Ellis County Capital (Arnett, Okla.), Vol. 10, No. 30, Ed. 1 Friday, January 25, 1918 Page: 2 of 8
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ELLIS COUNTY CAPITAL ARNETT OKLAHOMA
USED STRING TO STIR ANGER
-IEY were Just airplanes two years
ago but the demands of war have
stimulated the evolution of nlrcraft
so intensively that in the last few
months at least three different spe-
cies of airplanes have been devel-
oped and these are ns distinct
from each other as condors
pigeons and swullows
The monoplane has gone the wny
of the high-wheeled bicycle it is
seen no more in the air And in-
stead of just airplanes we have
bombing machines reconnaissance machines and
battleplanes each a specialized type designed for
a specific duty Then in a class by themselves
there are the hydroplanes writes Arthur Bening-
ton in the New York World
Bombing machines nre the heavy artillery the
condors the Percherons the bulldogs of the air
Reconnaissance machines nre the intelligence
service the cnrrler pigeons the hunters the
pointers of the air
Battleplanes which combine 'the duties of light
cavalry and machine-gun squads are the swal-
lows the thoroughbreds the terriers the wasps
of the air
“You might ns well ask me what kind of horse
I consider the finest’’ replied an Italian aviator
when asked for his opinion on the finest airplane
“It all depends upon what service you want your
plane for For dropping bombs on cities there is
nothing like our own Caproui the finest climbers
I personally have encountered were German ma-
chines the swiftest flyer up to date Is the Italian
S V A and I think the Austrians have the most
reliable hydroplanes”
Of course this was merely the aviator’s personal
opinion and it is given here not at all because of
its value as a Judgment on the several mukes of
machines but merely to Illustrate the diversity of
type and the wisdom of not confusing the differ-
ent types in one’s mind
For a bombing machine the primary require-
ment is ability to carry a heavy load Then In
order of importance come: Medium speed (80 to
300 miles an hour) climbing power (13000 feet)
defensive armament and a radius of action from
CO to 100 miles Load-carrying power involves
strength of construction great stability and en-
gines that shall develop tremendous power and
yet be ’as light as possible Types of the bomb-
ing machine nre the Italian Caproni the' British
Ilandley-Palmer and the German Gotha G III
and Friederichshafen G II
The reconnaissance machine must have room
for at least two persons — the pilot and the ob-
server installation for wireless apparatus and
cameras for taking both still and moving pictures
fuel capacity sufficient for three or four hours of
flight fairly high speed — say from 113 to 120
miles an hour — and ability to carry a machine
gun with which to defend itself if attacked The
camera installation makes great stability neces-
sary Types of this machine nre the Italian
I’omilio S V A and Snvoin-Pomilio the French
Voisin and the German Brandenburg Albatross
C III and Aviatiks C III
Speed and climbing power nre the essentials in
a battleplane The latest types of this sort — the
Italian S V A and a new model of Pomilio the
French NIeuport and Spnd and the German Al-
batross D I and Albatross Bue — can carry only one
man who acts as pilot observer and gunner
Most of them have only one gun which is not
mounted on a swivel but is an integral part of
the engine itself for ns it discharges its bullets
between the blades of a propeller revolving so
rapidly that It cannot be seen it must be perfect-
ly synchronized with the motor otherwise a bullet
might strike a blade of the propeller These
machines are nothing but flying cannon They
carry no passenger no cameras no bombs noth-
ing except a single operator and the ammunition
for the gun
The difference between reconnaissance and bat-
tleplanes appear slight when set down in figures
but then every fraction of an Inch affects the
speed and stability of an airplane
Some idea of the differences may be obtained
from the dimensions and these can be given only
approximately except in one or two cases It Is
of course Impossible to describe our own Ameri-
can planes so the comparisons that follow are
based on foreign machines
One of the smnllest of the battleplanes is a
' new Pomilio which has not yet been tested in
America American representatives of the Ansal-
do company of Genoa which makes the S V A —
another very small one — decline to make its di-
mensions public at present but Capt Alessandro
Pomilio designer of the machines that bear his
name has no objection to it being stated that the
Pomilio which flew' from Fortress Monroe to
Mineola and which soared over New York on Lib-
erty Loan day has a wing spread of approximate-
ly 33 feet This however is a reconnaissance
machine The one that is coming is a battleplane
and its wing” have a spread of only a fraction
over 30 feet Both these I’omilio mnchlnes have
exactly the same motor a 200-horse-power Isetta-
Frnschini but the greater size of the one already
here enables it to carry a passenger and cameras
while the smaller one can carry only one man
The reconnaissance Pomilio makes 120 miles an
hour a scout Is said to have made on tests in
Italy 100 miles an hour
So far as official tests are known the S V A
holds the record for speed This is the machine
that made the sensational flight from Turin to
Rome 396 miles in two hours and fifty minutes
averaging 1308 miles an hour The French Nien-
port machines are unofficially reported to have
made as high as 1T3 miles an hour
The dimensions of the German Albatross D I
nre known exactly having been published by the
Frerch military authorities after measurement of
captured machines Its wings have a spread of
297 feet Its fu-dage Is 23G feet long its speed
Is 124 miles an hour and It can climb to 18130 feet
ft carries two rapid-fire guns discharging through
ALBATROS
SVA-
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the propeller and 100 cartridges for each gun
Returning now to the bombing machines the
types best known nre the Germnn Gotha which
is virtually n copy of the British Ilandley-Palmer
and the Italian Caproni The dimensions of the
latter cannot be given for the machines nre in
several sizes the smaller being biplanes the
largest being a triplane Those of the Gotha G
III nre known 'It Is a biplane with a wing spread
of 777 feet and fuselage 4034 feet long It can go
008 miles an hour ascend 14830 feet and enrry a
load of 1320 pounds of bombs besides at least two
men
It was necessary to put three plunes on the
larger Caproni in order to carry the immense
Weight at high speed It hns three fuselages
each with its own motor the one In the middle
being much shorter than the others The right
and left fuselages have propellers in front the
middle fuselage has a propeller behind The mo-
tors nre 240-liorse-power Isottn-Frnschini
The Caproni are slow’ machines — only about 90
ndles an hour — and is capable of fighting single-
handed against the little wasps of the air They
nre unique In that any one of their motors suf-
fices to propel the machine therefore ail three
must' be stopped by bullets before it is disabled
In this lust respect its only rival is — so fnr as
known at present writing — the great German
Gotha which has two motors either of which will
propel It
One of the most striking facts about the evolu-
tion of air craft since the war begnn is that the
monoplane hns virtually disappeared Quite early
in the war the French Nieuport grew an extra
pair of wings The principal reason why two
pairs are better than one Is that lifting power in
the nlr depends upon the area of the wings Now
the Gotha's two pairs of w ings are 777 feet long
and 7326 feet wide which gives an area of 5G9
square feet for ench pair or 1138 square feet as
the total wing surface If this were ail in a single
plnne the wing would have to be about 153 feet
long if they hnd the same breadth as now and
the leverage of the wind on their ends would be
so great that the machine would be absolutely un-
manageable For this same reason the biggest of the Caproni
which is by fnr the largest thing in the air has
three planes Instead of two
The Gotha Is however more than a bombing
machine it is a veritable aerial battleship Over
its bow on a swivel is a machine gun that can
shoot forward over a horizontal arc of more than
ISO degrees and over a perpendicular arc of
about 240 degrees On its fuselage behind its
wings and behind the propellers Is another gun
that shoots astern over a horizontal arc of nearly
ISO degrees and over a perpendicular arc of about
190 Besides these two guns the Gotha lias a
third mounted on a pivot in the body of the fusel-
age and pointing downwards through a port bole
in the bottom of the fuselage By means of this
last gun it enn defend itself from enemy ma-
chines attacking it f-oni below and behind a po-
sition in which all other muchines but the Gotha
are vulnerable
The Germans have been most ingenious In de-
signing their airplanes for maximum effectiveness
of gun fire Their single-seated Albatross D I
and D III Fohker D Halberstadt Roland D and
Ago D have two fixed guns firing ahead through
the revolving propeller and these machines are
able to carry 2000 cartridges for each gun Their
two-place reconnaissance machines Albatross
Rumpler Aviatik and L V G have one fixed for-
ward gun firing through the propeller and a sec-
ond lighter gun on a swivel mounted behind the
planes and firing to the reur over an angle of 180
degrees The French have adopted this system
for the airplanes of similar type
The most ingenious armament however is that
of the new Pomilio scout plane It is not advis-
able to betray the secret of this plnne at present
but it is permissible to say that the single pilot
controls five guns all shooting ahead simultane-
ously and that four of these are so perfectly
concealed that even a photograph does not show
where they nre situated It is in reality a five-
barreled Gatling gun on wings This machine is
now on its way to America if Indeed it has not
already arrived
Talkl g with the Italian aviators now here
about motors I found them deeply Interested in
the new Liberty motor but none would venture
to express an opinion about it
"I could not judge of its value” said one of
them “until I hnd taken it up 5000 or 100000
feet in the air and watched bow It behaved there
The Fiat company which has been making mo-
tors ever since these were first Invented needed
two whole years of experimentation before it was
nble to turn out a satisfactory airplane motor
Several times it thought it had it severnl times
it offered a motor that performed perfectly under
the most exacting laboratory tests but each time
It failed when tested in the rarefied air of 10000
feet above the earth After two years of trial
the Flat people produced the wonderful motors
now so extensively used The Isotta-Frascliinl
company hnd a similar experience We all ad-
mire the perfection of mechanism of the Liberty
motor and we all hope thut actual flight will
prove It to be ns perfect ns it looks but no one
of us would ventijre to give a verdict on it until
he hnd flown with it at all possible altitudes”
These men nil of whom nre youths who have
had thrilling experiences in actual warfare are
fond of discussing the probabilities of a flight
across the Atlantic Any one of them would be
willing to attempt it but they disagree as to the
machine most likely to be the first to make it
Some say the giant Caproni which would need at
least 24 hours and probably 40 to fly from New-
foundland to Ireland (the shortest route) while
others say some such machine as the S V A as
it could make the flight easily between sunrise
and sunset In the one case it would be like a
giant condor relying on the power of its wings to
sustain it a day and a night in flight in the other
case it would be a sea gull or a swallow relying
on terrific speed to curry it over by daylight
Twine Swung in Air London Busman
Explained Indicated ( Other Cab-
by's Brother Was Hanged
The conversation turned on the
wonderful pungency and power of in-
vective of the old-time London cabby
as narrated by Charles Dickens In
"Pickwick Papers” and by other au-
thors of that and a subsequent time
“A few years ago” said Dr John H
Oliver in the Indianapolis News “I
paid my second visit to London The
cabby and his horse had passed away
The horse-drawn omnibus was no
more the petrol-driven bus having
taken its place I told a Briton whom
I met over there that I liked to sit on
the outside next the driver that I
founi him a most interesting charac-
ter! “ ‘So do I’ said my British acquaint-
ance ‘but he is not at all as interesting
as his predecessor of the old fashion
I was seated beside one of these old-
time drivers going through a street
crowded with vehicles when a bus
coming from the opposite direction
was in collision with our bus The
wheels of the two locked and then the
highly ornate invective between the
two drivers began It was the perfect
flower yes the full fruitage I thought
of profanity and abuse
“ ‘But I was mistaken There was
more and worse to come When the
wheels had become unlocked and we
were slowly moving away my friend
the driver drew from his pocket a bit
of string and holding It above his
head swung it slowly to and fro
“ ‘The other driver at once jumped
down from his bus and whip in hand
struck at the string-shaker The wealth
of epithet he then used showed that all
that had preceded it was ns mild and
kindly as the softest baby chatter Our
driver answered not a word but as he
drove slowly on continued the string
shaking
“ ‘I wondered what there could be in
this simple bit of dumb-show to make
the other busman so frantically angry
Then my driver gave the explanation:
“ ’E didn’t like it did ’e? It was honly
a bit of joke don’t y’ see ’Is brother
was ’anged last Friday” ’ ”
Neglected
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Without Hope
He — “Suppose we have a Jokeless
day?” She — “IIow can we while you’re
living?”
SOAP IS STRONGLY ALKALINE
and constant use will burn out the
scalp Cleanse the scalp by shampoo-
ing with “La Creole” Hair Dressing
and darken in the natural way those
ugly grizzly hairs Price $100 — Adv
Fireproof buildings nre protected
with fire escapes just the same
Church Gives Every Man
There is a little French church in
the heart of Philadelphia which has
given and given to the great world
strife ever since the war began life
blood and widows’ mites and in the
face of poverty is still giving giving
according to a Philadelphia correspond-
ent Not one man between seventeen and
fifty years old remains in the member-
ship of the little church of St Sauveur
All are at the front some are with
the French army some are with the
United States forces but all have gone
All are fighting for the same great
world ideal
They have left mothers wives and
little ones who do not complain but
give to the last penny not only for
those they love but for the relief of
all suffering
Nearly all of them are working peo-
ple but in addition to the struggle
for bread and butter they have found
the way to adopt and support four or-
phans in France In addition to the
incessant knitting and sewing for the
little w’nr orphans here these brave
women have also found time to make
and send countless woolen comforts
hnd relief supplies to the war victims
in France and Belgium the orphans
and the wounded They also subscribed
to the starving Armenians
Catarrhal Deafness Cannot Be Cured
by local applications as they cannot reach
the dieeased portion of the ear There is
only one way to cure Catarrhal Deafness
and that is by a constitutional remedy
HALL’S CATARRH MEDICINE act
through the Blood on the Mucous Surface
of the System Catarrhal Deafness Is
caused by an Inflamed condition of the
mucous lining of the Eustachian Tube
When this tube Is Inflamed you have a
rumbling sound or Imperfect hearing and
when it is entirely closed Deafness Is the
result Unless the Inflammation can be re-
duced and this tube restored to Its nor-
mal condition hearing may be destroyed
forever Many cases of Deafness are
caused by Catarrh which Is an Inflamed
condition of the Mucous Surfaces
ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for any
case of Catarrhal Deafness that cannot
be cured by HALL’S CATARRH
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Not Fond of Army Life
Army life did not agree with Ginger
a Boston bull After a three-weeks'
career as mascot in the Canadian
army lie has returned to his old
haunts and is happy again The dog
is owmed by John Hamilton a Los An-
geles resident of fifteen years’ stand-
ing who recently enlisted in the Ca-
nadian forces He took Ginger along
but the dog did not take to the army
life In fact he was wasting away
until Hamilton decided to send him
back to Los Angeles On his arrival
he ate six meals in three hours and
now has a joyous bark for all his old
friends
NAMING OF WARSHIPS
The law requires thut all first-class battleships
“shall be named for states and shall not be named
for any city place or person until the names of
the states have beeu exhausted” and a recent
article by Walter Scott Meriw’ether in the Rud-
der points out that Secretary Daniels’ recent or-
der assigning the ‘names of New Mexico Califor-
nia Tennessee Mississippi and Idaho to the five
superdreadnaughts now under construction com-
pletely exhausts the list of unused names In
selecting names for the five battle cruisers au-
thorized by the last congress recourse was had
to names which never should have disappeared
from the navy register — Constitution Constella-
tion Saratoga Ranger and Lexington The fa-
mous old frigates Constitution and Constellation
now preserved as relics of the wooden fleets of
a century ago will be known as “Old Constitution
and “Old Constellation” The present Saratoga
was formerly the New York the armored cruiser
which served as Admiral Sampson’s flag ship
War Curbs Suicide
Sir Bernard Mullet registrar gen-
eral of the British empire announced
recently that suicide had fallen 'off
strikingly In England since the begin-
ning of the war The explanation is
that the national unity of feeling the
subordination of self and the sharing
of sympathy on all sides makes the in-
dividual’s personal Injuries less liu
portant and induces him to forget his
own desperation Personal indulgences
and excesses of immorality causes of
insanity and melancholia are curbed
and minimized naturally by the econ
omies enforced upon the populace
Discipline in eating dressing working
has also a beneficial effect in keeping
the mind sane and free from morbid
broodings
EVERY MAN TO HIS LAST
Because you are an excellent carpenter de-
clared Socrates In his famous Apologia at Athens
it does not therefore follow that you are the
wisest of men Yet the tendency persisted and
persists and Alexander Cruden a great maker of
concordances was found offering his services to
the British government over 150 years ago as
“corrector of morals” Just as many rich business
men in England today are offering their services
to the government “under the conviction that they
can do in one day what an expert can barely
manage in three — Christian Science Monitor
IN MONTENEGRO
There’s a peculiar superstition In Montenegro
where the peasants believe that the Iron kettle
chnin over the hot fireplace will not heat at all on
Christmas night as at all other times but remains
cool to the touch To explain this they claim
that a similar chain hung oer the fire built on
the floor of the stable at Bethlehem and that at
the birth of Christ the virgin mother grasped it
for support It became cool at her touch lest it
turn the saintly hand
Would Take Glass Eye Back
Paul Gary of Anderson Ind is all
American with the exception of
glass eye The substitute optic la
alien
Gary tried to enlist in the United
States marine corps at their recruiting
station in Louisville Ky but was re-
jected when bis infirmity was discov-
ered by SergL G C Wright
“Didn’t you know that the loss of
an eye would prevent your enlisting?'
asked the sergeant
“I thought It might" explained Gary
“but this glass blinker is the only part
of me that was made in Germany and
I want to take it back”
lie was advised to mail it
Crop and Drug Plants
One of the projects outlined by the
committee on botany of the national
research council is the search for wild
plants which may be used as wartime
substitutes for the more costly crop
plants During the Civil war Dr John
Porcher a Southerner published a
book giving a list of plants of the
South which could be substituted for
much-needed food and drug plants It
Is suggested that information might be
obtained from hunters trappers
woodsmen farmers Indians and the
foreigners who pick up considerable
food from the countryside Similar in-
formation Is desired concerning plants
that can be used in medicine
Must Have the Bronze
A second requisition of church bells
hns taken place in Austria to the sor-
row of the Catholic population of that
country according to advices received
The government came to the conclu-
sion that further requisitioning was
necessary with the result that the
church has bad to sacrifice many more
of its familiar and cherished bells te
the never-satisfied Moloch of war
The idea of substituting steel bells
for bronze has not yet eventuated ow-
ing to the onerous conditions stipulat-
ed by bell manufacturers who de-
manded among other things that the
price should be paid in foodstuffs for
the workmen in the factories
Knowledge Is the root will is
stem and the results the grain
the
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The Rich Flavor
GrafTeNuts
is due to the blend-
ing of malted barley
with whole wheat flour
Wheat alone does not
possess this rich flavor
The wonderfully easy
digestion of GrapeNtds
is also partly due to
the barley for the
barley contains a
digestive which
wheat lacks
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