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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-09-24
Shell from Twnngs New Gun Will Shaer Ahp Be Miles from Earth

DER the direction Of Bngadier General
Crozier, chief OF ordnance.
The strenuous efforts now being made to
perfect an instrument OF war capable OF
demolishing an airship II was pointed out
to the writer, demonstrate the seriousness
with which the possibilities Of the aero
plane in any future conflict Is regarded by
naval experts
Many American officers st.ll cling To the
belief that it's mission I'm warfare will be
confined largely to scouting purposes. But
even this, they admit is Of tremendous I'M
portance. The scout cruisers-the "eyes
Of the navy"-by the utilization Of aero
planes which could be sent aloft from their
decks al any moment would increase their
radii by hundreds OF miles. Few believe,
however. the airship ever will be resolved
into an attacking force
The Germans have made the greatest
progress I'm the development of an airship
gun. both for the army and the navy, while
the French and the English follow closely.
In Germany they have an airship gun which
can he mounted on board ship, but at pres
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-09-24

lowed easily. while a patent temperature
scale indicates automatically the fuse set
ting for any elevation or range. Special
arrangements were made for supporting
the motor chassis as gun platform max
ing 1t perfectly rigid. The peculiar feature
OF this gun is that the recoll is absorbed
without the necessity OF compensating
springs. These features are said to be
especially useful in IA gun carried on
car. and are such as to enable moderate
curves to be taken at a high speed For
military use the German car carries six
men, 40 rounds Of ammunition and 800
ltres Of benZne.
The question OF airships attacking sub
marines has also received considerable at
tention OF late. Only last month an aviator
Aging outside Cherbourg Harbor I'm France
was sent out by the French naval authori-
ties to find two submarines which had
been ordered to submerge In the harhor
several hours before.
The aeroplane, at a height Of 400 feet
within few minutes discovered both sub
marines, which were over a mile and a
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-09-24
Rear AdmiraPs Invention Sent
Proiectile in Recent Tests
More than $4,000 Feet
Into the Air.
nv william L. Altdorfer.

v-voRE Lon American warships will
D he eoulppcd with another battery OF
Guns 70 fight hostile invaders in the
=. r.,c,a Sam. with the assistance of his
a-s,oncc EXPERTS at Washington, has in
ysnted new gun that Will shoot more
-, tbree miles straight UP. Any hostile
,Irsb,n coming within this distance Of
to,tIeship In future will be taking great
.hsrces. Tor the new gun will he able 10
hin II down no matter how great the
spee5 al which II may be travelling.
After shooting a shell more than eighteen
,bousand feet upward-furthcr into the
skies than an aerop]ane mas ever flown
the sxpcriments with the new naval gun.
destfned 90 destroy the airships of an
enemy. have proved successful even be-
yond the fondest hopes of its inventor,
Rear Admiral Nathan c. Twining.
The new gun Is great improvement
oyer the aeroplane guns Of other countries.
Sc much Of the intricate mechanism and
gears have been eliminated. The perfectinS
OF this sun places the United States far IA
advance Of her rivals in the matter Of de-
fence against aerial attack. Many guns
for defence against aeroplanes have been
t1lI[ IN European i'NNflSf buN Nlltil SUI
cess has been limited. PrOba bly, the best
known aeroplane gun Is manufactured in
Germany. Recently this gun was mounted
on an automobile truck, and is said to he
Efficient. but very clumsy. a crew Of six
men is needed 10 operate IT,
All that is needed TO put an aeropane or
balloon ont OF commission and probably
kin the occupants instantly is to explode
small shell somewhere near It. The white
rot steel from the bursting shell and the
fame from the explosion are sufficient.
This result can be obtained from the
Twining gun. which is so small It can be
operated by one man If necessary. Ad-
mral Tvining's story Of how he happened
10 design the gun is interesting and shows
what can he done in a remarkably short
time
About A month ago" said he. 81 thought
OF the aeroplane guns invented by foreign
countries, and realized it was time the
United states got into the procession. !
started the plans and within week they
we're finished. About three weeks from that
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-09-24
This, with Army's Powerful
"Sky Rifle" Puts America
Ahead of All Other Ma.
tons in This Line.

half apart. II then returned 10 the harbor
and prepared for a further tost-to DIS
cover the submarines while submerged ana
going at high rate Of speed The aviator
rose at once to a height Of 100 feet, and,
after a short observation. he found the
neriscope Of one submarine which was at
a depth of about eighteen feet The second
flight occupied twenty minutes. II mas now
been demonstrated that from height or
about 1900 feet 1t IL possible TO discover
submerged submarine, and that "A sub
marine. with the aid Of its periscope, can
not sight an aeropane when the latter Is
flying higher than 100 feet.
The other side Of the story, regarding tho
destructive possibilities OF the airship or
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-09-24

when it attacks battleship, only on "a
much greater scale.
Again. the weight an aeroplane can
carry is limited, and very few bombs could
he carried by the airman. but. on the con-
trary. a battleship carries almost any
amount Of ammunition, and II can there
fore afford TO take more chances than an
airship. The same reasoning applies if
feet Of sirships should attempt to destroy
a city.
we hope ultimately to have such
sight AZ will enable us 10 fire al and reach
an aeroplane at any point in the sky
within vertical distance of at least
fifteen thousand feet or Within horizon
tai radius Of a mile And we believe that
such a sight will he designed shortly.
When this is done there will he prac-
tically no danger to be apprehended from
an airship."
Although the new gun can he fred from
any angle in a half circle, II is the general
belief that II will never he aimed at 30 de-
grees or in a perpendicular position. for the
reason that the she'll might return to the
deck of the batteshp. probably unex-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-09-24
GERMANY HAS MOUNTED HER
AERO GUN ON A MOTOR TRUCK,
IN THIS FASHION.
Copyright Underwood & Underwood, New
York;

tine the Gun was completed at the Wash
ington Navy Yard and sent to the naval
PROVING grounds at Indian Head, where the
experiments proved il a success.
IN an aerial gun the problem Of the re-
COL and the sight is the hardest 10 over
come The great difficulty In designing
mount 20 Withstand the terrific recol
q gun pointing directly upward was
successfully met and the only thing now
necessary o. make the gun accurate and al
most sure 90 hit an airship is the matter
Of the sight Our experiments at Indian
Head have given us sufficient data from
which % Cesign a sight, and IL is now being
done.
Another great prcslo~> co-fronting us
with an aeropIane gun is 70 figure out the
trajectory or curve the shot describes while
gong through the air. When firing straight
ahead or on "a horizontal plane this has
been figured out To- a certainty. but when
We Ere upward something newt is alto
ge,her different. However, IT Is certain
this point will be determined in a very
snort while
In order 20 HIT an aeroplane the man
WHO sights the gun must ne very skilful. II
something like wing shooting. and re-
CURES accurate Judgment The range-hna-
e's we already have I'm the navy can he
u'6d 70 find The range Of IN airship Just as
Vel as the range of an OBJECT on hort
zontal plane"
in speaking Of the danger Of bombs
hrown from an airship striking the deck
q hatueship Rear Admiral Twining
gives some interesting reasons why this
would he next 10 impossible unless the
sfship came dangerously close TO the bat
ueship.
shot from gun on "A battleship can
,each The seroplane much quicker than
uomo can Do dropped from the airship TO
ue hstteship." he said. IF a gun could
pe placed on an airship and fred down
"a'o The airship would then be in nearly
good a position as the battleship hut
mere has been no such gun yet invented
ue question Of weight comes i'm here.
sun 10 be Of any value AT all, should
"elgh about one hundred pounds ana
men ms weight Is added 10 that or the
pe'",or II would be too heavy for the
'etoplane 10 carry
striking and simple illustration oil
:. p'lhcnlty an airman would experience
49,. l'pping bomb on the deck or
,s.hp Is that Of person going owe.
sue IN q railroad train travelling ~
~. ,'~ o. say thirty miles an hour NY
IT, drop an orange between any t"'
Nj, me treste in order 10 accom-
a. uls feat IL would he necessary -
~ ue orange several seconds beio'e
ve,,a'.s me particular ties. because tne
or..Y Of the train would thro" 'ie
The ahead just so many feet. This Is
"00iem the .irship is UP asdl'S'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-09-24
NEVER.

Mr. Wtllis-But why don't you take your
handbook In TO have II balanced?
Mrs Whilst don't want that snoopy
looking cashier TO know how much money
I've got IN there.-Puck.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-09-24

are loaded with dunnite and other high ex-
plosves, and, on bursting, send forth
shower Of shot in a conelike area, similar
to the performance Of a skyrocket, almost
certain In strike an airship II aimed with
any degree Of accuracy. Other projectiles
which have been designed for the new gun
contain only a high explosive, which, on
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1911-10-05
Democrats Meet

Thirty county chairman who are men,
bers of the democratic state central
committee held a meeting at Mitchell
September 20 and filled vacancies by
the election of the following: Ben c..
Ash, Perkins county; Brisbine c. Ash,
Dewey county; Walter E. Wolf, lie
bach county; Charles Tidrichs, Brule
county. T. p. Swartz, Walworth
county; Dan J. Conway, Minnehaha
county.
The county COMMITTEES will be
organized by the state central commit
tees IN all counties which do not have
county organizations.
The question of whether or not the
Richards primary bill shall be recon-
mended by the democrats was referred
to committee consisting of W. A.
Lynch, of Huron; Charles Tidrichs, of
Chamberlain, and c. A. Gunderson, of
Vermillion, for Investigation, report
to be made at the next democratic state
convention. The meeting was presided
over by R. A. Lyons, of Vermillion,
state chairman.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1911-10-05
Decentralization Alliance

The German-Alliance elected the
following officers at its state conven-
ton at Aberdeen: President, DR.. C..
A. Homan, Aberdeen; first vice presi
dent, j. S. Miller, Parkston: second
vice president, Jacob Steller. Java;
third wee president, J. F. Paul, Gross,
Lennon, secretary. Walter Heynacher
Aberdeen; treasurer, A. w. Knodt,
Hartford.
The attendance at the convention
was much larger than expected, over
600 representative German-Americans
of the state being present.
The state officers of the new alliance
will proceed with the organization of
local societies in all parts of the state
where any number of Germans reside,
and by the time the next state con.
vention is held it is expected practi-
cally the entire German population of
the state will 5e enrolled. Sioux Falls
was chosen as the meeting place next
wear.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1911-10-05

Mrs. Virgil Vandever and. four Of
her children were burned to death at
Mitchell when can of kerosene, used
to accelerate fire started by the hus-
band and father, in the kitchen stove,
exploded. The dead: Mrs. Virgil Van
dever, "a years old; Gertrude, IL years
old; Bessie, 10 years old; Earl, 6 years
old; Wanda, years old. The injured;
Virgil Vandever, burned on the face
and hands; Theirl Vandever, bruised
face and legs burned. Arthur Lang
ford, face scorched.
The husband and Arthur Langford,
Mrs. Vandever's 18-year-old son by
former marriage, saved themselves by
jumping from second story window
after their efforts to rescue the remain
ing members of the family were unsuc-
cessful. Mrs. Vandever's last act was
supreme expression of maternal love.
She snatched up her 7-year-old son,
Theirl; Rugged him tightly to her
breast, and with final effort showed
him out the screen of a window and
dropped him to safety. Then onlookers
saw her throw up her hands and sink
backward into the flames.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1911-10-05
Victim OF Swind1e

John Miller, Trip county home
steader, says he has been the victim
of a new scheme to defraud the
unwary. Three times during the past
two or three weeks he has lost one of
his horses, the same horse each time,
the animal ostensibly having strayed,
and upon advertising it has had the
horse returned upon paying a reward
each time of $40. He did not become
suspicious until shortly after the horse
had been returned for the third time,
when calf myste"iously disappeared
from his herd. The frequent disap-
pearance caused him to make an inves-
tigation on his own account, to see if
someone was not making business of
stealing his live stock and then return
ing it for the reward. He alleges that
he found the stolen calf in possession
of neighbor named AL Saddler, and he
now has had Saddler arrested 'on the
charge of grand larceny.
Miller says he will push the case
against him at the next term of state
circuit court, and declares further that
he is tired of paying rewards.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1911-10-05
Bad Weather for Corn Palace

The corn palace exposition got a
sousing Saturday morning when rain
de,ended at an early hour and put away
all thoughts of a large crowd attend
ing the affair. Despite the rain three
excursion trains with the regular trains
brought over 5000 people, and they
were greeted with heavy shower.
The sun came out at noon and made
an ideal day after all. She corn palace
building was packed to nearly the limit
at the afternoon concert
j. X. Bellows. who was injured in an
automobile accident by being knocked
over and injured abaut the head, died
Sunday. There was a conclusion in
his neck which swelled up and choked
him to death. Shortly after the acct
dent happened Mr.. Bellows absolved
w. T. Mcconnell from all blame for
the injury he sustained. Mr.. Bellows
was 81 years old and lived at Woon-
socket. The son took the remains to
Postville, Ia, for interment.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1911-10-05
Help Out on a Short Crop

Those who believe that last sum-
mers drouth left western South Dakota
a great desert from which all who
could fled, should see the many instan-
ces of individual prosperity among the
ranchers that are now being reported.
Among the latest to come to light are
three Meade county ranchers, who
reside north of New Underwood. They
all raised alfalfa, which they permitted
to go to seed and which they have
just now sold to Northrup, King &
Company, of Minneapolis. G. w. Ives
raised sixty acres of unirrigated alfalfa
from which he threshed 425 bushels of
seed tor which he received So, 131. 60.
He still has 500 pounds of seed left and
has fifty tons of hay and straw valued
at $40 per ton.
K. b. Miller, another rancher in that
vicinity, received $1,26S.93 for seed
from twenty-five acres of alfalfa, and
besides this shipped to the same firm
in Minneapolis sixty-five bushels of
seed for which he got $500 per bushel.
This latter was taken from another
fifteen acres.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1911-10-05
Express Rates Cheap.

Under the new express rates in this
state it is cheaper to send packages
and shipments generally anywhere
within the boundaries of the state by
express than by freight. This is
especially true of shipments west OF
the Missouri river, where freight rates
are higher.
For instance, the express rate pei
100 pounds between Pierre and Rapid
City is So cents under the present rate
while the freight rate between those
two points is IS cents per hundred.
One day this week large shipment OF
cedar posts from Rapid City to the
eastern part of the state went through
Pierre by express, as they could be
sent that way cheaper than by freight.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1911-10-05
Rendered speechless

1t is feared that Miss Susie Rehm.
aged 20, daughter of a prominent
farmer living in Sphinx county, has
been permanently rendered speeches.
as the result CT injuries received when
she was thrown from horse some
days ago. When thrown her head
struck the ground violently. She now
suffers but slightly, having but only a
slight headache, and has all her facili-
ties with the exception that she is
unable to utter word. There is q
slight depression on the right side o!
her head, where she struck. She
understands everything that is said tc
her and is able to read and write.
Communication with other members OF
the family is maintained by writing or
pad.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1911-10-05
5000 to- Draw.

Announcement has just been made
by Judge Witten that there will be
5000 names drawn in the process of
establishing filing rights for the Rose
bud and Pine Ridge land opening for
which registration commenced on
October 2. This is 1000 more names
than were drawn on the occasion of
the Trip county opening, although
there is less land to be opened. The
official attitude on the subject is to
make an effort to clear up the land as
much as possible through the number
system, with a view of limiting the
troublesome "squatter" situation,
which is an aftermath of the opening.
Under the arrangements made the
5000 names will be drawn N three days
beginning October "a. There will be
1000 names in the first days drawing
and 5000 in each of the subsequent days.
All remaining names will be carefully
indexed and compared with the '1uck"
list for the purpose of detecting any
duplicate registrations. In every draw
ing held under this plan several per-
sons, well to the front in the number
list have been disqualified from making
entry because of double registration.
Dallas is already feeling the oncom-
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1911-10-05
Farmers Meeting at Mitchell

A farmers mass meeting was held in
;he court house at Mitchell, September
%. The meeting was called by G. r.
Malone, master of the state grange.
HI. L. Loucks was appointed chair
man and George w. Dixon, of Water
town, secretary. Addresses were deliv-
cred by P. v. Collins. of Minneapolis,
editor of nhe Northwestern Agricul-
turist; G. r. Malone, master of the
South Dakota state grange; Col. X. A.
Wilkinson, Of st. Paul, president of
the Minnesota Farmers league; A. ID.
Van Osdel, of Mission Hill, and others.
The report of the committee on reso-
buttons, which was adopt d, was as
follows:
Whereas, Recent attempts of legis-
lation, such as the proposed so called
tariff laws in the interests of organized
capital, have demonstrated that the
unorganized classes are at the mercy
of the organized; and
Whereas, The farmers of South
Dakota are practically unorganized, it
is the sense of this convention that we
proceed to organize, as rapidly as pos
sible, the farmers of this state into
oranges and farmers leagues, with a
view of having all farmers organiza-
tons of the state cooperate as one
body to defend the farmers interest
and to work along the lines of pro-
gressive popular government in all
legislative matters, whether county,
state or national:
The report of the comittee on organ
izat;on, which was adopted, was as
follows:
We, your committee on organization,
reports that the temporary organiza-
ton of III. l.. Loucks, chairman and
George w. Dixon, secre tary, be con-
tinued.
That we meet at the close of the
annual meeting of the a, mer's Grain
Dealers association of south Dakota,
for the purpose of effecting perman-
ent organization.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1911-10-05
Succeeds Chamberlain

DR.. II. H. Stoner, of Highmore ha:
been appointed superintendent of the
farmers institute work in South
Dakota, succeeding A. E. Chamberlain
who is now with the Great Northern
railroad. Dr. Stoner has been a mem.
Der of the institute corps of instructors
for several years, and is considered
one of the most progressive men in the
state along agricultural lines. He is
already planning for the season of 1911.
IL. His appointment was made by the
state institute board, composed of the
board of regents and the president OF
the state college.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1911-10-05

After being out fifteen hours the
jury in the Homesteak arson case at
Deadwood, found John w. Butler guilty
of attempting to set fire TO the cy anide
plant of the company with ''pettibone
dope." The verdict was third degree
arson, the penalty for which is four to
seven years in the penitentiary. But
Ter will appeal to the supreme court
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1911-10-05
Fight With YeUpmen

A gang of yeggmen blowing the safe
in the mercantile establishment of the
Donaldson company at Yankton Satur.
day night, entered into open battle
With night Policeman Charles Wright
who came upon them while at work.
The gang opened fire on the marshal
who returned the shots but failed to
capture the gang which numbered
about FIVE men. The outer door of the
safe was blown off before the robbers
were scared away. The safe con-
tanned over 5000 in money, which was
not touched.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1911-10-05
Pays $50 For a Chicken

His plea that he did not consider il
a moral wrong to borrow another hunt
er's licen3e to shoot prairie chickens
did net save Emory Borla, of Terry, a
minister of the gospel, from being fined
$50 and costs for illegal hunting.
Borla, when he had the law explained
to him, pleaded guilty; but seemed
much surprised that he had committed
an offense. He had only succeeded ir
bagging one chicken when the game
warden caught him.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1911-10-05
Yeggemen Get $4,000

The general store of w. j. Wolfe's
at Wagner, was burglarized Sept. 9th
and the safe blown and about $4,000 in
cash and securities taken. Some dam.
age was done to the store by the
explosion. From the work of the
crooks it is thought that experts die
the job. The officials are securing the
country northeast of Wagner for 8
man who was seen early this morning
and whose actions were suspicious.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1911-10-05
Down in a Well.

Henry Spartz, of Clark, narrowly
escaped instant death in well that he
and his brother were digging. They
had reached depth of forty feet and
stopped work for the night. Before
starting work on Friday morning they
lowered lighted lantern into the well
as precautionary measure, and not
detecting any gas, Spartz was lowered.
He had no sooner reached the bottom
than he was made unconscious, but his
brother succeeded in getting him out
and reviving him.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1911-10-05
Makes a Good Showing.

The South Dakota Central Railway
company has filed its annual statement
with the state railway commission.
The statement shows net income OF
$94, SOS for the system. This does not
include any dividends paid stockholders
of the company, the amount being
credited to the profit and loss accoun,
of the road. But all expenses of every
class including interest, are shown, anc
the $94, 900 was clear for any use the
company saw fit to put it to.