New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-08-10
France Testing Trays That
Iunite by Wireless Explo-
siveS Miles Away.
BALLOONS COULD BE USED
onerates with Such Accuracy
That Of Two Mines, Five
Yards Apart, Either Can Be
Blown Up at Option.
rpr Cable 70 The Tribunal

D.apyille Aug. 9.-The smart little
r-.rch Yacht. Lady Henrietta, flying
,bs British flag. and provided with
,,irsless apparatus and antennae and
Ae,ing Signor Ulivi. the Italian engineer
or6 chemist on board, has been hover
,ne about the Norman coast during
.he mast few days. The yacht contains
,,e invaluable secret Of new inven-
zion for exploding at distances varying
from coo to 5000 yards by wireless in
IVA red solar spectrum waves. called
r.ravs by Ulivi, all explosive sub
s,ances in contact with metal which
NAV be on board Of any vessel Of war.
rxperiments with astoundingly sue
oesstul results have been made with
This invention. which Ulivi predicts
will revolutionize modern warfare on
land and sea, In the presence Of Gen.
sral De Castelnau, assistant chief OF
The general staff Of the French army;
cormandant Ferrie, director Of the
wireless telegraphy station of the
FiHel Tower, and Captain Cloitre. rep
resenting the French Minister OF
Marine. This technical commission has
made reports which are kept pro-
found state secret. but, according TO
the highest authority. they conclude
with a recommendation urging the
French government to secure the
monopoly Of the invention.
Roughly speaking. the application
consists in finding, by means Of spe-
eial protector emitting return mira red
ravs. the exact distance and exact
rsdio-magnetic capacity OF metallic cb-
iects When these have been deter
mined with precision. the Uhvi Fray
is projected and q long distance wire
less explosion ensues with mathemati-
cal accuracy.
Experiments made near Villers by
Ulivi and the French government COM
missioner on board the Lady Henrietta
resulted in exploding submarine mines
a thousand Sards distant with such
accuracy that one OF two mines only
FIVE Yards apart was exploded al will.
while the second mine remained in
tact. This invention can be applied on
land as we'll as on sea, and also 10
dirigible balloons. such as the German
Zeppelins, with metallic armature.
II also renders a ship containing cx-
plosive ammunition more dangerous for
those on board than for the enemy.
Society at DeauvilIe.
This has been the grand week Of the
Deauville-T rouville season. The hotels
and villas are all filled TO overlooking.
and the pleasure seekers mornings arc
passed in gazing at beautiful bevies OF
bathers wearing extraordinarily sim
pie one garment costumes, who disport
in the sea while the non-bathers SIT
gossiping on the beach. Others are
busy with tennis, golf, polo and the
afternoon races. At the evening dances
the tango dominates the waltzes, when
are few and far between.
Among the American contingent mere
are Mr.. and Mrs. Cornelius Wander
bit, on their steam yacht, the North
Star; William X. Vanderbilt, Mr.. and
Mrs. Herman Duryea, MIR. and Mrs.
Charles Carroll. Clarence Mackay. who
is about 10 leave for grouse shooting
in Scotland; Eugene Glaenzer, Clarence
Jones. Phelps Dodge. Mr.. and Mrs.
Ralph Curtis, Mr.. and Mrs. Roger
Hart, Mrs. John G. A. Leishman and
bar daughters, the Comtesse de Con
taut-Biron and Miss Leishman. whose
marriage TO he Due de Croy will prob
ably take place in the autumn or early
winter; Mrs. Potter Palmer, MIS-
Moore. Comte and Comtesse de Well
Csstel, Mrs. ogden Goelet Harry La
Montague. Mr.. and Mrs. Franklin Gun
iher. Mrs Denman Hill, Anthony
Drexel, Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Taylor
and Mr. and Mrs. Bache.