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Luttrell in his new Aeroplnne

the Wrights is the bipane surface. the
two heavy planes of white waterproof
canvas. and this principle has always
been used, more or less in the latter day
construction of all manner of aeroplanes.
THESE biplanes are thirty feet in length
and about four feet across, and are drop
ped slightly at the outer edges in order
to give resistance to the downward
drop. Their covering of canvas Is formed
over a framework of tube steel. a ma
terial used throughout the entire areo-
plane, being very light and strong.
The propeller is one Of the unique parts
OF the machine. 1t Is constructed OF the
four usual blades, each fifteen inches
across at the outer tip and then narrow
ing gradually to the center. They are
slightly curved to give more force and to
cut the wind with more powerful sweep.
They are covered with sort of cloth
used in the inner construction OF an auto
mobile tire, which will not tear or rip.
The propeller has double universal joint
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with ball thrust, thus with a simple
rod allowing the steering of the aeroplane
from the drivers seat near the motor. BY
a simple turning of the hand the pro-
pelier Is turned upward downward or to
either side. giving a free and easy motion
and simple method of guidance to the
entire machinery. There is no rudder.
as In the Wright machine. 1t can b.
steered with one hand easily. according
to Mr.. Luttrell, while the other is free
to handle the motor.
The new aeropiane is not complex III
its construction, like many others, and
neither will 1t start with the dropping of
a weight, like the Wright machine. At
the front and just under the propeller is
a sort Of runner, resembling very much
the ski used in the far north This ski
or runner is arranged in such a way
that when the motor is started it slides
over the smooth ground, allowing the
machine to rise gradually. The runner
also aids in alighting
1t has been noticed that when the
Wright machine alights it generally falls
upon the forward end. where the weight
Is centered. But in the Luttrell ma
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Dhow1ng engine end oPerator

few men who have been invited to Wit
ness the initial fight will be present.
The two brothers are Samuel A Lut-
trell. one of the proprietors of the Lut-
trell Automobile Company, on Connecti-
cut avenue. and Nat. who has just COM
pleted a course in the Technical High
School. The plans for the new machine
are those of the older brother. Before
even the Wrights started operations on a.
flying machine he was drawing models,
working at night to perfect his plans and
figuring the best methods of attaining
flight with the heavier-than-air machines.
The younger brother. with his expert
ence in mechanics and his knowledge Of
automobiles. has been a great aid in the
construction of the aeroplane. and his
constant work at the bench has caused
the forming and reforming of certain por-
tions, which may mean decided help in
the problem Of flight.
X
Samuel LuttreIl is man of pleasing
personality. He is frank in his discussion
of the new aeropane. The brother.
though very much younger than Sam,
also lends his assistance in describing the
detail work, with which he seems as
familiar as his older brother
In the midst of bayfield, on the Lut-
trell farm, which is located just off the
Rockville pike, about twelve miles north
OF Washington. stands the aeroplane shed.
1t is not unlike others of it's kind built
for the same purpose. The machine itself.
though, is different. 1t rests like a huge
bird in it's cage and the wings or biplanes
CULVER when the slightest breeze blows
through the shed. On approaching the
shed big mastif jumps out in a threat
ening manner. growing and showing his
teeth to all intruders. A word from the
elder Luttrell quiets the animal some
what, but he warns the strangers to keep
out OF reach of the dogs leash. The ca
nine is never still, always on the alert
watching the intruders. while he runs
from one length of his rope to the other.
Broadly speaking, the only way in
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trel, who objects to their resistance, ana
the steering is done entirely with the
propeller. The slof-like work of the lat .
ter is novel in its construction and ems
trely new.
Mr. Luttrell, when asked what he
thought of the Wrights' aeropIane, said:
Il think they have very good ma
chine. but, considering the fact that
they have made it smaller. think they
should enlarge their power. That would
be natural You will notice that my ma
chine is altogether different from theirs.
Years ago. even before We had ever
heard OF the Wrights, i had planned a
machine. but until the past few months
have been unable To get to work upon
it. Now the work is almost completed
and | expect to fly next week.
Very few people knew what we were
at work upon. That is the reason why
We selected this out-of-the-way place to
work in. The shed was built several
months ago. and as soon as sprini:
opened we started the work. We have
made many changes in the original plans.
/ will try the machine myself. It's workS
ings are very simple, much more so than
any of the other aeroplanes now being
tested.
IT have been watching the reports or
the Cureiss aeroplane and think he hae
a good one. The wind seems TO be 81
great enemy OF the Wrights and their,
machine. but I think that with mine !,
can stand considerable wind, as the pro>i
peller of my machine has a breeze or itol
own. The tests will be made on the farrytt
where the machine is now being keptsj
and the only arrangement we have tul
make for it will be to level off the ground!
at the starting point very slightly ThiSI
will allow the runner to slip more easilNl
and will give more advantage In the start,
With the engine I now have installed iUl
the framework. which is entirely my ownl
design, 1 could be able to make LID mileSt
per hour, but this is. of course, withouti
considering the slipping Of the propeller->I
that Is, the many turns which do noti
count. My machine will carry as muchI
weight If not more. than any of thei
others-two pounds for every square foos,
of surface.
Yes, that dog belongs to me; hut don'Si
go near him. We keep him here all the
time. He is tied in the daytime, but nooi
at night I
The farm on which 1t is planned to hold!
the first tests next week is an ideal ic-
cation. The aeroplane shed is almost in |
the center OF a large hay field. from
which the hay has been recently cut, ana
sets well up on slight incline. thus af-l
fording a grade for the aeroplane to get
a start. No rail Is needed, according toll
the elder Luttrell, and the machine will
simply glide into the air when the enel
gine is started
This is LuttrelPs first aeroplane, and h0I
Is of the opinion that II will he only q
matter of a few years until the aeros
planes will be in great use. especially in
armies and navies. He is an expert auto.
mobile driver. and has thorough knowls
edge of all such machines, having taken
many prize cups in various races oven.
the country.
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chine, although the weight falls in the
same place, the runner is constructed
with spring. which is expected to do
away with the major part of the jar.
The runner is tilted at the forward end,
like the ski. in order that it may not
catch.
Still forward of the propeller is an
other and much smaller plane. which is
placed there for the sole purpose of CIV
ing resistance to the air in case the
motor should stop, allowing the machine
to alight more easily and throwing a
portion of the weight from the forward
end. The Luttrells have figured that in
doing away with a rudder they have
this may be proven when a flight Is
made.
The entire aeroplane weighs 600 pounds,
with the motor and all connections in
place. the steel tubing being very light
and thoroughly adapted to the purpose.
The latter material Is used almost
throughout the construction, some of the
tubes being almost an inch across, though
as light as wood.
One Of the best features of the new
machine is the motor, designed and made
by the elder brother. This is a five-and-
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES affair, with four
cylinders and is two-cycle, which allows
twice the usual pulling power. The en-
CINE makes 1000 revolutions Of the pro-
peller wheel per minute, which means
a speed of 100 miles per hour, not con-
sidering the slipping and the missing.
The propeller makes a revolution with
eeach one of the engines when not geared.
The greater portion of the four-cylinder
engine is made of aluminium, and is light.
durable and strong. The elder Luttrell
considers the engine one of the best parts
of his machine.
The seat of the machine is in the frame
work below the biplanes. and in this re-
spect is decidedly unlike the Wright
machine. The driver sits just next to
his engine and has a free view ahead
with plenty Of room to work the steering
propeller and to attend to his engine
Just over his head and snug against the
lower biplane is a torpedo-shaped tank
which carries eleven gallons of gasoline
enough to keep the machine in the air
for over two hours. This tank feeds the
engine in such way that the driver
does not have to devote much time to it.
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its value began to be seen in the corps
in the shape of more efficient officers.
The school at Annapolis instantly
sprang into general notice. Scores OF
young officers who had passed the stiff
mental examination for admission and
who were pronounced TO be in good
shape physically We're sent to Annapolis
for instruction and began to learn the
rudiments of the soldering business. The
school at Annapolis was well supplied
with ordnance and electrical material of
the kind that was needed for the practi-
cal experiments, that were required. The
parade ground gave ample room for ma
neuvers of all kinds. and the presence of
troops of the Marine Corps who perform
ed sentry duty at the Naval Academy
was another reason that seemed to make
the post at Annapolis most suitable fer
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TWO Brothe rs Have
/ Worked in Secret on
New Aeroplane and Flights
Will Be Attempted Within
Few Days Large Mastiff
Dog Guards Invention Day
and Night-Flying Machine
Built on Entirely New Plan
-Luttrells Work Together
Like Wrights and Now Ma
chine Is Completed = Farm
North of Washington Is
Selected for Experiments.
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Marine School Of Application Where Lieut. Sutton Met His Death

storehouse for old furniture-a sad use
for a building erected on spacious lines
for the healing and care of those who
had either incurred diseases or wounds
in the naval service.
For a time no more buildings seemed
destined to be erected on the government
farm. and the only part OF the grounds
that appeared to be in constant use was
the Naval cemetery. which, situated on a
high bluff directly overlooking College
creek, became mecca for the ardent
swain and his lady love. who were de-
sirious of finding the solitude which
they craved even among the somber COM
partnership Of gravestones and monuments
to departed heroes. This cemetery soon
began to bear monuments to distin-
2uished naval dead, Commodore Isaac
Il. Mayo's monument being erected there,
and all that was mortal of Lockwood, the
famous naval explorer, finding resting
place under monument on whose up
raised face is a part of the northern
hemisphere showing where he carried the
American flag to the northern wilds.
j.
With the growth of the new Naval
Academy it began to be generally recog-
nized that the housing of the marines
on boats attached to the academy-prin-
cipally on the Old Santee-was not prsac-
ticahle and il was not long before a suf-
fictent appropriation to erect suitable
bukiQlngS nau btHn OBTAINED from the
government. The handsome new marine
barracks over College creek was erected.
together with a long line Of officers
quarters lying at right angles to the
main buildings. which, with its stucco
roof. is an eyemark for several miles.
These houses. designed principally for the
senior officers and those having families
We're soon filled. and it was with a fun
corps of instructors that the Marine
School of Application first sprang into
life in July. 1904.
When regulations concerning its gov
eminent were finally adopted. course
of instruction was planned and the in
stitution placed on firm basis for the
training OF young marine officers
training that is imperative in some sys-
tematic way because marine officers I'M
like the army and navy graduates of
West Point and the Naval Academy. who
have all the advantage of four-years'
training. enter the service from civil life
only after taking an examina ton In a
prescribed number of subjects. They are
at once plunged into the exactng duties
OF the officer with little no training
To remedy this serious defect the
Marine School Of Application was in
augurated. and it was not long before
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ton covers one year. Recitations are
held every day at the school except Sat
urdays, Sundays and national HOLIDAYS
the forenoon OF Saturdays being given
over to practical drills and exercises 4
record of marks is kept and the course i
considered by many severe. 10 pass
examinations, high percentage is re-
quired. and the examinations, which are
held four times a year, make earnest
preparation necessity.
At the end of the year each officer must
hand in a carefully prepared thesis on
some subject covering his work while a
student. Marks are also given on the
soldierly bearing, military aptitude and
the capacity 10 command exhibited by
those in the classes. The course of study
is hard, but the goal which is placed be-
fore the eyes Of the student officers is one
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The propeller is fully fourteen feet ahead
of the body of the machine, the connec-
tons being made by the steel tube screw,
somewhat on the order of the connection
between the engine aud propeller Of "a
motor boat. The machine is much higher
than the Wright aeropiane.
At the ends of the larger planes will be
placed. when the machine is ready for
flight. a smaller tip-plane. these being
very light and strong. This is something
new in the modern air craft. The Curtis
machine. which has made successful
flights in the past few days, has four
wheels, while the Luttreil one has but
two, and these are directly under the en-
CINE. and at least twenty feet in the rear
of the ski or runner. in front. The
wheels are of the automobile variety eX-
cept that they are much lighter and
adapted for the purpose for which they
are intended. The small planes, which
are claimed to offer so much resistance
in the aeroplanes Of today, are missing
from the Luttrell machine.
The I.utrrell machine resembles the
Curtiss type more than the Wright ma
chine but it is SO unlike both of them
that a comparison will show differences
only The four wheels of the Curtiss
machine places it in class by itself.
The Luttrell aeroplane, with the two
wheels and the ski, the drivers seat I'M
derreath the biplanes, the latest improve
ments in engine work and the missing
smaller planes, places it also in class
by itself. and the ideas were Matched
long before the Wrights ever came to
Fort Myer for their trial tests, accord
ing to Mr.. Luttrell.
There seems to be not the least doubt
in the mind OF Luttrell. the inventor.
that his machine will fly, but he says that
il such a calamity should happen he will
start at once on another.
Only a few weeks ago the machine was
pulled outside the aeroplane shed in the
nearby field and left there few min
utes, under the eye of the younger broth
er, who was at work inside. sudden
gust of wind came along and the light at
fair. which at that time had not been
fitted with the engine. was lifted from
the ground and taken over a quarter of
a mile before the anxious inventors We're
able to catch it. This little incident
shows the lightness Of the model. The
machine was not injured. with the eX-
ception of few slight tears in the cam
vas biplanes.
The first Wright aeroplane. which was
wrecked at Fort Myer last year, was
forty feet from tip to tip but since that
time. especially in the past few weeks,
it has been shortened without an increase
in the power. The steering of their ma
chine is accomplished by pair of vertical
rudders in the rear, combined with the
effect of the Warping of the planes. A pair
of horizontal rudders I'm front and slight
ly in advance of the skids, which are used
in landing, afford the means by which
the machine is raised and lowered. But
these rudders have been discarded by Lut-
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we'll worth working for. Those who oh,
tain certificate of graduation from tha
school In creditable manner are exempS
from any examinations for promotion foys
period covering three years from their
date of graduation. The curriculum EN-.
braces seven subjects and includes ins
fantry. minor tactics. field engineering.
ordnance and gunnery, law hygiene ana
signaling. the theoretical work being
fully supplemented by practical drills and
exercises.
The average daily routine OF the Marina
School Of Application soon becomes much
like that of a first rate military school.
the only difference being that the young
men are full-fedged officers of a branch
of the United States military service and
as such are given the consideration dua
their position Although mental gym.
nastics are in order. the physical side OF
the young officers Is not neglected and
they are not only encouraged but compell-
ed by regulations to perfect themselves
in all physical exercises. 4 decided
liking for athletics is fostered in the
school. and with an efficient instructor in
charge daily routine. slightly varied, is
deemed Imperative 10 give the soldierly
bearing and development needed by otti>L
GERS of the service.
1t is realized that the only way to mako
the enlisted men OF the Marine Corps pro>
hclent in time of peace and able to with.
stand the physical priyation that they
might have to endure in time of war 10
to train the officers to become proficient
III every line of sport and act as an in.
centive to the men who are under their
control. The marine officers have q
loot ball team, and, In spite OF green
timber and stiff antagonists. manage to
make credtabie records. love for tho
proficient use or firearms Is also taught.
Previous to the Sutton shooting tho
quarters of the marine officers had been
moved from inside barrack walls to the
more appropriate life of camp for that
season. Here each officer was allotted a
tent and the work became less theoreti-
cal and more practical. Rifle practice and
problems in minor tactics were the order.
of the day and studies We're to some de.
gree relaxed In June the Naval Acade-
my and St Johns Military College ceased
their activities for the year and the young.
marine officers found plenty of social life
for them in Annapolis. The story OF
Lieut.. Sutton's death has been publishedl
broadcast and the incidents that led uDl
to the tragedy are too well known to need.
repeating.
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ne Lieut.. Sutton was shot.

Naval Academy. Strange to say, the Ma
rine Corps has always had among its
roster number of men who have been
rejected from the naval service. This is
partly accounted for by the fact that
many of the young men enter the Naval
Academy at an early age and are unable
10 keep up with the course of studies
which they afterward pursue to adj
vantage when their minds have become
more developed. Besides Sutton, Rocker
and Utley of the party who accompa MED
him OH the fatal automobile ride were
.'bilgers'' from the academy. and Adams
had come to Annapolis originally to pre-
pare for the Naval Academy, which he
never entered.
The life mapped out for the young off,
GERS at the Marine School is a busy one
from the start The course of instruc-
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Photograph taken abo
which it was designed

the uses for which it was designed.
To this school, then, where it seemed
life should have been Of unusually pleas
ant character. with the young student
officers eager 10 begin their work. Lieuts.
Sutton. Adams. Rocker. Willing, Oster-
man, Bevan and Tt!ey came. among
many others. little dreaming that before
the course of instruction here was ended
one of them Suttor-Was to meet his
death but few short yards from the
parade ground on which the student off,
GERS met TO drill and later during the
recreation periods to engage in athletic
sports of various kinds.
Here Sutton, together with the others,
began TO attend the various classes and
drills prescribed for the officers, a number
of whom had been found deficient in the
work which they had been doing in the
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i've has been their work and so closely
have they hidden the fact that they
planned TO soar in the air within q Few
weeks that Washington was not aware
of what was going on just few niles
away. But now the flights are to De
made. There will be no throng OF thou-
sands to witness the first tests with the
machine which the brothers believe Will
surpass all others of its kind. only
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L ARDED and con-
stantly watched by
a fierce nlastiff
dog, two brothers,
like the Wrights,
have been engaged
for the past few
months, just a few
miles from Wash
ington, in the build
ing an aeroplane,
which is now ready
to fly. SO secret
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Ew tragedies could
have had a more
% e a full setting
than that of Octo-
Der 1918, 1907, In
which Lieut.. James
n. Sutton, L. s. NJ.
c., lost his life and
whose death is now
being investigated
for the second time
by the naval au-
thorities at Annap-
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1909-05-01

Most people have the impression
that fun and humor are life incident
ais. not necessities; that they are lux
uries, and have no great bearing on
ones career.
Many think OF fun as frivolous, indi-
eating lack OF serious purpose in
life. There are parents who rebuke
their children because they want to
have fun and go In for a good time.
These parents have yet to learn the
great part which fun and humor play
In the physical economy, and their in
iuence on the life.
What a complete revolution In your
whole physical and mental being comes
after seeing a really funny play You
went to the play tired. jaded, worn out
discouraged. All your mental facul-
ties were clogged with brain ASH you
could not think clearly. When you
came home you were a new being.
A business man, on returning home
after perplexing. exhaustlng. exasper
atlng days work, experiences the same
thing. Romping and playing with the
children. spending a jolly evening with
his family or friends, telling stories and
cracking jokes. rest his faded nerves
and restore him to his normal condi-
ton
| have been as much refreshed by
good. hearty laugh. by listening to
good. wholesome fun-stories. jokes
or by spending an evening with friends
and having a good time. as by long.
sound nights sleep; and l look back
upon such experiences as little vaca-
tions.-Success Magazine