El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-12-27
LONDON is
EXPECTING
WAR SCARE
Acceptance Of New Naval
Airship Starts Rumors in
England.
OPIUM SMOKING rs
ACCUSING ENGLISH
BY PHILLIP EVERETT.

great war scare is due in London
- Immediately after New Years, to
put life and zest into the collection
which c. Scaramanga Rail-, the presi-
dent of the Britannia airship commit
tee, is going to take up, now that the
admiralty has consented to accept a
naval airship as a voluntary gift from
the British people.
The aiTship viii be of a new type, in
many ways different from the German
Zeppelins, the invention of John Wulf-
fling. combined with the new steering
gear invented by Aladar de BAHIA a
Hungarian engineer resident in Lon
don.
1t is claimed for this airship that,
owing to q system of longitudinal steel
tubes, the vessel viii have the ad-
vantages Of both the rigid and non
rigid types. and can be Debated quicker
than any other eirship- She is said TO
have a net lifting power OF 43 percent,
as compared with an existing maxi
mum of 80 percent in any dirigible OF
rigid construction and. in addition to
y passengers and 1900 pounds of ball
last. win carry sufficient petrol and
oil for p voyage of 1900 miles at full
speed. She viii thus have a larger
radius of action than any rigid airship
WIN Have Great Speed.
possess great speed, because her mo-
tors will be coupled direct to the pro-
pellers, thereby avoiding loss by trans
mission gearing. This speed, 1t is es-
timated viii be from 55 to so miles an
hour A special maneuVerlng appa-
ratus will enable the ship to remain
stationary above given spot for the
purpose OF bomb dropping feat at
present beyond the powers Of an aero
plane. She VIII be capable OF being
steered by fore and aft proDellers
should the rudder be damaged The
cost Of construction viii be very little
and about half that Of a Zeppelin Of
equal size.
Although it seems absurd that we
should expect America ready TO jump
Mt an invitation to participate in
London exhibition next year. after We
have decided officially to ignore the
Panama exhibition in San Francisco,
81 is nevertheless fact that London
hopes. to see a great Anglo British eX-
hibition at Shepherds Bush next spring
End summer under the management OF
Tnre Kfralfv. whose two latest exhibit
tons have been absolute failures, but
who the other day expressed hlmselI
firmly convinced Of his ability 70
arouse the interests Of Americans IN
his plans Confidentially / should al
wise them to stay at home
Models From Washington.
The patent office at washington has !
promised ito send a number Of the
actual models of great inventions
which have never before been eEhlb-
tied. even in the United States
We shall also have in the Fine ATS
naIace all the best examples Of the
last 100 wears Of painting and sculp-
fnre In the two countries. Those
Americans who possess great works OF
art are lending them to us J. j. Sar-
gent IS chairman Of the London art
co-l7n,ifte while !. J. shannon. is chair
~ the British fine art committee
Paintings lent lis hv Americans are
loaned or condition thew shall be trans
DOrted afterwards en- bloc to San Fran
cieo0 for the Panama exhibition IN
TO show Crn~V Model.
IN the MACHINERY hall VIII be a huge
model Of the Panama canal,
40n feet long. with the oceans on
either side. water running through all
the locks renroduced and vessels pass Z
ing up and down
sneeial davs are to be set apart for for
fNa counties Of ENGLAND. There viii
sinus be New York daV Ohio dav, York
r1,fre day as we'll as davs for the chief !
o'ftes in America and in this country,
The chief officers in their respective
states and counties and the mayors I
md chief municina1 officers Of the ]
rities viii he invited to come to Lon /
don on their dav. The governors or me I
american states have accented the in Z
ritations. and viii be accompanied by I
delegates
Onfu-l smoked :" Lc1do- Clubs.
London is severely shocked at the 4
that opium SMOKING. which I
Is forbidden in China, America and (
Australia. is going on oDenlv in the /
Fast End and secretly in several West (
End clubs frequently solely by white 4
leonle among. whom are not few I
women. The location of two of these /
l1aces is known but efforts to gain
ldnsstance have failed those trying
7ot being able to produce an intro
luctior from any Of the victims Of
he habit.
Is General in East End.
Not so in the East End. In two or
hree streets near the West India docks
you may buy the regulation opium
lipe from 2 shilling UPWARDS and rs
-ou are about to leave a voice viii
WHISPER in" pidEin Fnglish" TO ask If
-oU don't want some opium. too. The
PRESENT market price there is four
an ounce. and the drug IS
old in little tin boxes containing one
lUarter Of an ounce.
The London authorities refuse to il
ense any LODGING house where smOK-
ne is known to 20 on hut every little
hon in the London Chinatown has \
lark evil smelling back room with
he1vee on which YOU NAV lie ard "hit
he pine" any hour NIGHT or day.