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GIANi mm NnW RFSDY TS1 M SEA Curtiss' Colossus Capable of Carrying Fifty. MIES 80 MILES AN H00S fCoast and West Indies Trade to Get First Cail in Aviation?Curtiss* Machine Was Built for Navy as Submarine Chaser, tyut Some Modifications Couid Very Easily Adapt It for Passenger Use. A flight across the Atlantic is assured in the immediate future. This statement is made on the authority of Olenn H. Curtiss, inventor of the flyN Ing boat and pioneer engineer in the airplane industry. The prediction of transoceanic flight has been made before by men prominent in aviation, but -Mr. Curtiss' statement differs from -other men's because he adds he has fcuilt the machine which can bridge the ocean. It may be that the honor of first flying from America to Europe will go to the United States navy, for Mr. Curtiss' airboat. the largest and most powerful in existence, is a navy airboat, or rather air vessel. The machine is of huge dimensions, but the best possible way of describing its power in few words is to say it has carried 50 men in sustained flight. Its lifting ca; pa city is five tons. Because the Colossus is entirely the property of the navy the inventor wouid not say any more than that he is willing the attempt be made by the giant aircraft as soon as certain mocH-3cationfc can be made. As constructed * Vie uoiossus is a ngnung macame iiot 'totended primarily for such lengthy "flights as the crossing of the Atlantic. Naval air officers at Baltimore some Says ago spoke guardedly of the possibility of a transatlantic flight by the machine at Rockaway. They stated at that time that the Rockaway plane was the first of a series to be con. structed for transatlantic flight. ? Dwarfs Al! Aircraft * The America, wonder of 1914, built f by Mr. Curtiss for Rodman Wanamaker, who was backing Lieut John Cyril Porte, Irish aviator, in his attempt to win the $39,000 prize offered by the X*>ndon "Daily Mail, is dwarfed to insignificance by the great spread of the < o5ossus. The huge Sikorsky, 113 feet of wing spread, which carried 17 men in Russia in 1914, is also smaller fTthan the new flying boat. The Ca'jproni triplane, with seats for 25, likewise Is dethroned as monarch of the *tir. Recently rumors have been hearc about the gigantic craft, but only now 3 s it rvossible. owing: to the abandon ^tnent of secrecy by the navy, to describe the principal features of the Colossus. ' The flying boat is a biplane fitted ' with three motors, details and powei of which are withheld. From tip to tip its huge upper wings stretch 1^ feet?only 10 feet less, by way of com. parison, than the height of the Brook, iyn bridge. From prow to taj! she is 70 feet long, and from the gunner's 'cockpit on the top wing to the keel is ^ distance of 25 feet. The distance between upper and lower planes is 12 feet. The vesnel was constructed by Mr. ^Curtiss for the navy as a submarine 'Chaser, and armament?details withheld?was carried not only in the cock'?it on the top wing, but also in anvtfher cockpit in the prow. In the navy she is known as the Curtiss N. C. I. f Makes Speed, Climbs Well. SSpeefl and ability to climb rapidly -" are course essentials in submarine - chasing, and the Colossus has both. She <ean make 80 miles an hour and can rise to a height of 2,000 feet in ten minutes. Ordinarily her crew is five men, the rest of her weight carrying capacity being used for bombs, am MnnMAK fital vrnter find oil. Two UlUUXUVUf X u\ k( ? _ " pilots sit side by side. They can relieve each other at will, and a chance ?hot killing one pilot would not, thereTore, mean the destruction of the flying boat during an aerial engagement. The large boat hull, hung underneath the lower wing, is noticeably whalelike In appearance, for it has been found that this shape offers least resistance to air and water and is also the safest in rough water. Although nothing has been an ~ nounced concerning the power or xne three engines, a comparison with the power plants of other hnge planes indicates that each engine must furnish more than 100 horse power. The Sifcorsky, for example, with a wing ;*3pread of 118 feet, had four Argus -r *efcors of 100 horse power each. Th< - " of Signor Capronl's models, a bi with wing spread of 73 feet, ha< ' throe engines of 100 horse power. Th< latest Oaproni, when tested at Mineoli * on September 22 last, was furnisher x with three Liberty motors of unknowi "power. NThis plane made a speed o " 105 mile* an hour carrying five mei ^and 1,900 pounds of lead. $&an No Barrier. 1 The transamntic flight Is, of cours< ft matter for t$e navy department t decide, birt although he would not dfc -cuss possible j^lans for its execntio - on this account Mr. Cnrtiss said witl ont resciratioi that the flight wa ^within th#> no'^er of the Colossus, si Although feluctnnt to talk on thj i i Mr. Curtiss spoke at length on iurther aviation and predicted the commercial use of seaplanes for passenger and freight service between ports along the Atlantic coast end the ?t\M niuu'.v. "Of course one of the first developments in commercial aviation will be the use of flying boats and seaplanes for passenger and package carrying along the Atlantic coast and the West Indies," he said. "I believe we shall soon have transatlantic flights. The reason I believe this and that I believe marine flying generally will be developed quicker than land flying is because no new landing fields are needed. In other words, terminal facilities are already provided, for quiet harbors, rivers and small lakes are ideal landing places." Praises the Navy. Mr. Cuxtiss praises the navy department for its financial assistance in the experimental work necessary for the development of such a machine as the Colossus. The America, built for Rodman Wanamaker before the war, is the progenitor of the Colossus and other huge seaplanes, but there is a long gap between them. "It probably will be two or three years before the commercial side of aviation is .developed sufficiently for the industry to stand on its own feet,", he said. "The advent or th^ war made necessary the construction of a number of airplane factories, some of which should and will be developed into good production plants. I suppose the government's plan for national defense T^n? inr>inrip n liboral allowance for the continued development of naval and military aircraft for reasons that seem patent. "A military plane, of course, is not suited to commercial purposes any more than a torpedo destroyer would be suited for the carriage of passengers or freight.- The aim in tte development of military craft was to produce a fighting machine, one in which a maximum amount of armament and ammunition could be carried without sacrificing speed, maneuvering ability and the protection of the pilot and observer arising therefrom. To convert these military airplanes into commercial types of machines it will be necessary to change the fuselage (the framework connecting the planes with the tail) somewhat so that there will be more# room for passenger and freight, and probably increase the wing surface to give the planes a lower landing speed and a greater cruising flexibility, so that it will not be necessary for so much fuel to be carried. "Fighting ability was the paramount issue in the building of military craft Safety is the keynote of commercial airplane building." Europe Turns to Giants. Gigantic planes are being developed for after the war purposes in many European countries, according to Mr. Curtiss. England and Italy are particularly active in this respect. The experience in building bombing machines, which from the very nature of their work must have very reliable power plants and a large weight carrying capacity, is now proving valuable for peace purposes. "Several very long uigms uuvs uccu made during the war/' Mr. Curtiss said. "I look to see European development proceed rapidly. Norway, Sweden and Denmark are all making plans for commercial aviation, and 1 understand that they are on the verge of starting several mail routes as soon as peace is assured." Both land and water flying machines will be within the province of the Curtiss company, the inventor said, although he himself is a stronger believer in the rapid commercial success of seaplanes rather than land flying machines. MAN WHO ORGANIZED THE CONVOY SYSTEM A iMHi aMv: Commodore Lionel de L. We] Is ol ! the British navy, who organized thi ' syetem by which United States troops and supplies were convoyed to Europe J is now preparing to return to Englanc : as his work in this country is finished i Commodore Wells, as head of the con3 voy and route giving branch of th* 3 British admiralty here, frustrated tin 1 TJ-boats by enabling the troop ships n to elude them. Commodore |Vells has received several honors bestowed Dj i the king of England and was recentlj i named a Companion of the Order ol c the Bath. j. c And 10 Cents Apiece, Too! i- A perfect egg within an egg wa: found b? Mrs. Amanda Varney of Vien na. Me. The outer egg. measured 1* inches in circumference. % I I , FELT THAT HE NEEDED "PEP' Little Fellow Simply led to Spend a Nickel of the Dime in His Possession. Frank Groninger, attorney, has a pink-cheeked, tow-headed youngster, whoso nnnie to everv one who knows him, Is synonymous with effervescent, overflowing spirits. He is a thinker, too, this small Jack. It was he. who some years ago (he has now attained the mature age of eight years), after gravely meditating on the phenomenon that ensued when things were planted in the ground?i. e., that duplicates of the thinp planted accommodatingly took root and grew up out of the ground?was discovered in the yard by his mother, carefully patting and slapping down a pile of wet mud with his small spade. "What are you doing Jack; planting something?" Jack's evident reluctance to disclose the nature of his agricultural activities aroused his mother's suspicion. Grasping one of the miniature garden tools at Jack's feet slie dug vigorously into the wet mud. A glint caught her eye, and in horrified silence she scraped the mud from her jeweled gold watch. But, if Jack didn't succeed in growing nice little timepieces, that a small boy could hear tick undisturbedly, he has kepjt right on beiji? active. Hence, his mother's surprise the other da? at a reply of liis. Jack's father, before leaving for his office, gave Jack a dime. Afterward Jack's mother seeing the coin in his hand, admonished him to put the dime away and save it. . v "O 111 other," Jack exclaimed insinuatingly, "I simply got to spend a nickel of it to give me some 'pep.'"? Indianapolis News. FAMOUS FOREST QUITE GONE * Absolutely Nothing Left of the Once Beautiful Woods That Were the ' Pride of Verdun. Lovers used to stroll arm in arm through the well-ordered forests of Verdun. To stroll arm in arm whore these forests once stood is no longer possible, Gouverneur Morris writes in Collier's. You must go alone. If there has been rain you should have nails in your boots. The smooth convolutions of the hills have been tortured and turned into ridges and hollows like the Atlantic ocean during the equinoctial gales. I doubt if there is to be found one single square yard of the original forest floor. I doubt if there is to be found one single perfect example of a shell crater. One crater breaks into the next, and there, merged into one shocking hollow, are a dozen which 3t the first moment of looking ap peareri to nave neen out one. It has been well but truly "worked,** that forest floor; but not for 100 years can it ever again be worked by man in any peaceful and profitable pursuit. Rich soil (doubly rich now), it will be shunned by the farmer with his plow; a prospect very rich in copper and iron, the prospector will shun it, for here, buried and half-buried, the shells, great and little, which did not explode at all, are as thick as temptation in the life of every man. British Rural Life Changes;. With women taking the place of men workers, cohditions in many parts of the country are undergoing a remarKable change. This is most noticeable in parts where woman land workers are making their homes. The Woman's Institute is largely responsible for the movement, which is gradually revolutionizing village life, making it more attractive and stimulating a sense of citizenship. In conjunction with the food production department, a parliamentary meeting is called which elects a democratic committee representing fanners' wives, cottagers and landed women, who thereafter manage affairs, arranging for monthly social gatherings where useful lectures are given, exhibitions of house?*raft or gardening skill held, and old, treasured recipes and household hints exchanged. Several hundred villagers already have their committees and the food department is inundated with demands for organizers and lecturers. Surgical Dressing Work. Some skeptical people, who usually aren't doing anything themselves, think that the production of surgical dressings by patriotic women is being overdone. If they could see conditions in some of the French villages, "where not a single able-bodied man remains, they would not feel so. "r ti*VtA??A V?nn_ in mese cuiussm uumw, nunc Hundreds of thousands of men are enpaged, all previous wars and needs are outclassed. A great many men are wounded in these battles. \Vith prompt care and abundant material handy, the vast majority of the wounded are saved. Vast storehouses should be filled in France at all times for this need. A Red Cross doctor who recently returned from France reports a case of a soldier so badly wounded that it took a whole case of dressings to save him. Under the strain of such demands, a great mountain of supplies will quickly melt away.?Virginia Enterprise. New Disease. A disease new to science and pro visionally called "X" has broken out in the west and northwest of Nevr South Wales and has already caused a number of deaths. The symptoms i f mewhat resemble those of cerebrospinal meningitis, but it differs pathologically from that disease and in some respects is somewhat akin to pneumonia.?Scientific American. GAS MOST VALUABLE AS FUEL Comparatively Little Is Now Being Used for the Purpose of Giving Direct Illumination. Although jrfls is being used mere than over bei'ore, its direct employment for lighting is almost a thing of ihe pnst. our modern "gas ngnis are chiefly burners where the light is not given nut \v the gas at all. It is mixed with air to produce a dim blue flame with great heating power. This flame serves to heat a mantle of mineral salts white hot, and it is this incandescent mantle that gives the light. Here the gas is used not for its light, but for its heat; and it is as a fuel that gas is now most valuable, says the Literary Digest. According to an address delivered recently in England by President Harry Jones of the Institution of Civil Encrineers, and reviews by Nature (London), not 5 per cent of the whjple gas output is now used for direct illumination, so that the name "gas light company" has become something of a misnomer. The use of gas as fuel. President Jones, says, has received special development during the war, and the ready applicability of gas appliances to the rapid making of munitions in emergencies lias made them especially valuable. Mr. .Tones quoted a'high official of the British war office as follows: "Without the direct aid of the pas industry ... it would have been perfectly impossible for this .country to wage the campaign 'of the last three years, or even for any but a trifling time resist the overwhelming floods of enemies- (iiat were poured upon it. When I first was asked to take charge of the manufacture and production of explosives it took me but a few days to realize my absolute dependence on your great industry." ELI WD MAN ENJOYS FLIGHT Appreciated the Thrill cf Intricate Aerial Maneuvers Performed by Experienced Pilct. Thomas D. Schnll, the blind conpressman from the Tenlh Minnesota district, rnado flights with Col. Charles Lee of the British royal flying corps in Washington recently. It was the first time he had been up in an airplane. Congressman Schall was not satisfied with the plain "joy ride" Colonel Lee.had given him. When they returned to earth after circling over the city at an altitude of about two thousand feet, the blind representative asked for more thrills. "Fine! Fine!" he exclaimed, as the machine came to a halt. "But, Colonel i-p vrtn wrmlrfn't think me a nui sance, I would like to go back up and turn over." The biplane was wheeled into position again, and off it shot on a trip of real sensations. Climbing rapidly tc. about two thousand feet. Colonel Lee started Ihe machine into a series ol dips and dives, spirals and other aerial antics calculated to make one's haii stand on edge. To complete the thrills the airplane was made to roll ovei sideways and then drop into a beautt ful nose spin. The passenger's sightless eyes wer< blinking with delight when his wife ran onto the field to assist him froir the machine. Conservative Muse or History. It is tlie unhappy usage of oni schools and universities to study th( history of mankind only during periods of mechanical unprogressiveness. Th< historical ideas of Europe range be tween the time when the Greeks wer< going about the world on foot or horse back or in galleys or sailing ships, t< the days when Napoleon, Wellingtor and Xelson were going about at verj much the same pace in much the same vehicles and vessels. At the advent oi steam and electricity the muse of his tory holds her nose and shuts her eyes Science will study and get rhe bettei n-p o mrjrtpm disease.' as for example sleeping sickness, in spite of the fae that it has no classical standing, bui onr history schools would b?j shockot at the tare idea of studying the effec of modern 'means of communicatior upon administrative areas, large oi small. This defect in our historica training has made our minds politi cally sluggish.?H. G. Wells in Nev Republic. Wartime Footwear in Holland. The manufacture of slippers wit] wooden soles and cloth tops is a war time industry which has sprung up ii Holland, reports the United States de partment of commerce. The uppe and inner parts of the slippers an formed of twill, corduroy and woolei stuffs. All these materials are rela tlvely cheap, and yet make comfortabl< and durable slippers. The cloth part are made by hand and the woodei tf/iloc hv mnphinprv. In view of the mounting prices o lenther footwear, these combinatioi slippers, which retail for the equiva lent of $1 a pair for the best qualitj arc selling rapidly. It is claimed tha they are entirely satisfactory for wea in the home and are practicable fo w omen engaged in indoor occupation? Government Finds Fathers. The death rate among children bon out of wedlock: is notoriously and nni . versally far higher than that anion nffcnHntf Tn fhp 'wirnilffh 0 icguiiuaic u?o|?iun. ... ...^ ?r, Hampstead, London, it is 197 a against 60, and in New South Wale : it is 162 against 67. Norway, howevei . has reduced the death rate to norma . through the government assuming th responsibility of finding the father c . of arting the father in case he cannc be found. i) )Ss 111 |f | Tiililll lililiE I rani R Be _ LiiHi y i i ii II> m 8 B II Wlllilllll 1116 I ? (BLANK . Open the New Year wi I have a stock of Led Books, Day Books, M< Icelpt Books. : Mayes Book & / r A TTE\TIO?? 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