Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-08-23

A THOUSAND SHOTS A MINUTE
Can be Fired from Iris Terrible Weapon Of
Death and Dire Destruction.
ACCOUNT OF The WEAPON AND INVENTOR
a "Nows" Man Secures thssIir.t Ds.erlp-
ton and Witnesses tho first Test
Pablo Test soon.

robiio rcst soon.
For rome months the earth ba,
i"mhled with the tread OF marching
armies and the roar u massive ar,ll.
i'fy Death has fcapcd a harvest and
tssiIoncc-twin brothers u carnage-
"'a ~" graspcd the soytho to garnor
iu his splils.
uiah has sent her sons % nshf the
spanihrda and for the honor of the nae
ana the uplifting u hunnity. II poed1
hc' 60 DIE. hui sho hns dose more. the
'lr % h'r mountains has stimulated tho
bruins Of s'mo 81 her oltsons and thoy
have pui arms Into she hands ~ nor
.'idl'r' With which they can mako VIC
Tory SUR. drowning by his ecidus has
brought forth a sun which q o. kind
mas never been oqualOd aud was auirk-
~ sNngped w boy the Colts ~ Massa.
ulueiia' "a a fancy prcc. ana Il bore
w. share in placing old Glory In vie.
tory over Santiago. hut ar. drowning
was not alone; anothar man. amid Tho
excitement VI war set quickly down to
evolve "a weapon, which IN Us once.
uNcncas 10 % terrible that lis adoptlon
PROMISES 90 ~ a long ways towards
making war no moro.
L. & Whitehead ~ this city and VIII,
To- known among his friends az an OK
'rhurdlnary mechanical genius. h,a
Perfected q machine gun That over.
comics many % the objections 10 the
machine guns now In use. ana mat in
fnpdiiy " nro outransu any that
have hcen dreamed OF by man. This
remarkable weapon can. u IL claimed.
b" made 10 throw. with perfect safety
o. TIE operator. 1000 shots por minute.
| Tho gun ~ entirely nov IN pr.rrlple
rom tue manner 81 loading and firing
| in the Ncry pfuiCrt'le that Il sent on
| iia mission q death. The gun has a
.'mhnali1n " nring tubca which aro
lAatthfl 70 a bDu peace which runs
form oi two lafg, nanR-- Thr uf,psf
uthNtt b-tfs The automatic fprdiu.,
apparatus which consists AZ A p.rs
/ lnilttl 0lsr operated by cnEs vhigh
i,yd diroe1ly into the firing chambers
on the undesido Of the nanrc /.
situated the cushion block. which 4,
iu the torn ~ cave. on ~. mad -,
winch 10 placed thU revolver OF firing
chamber The nriur chumbos IL com
H'H,d ~ . combination of asbcnins and
woody nhre, which u tho especial in.
NHnuuu ~ Mf, Whitehead. and il a,
hard aH Iron aud q on-c0ntiuctnr Of
lrat. Thg revolver has one chamber
pacing through 81 10 receive the pro-
lgctile A. the dts above rcy6lve,
The bullets raEa over hole IN IA,
Z N.H IL az So h.
slot, WhcTO they are cauEhl by "A de-
vice and foru"d into The revolver. This
revolver then makes a quart,r circle,
which Hrinra the head of the ptOirotns
directly a. the Opening In the nttng
tube OF butryl. ~ this tifne the reat
portion " thy shell passes tho two polef
~ q battery. which causes an electric
park TO communicate with the poWds
sy The means u q paper Gaping, which
10 oumpgatd of paper and oNidlHrd IRON
The electric current IL communicated
90 the ilung chamber BY the maanr VI a
plug, g0mLosHd u ihs same material
au the revolver, through which tho two
Wirss pass
IN, proirctllo Is shtll and prujec-
tlla combined IN Que plscr aud unlike
tho cartridge now IN use. the shell
| forms "a part % the bullet and passes
out uf tn uaftsls AZ The sans time.
%
aLn and an especial Iattnt II 70 be TAX
tu out upon H. 10 80 back again to
| me revolver. A. hsfoie ssii, u ~
wolves only one quarter " IL circle,
when the Ir0lsctils II itsd, upon max
ing a hglf circle the ether end VI the
chamber "a oppcnlIe the slot and rvady
a. ToCslvs fresh cartridge; mus two
ahots are nrgd at each revolution, the
ahots leaving the ntlng chamber at is
a.. o..
Inv ne use Of tho asbcaius revolver
All beat Do 0byintvd and nonu - COM
u.uuIcated TO the barrels The graf
| drawback with moAt machine guns u
lima The run trcunrp % heated thht
aHng muii be stopped, In the Whl
head gun thlA u not taeIor'
The description thua Tar ma. o. IN e ".
one chamber al0ng th h,u 't
al many OK thee a. may be deali,u'
4, tha numbar 81 twtuty, Whluh Ml
| Wbt.heal plAnfH a. The maximum
utinber. The feeding devoe ooeupes
, suacn Of alou, uns foot, - ths tull
lIs.l guH would have 20 % tNtnIs
| feet In lsugth. The gun Nheh u1uh's
viii hs dlrsctB under ths oondol or
| the ourraslr, WIN Will b. projected by
| "A bulie, proos shield liy the means "
| t.,y.ra tls OptratnT can give fh' tubea
| my desired elevation ana can sweep
| M asld la a complete sonl-elrele
Thsfe Is not single spring up9h the
| sonns thrrs are No trggers 90 pull and
| M complicated devices % extract the
| sbelia. Whi1h gives It's wonderful
| rapldity In fir!gs'
One OF the main advantages IN
m, cartridge "a from the Aes
,Lat tht prlitcule y given a
1 iSrwsrd pressure and not back one
M In all PROTECTIVE uoN In use, II will
/ H. a.en that with the back pressure
| riyrn a prljrctilt the tendency 10 10
| give an eud oveT end motion as me
| win the whitehead pro1ecule the re-
verse u ti1ie. This does away with the
rinlnr of the airing tubes. and sands
| ~ proirctlie with perfect trueness to
| the aim.
Another advantage claimed ny tha
inventor, II that In the old shell tho