The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-07-13
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WARSHIPS TO BAD
Glenn H. Curtiss Throws Oranges as
Mimic Bombs and Demonstrates
the Future Weapon.

Atlantic city, y. j.. July 12.-Clenn /
II. Curtfss today tossed oranges as
mimic bombs within three feet Of the I
decks OF the yacht John r. Mehrer II. |
used in place Of a battieship during the |
sham battle arranged TO demonstrates
the utility OF the aeroplane In coast
The mock bombs" we're dropped
| from a height OF about 800 feet and
Curtfss purposely failed to strike the
deck Of the yacht for fear Of injuring
the officials and passengers on her
decks
periments showed that fleet OF aero
planes. armed with bombs. could wreck
any warship before guns could be
trained on them
an hour when he dropped the bombs
and officials on the deck Of the yacht
declared that he was within accurate
distance for rifle fire less than halt
a minute. Colonel William Allen Jones
retired. formerly United States engi-
| necr corps. who is an advocate Of aero
panes for coast defense, stated atter
the trial his belief that the air ma
chine has proved its efficiency.
'The armored battleship Is ap-
preaching its last days as an engine OF
attack against city OF S3uh'1S
guarded by aeroplanes.' he said.
81 believe a fleet Of score OF ar
machines would absolutely protect any
coast city. s. night flight by such
fleet would not only probably demolish
the entire fleet Of battleships. nut
would so thoroughly demoralize the
crews Of the attacked vesselF as 10
make them useless"
Curtiss also dropped oranges over
"a fortification marked out on M
beach. making practically every shot
hit although the trajectory was
sometimes thirty degrees because OF
the wind and his speed.
] Walter Erookins' last flight here TO-
day was sensational. the adept driver
gliding his machine toward the ocean
until its runners were suomi, $500 81 ~
la breaker. lie rose sateiy ana eii"eN
Todav's flights ended the meet. The
prizes Of $1,000 each were presented 20
Prookfus for breaking the alutuue
record and to Curtiss for establishing
a 5O-mi1e American record over the sea
course Yesterday. Twenty lnsh'S
mere made i'm the ten days meet
East st Louis. III. July 1z.-hoWaro
w gill OF Baltimore. novice aviator
| fell distance Of nearly lVV lees -
tonight and sustained serious uJutS-
re was FLYING outside OF the AVIATION
field where the novice meet rs 70 oPtH
Thursday. when runaway 1917 -
horses beneath him temporarily TOOK
; mis- mind from his levers and he lost
b control Of the machine. Win a sue sue,
b den jerk. 80 was almost capsl~eu' dAN
. started for the ground .
| gill was thrown several Feet away
b | from the machine which. was wrecked
, He had just finished a quarter OF a
! mile trial flight when the accldeht VC-
/ Cured At a local hospital WneIe ~
b. was taken # Is said his INJURIES It WI. WI
tained n broken rib. broken nose and
an injured arm
Marblehead. Mass, july LIT. Alex
andor 1. Pfitzner OF Budapest, Hun
rarv. an aviator. committed suicide BY
iurnpfnp from a skiff I'm Marbleheau
harbor today. He had beep despond-
ent for some weeks -.
; In recent flights with the Burgess
CurtfsS aeroplanes. 1t. Pfitzner met
with a nuuhe Of mishaps and AFTER
each Of these he became more ana more
i discouraged. HIS friends say that he had
D ca efous OF committing suicide LAST
s Saturday. when he narrowly escaped
( drowning in creek after a ran Win
3 his machine. he exclaimed while Delne
: pulled out OF the water, Il wish mao
2 broken my neck. boys.
Today he went out from Marbleheao
I in "A gkfff and later the boat was FOUND
- floating In the harbOr- II contained
the mans coat and hat an automatic
revolver and note giving the al
dress Of the owner Of the boat.
1t pfitzner was about b5 years OLD
lie graduated from the universities OF
j Charlottenburg and Budapest. taking
engineering courses, after Whlch ne
:. served in the artillery.
}. lie was a member OF an old Hunga-
% rian family.
J. I lie came to this country about eight
wears ago. and some time ago associate
| I'd himself with the Hcrring-Curtis'
aeropIane company at Hammoncsport
4 year ago he came TO Marblehead 20
o become superintendent OF the aeroplan'
plant here and had made about FORTY
e flights at Plum island