The herald and news. (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, January 21, 1919, Page SIX, Image 6
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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