 32 27
; June 10 .18 44
! June 11 .48 44
June 12.40 43
June 13 .40 39
June 14 . .12 35
•me 15 . 39 30
June 10.37 3.4
* June 17.37 3,4
June IK .38 25
t June 19.35 34
j June 20.33 36
i June 21.38 41
June 22 .38 32
Juno 23 . .42
June 24 . 10 42
June 25 .43, 4S
June 20 . 44 4S
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