The Calumet news., 1914-09-18

MINIATURE WARSHIP
is MADE BY BOY.
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Boston, Mass, Sept. 1S.-With a trail
Of smoke coming from her smoke
stacks, her turret guns firing a broad
side, sailors marching along her decks
and the band playing the American
| Patrol" the superdreadnought Massa
chusetts sailed her course on the wa
ters of Spy pond, Arlington, yesterday
afternoon.
With her Jack" swapping in the
wind, she moved along at her full
speed capacity Of fourteen miles an
hour.
on the shores of this expanse of
water a moving picture operator train
ed his camera, and reporters were in
evidence Wild excitement prevailed
among the crowd of youngsters who
watched the Massachusetts majestical-
ly sail into port.
This good ship was not the L. s. s.
Massachusetts, but model 13 feet
long, the product of the brain Of a
young Boston jeweler, Samuel Orkin,
"A years old, Of S7S Washington street.
Propelled by Clock.
| Propelled by an electric clock at
| tached TO seven electric motors, the
| triple propellers drive the Massachu-
setts through the water. fire the full
complement of guns, march the dunn
my crew up and down the decks, raise
and lower the anchors and flags and
play a phonograph. Every part of the
American dreadnought TO the smallest
detail has been built in this model.
The inventor has exhibited a smaller
similar model 10 Secretary Josephus
Daniels and many other high officials
Of the government at Washington. Or
kin is a graduate Of the Washington
Grammar school and Mechanic Arts
High School of Boston. He has ex-
hibited mechanical ability since his
early childhood. He intends to build in
succession a torpedo boat. destroyer,
a submarine and a scout cruiser. The
submarine he promises to go down in
himself for its trials.
He has asserted that he has valuable
inventions that he is to submit TO the
Navy Department at Washington for
their consideration. He declares that
he can build large battleship along
his plans, and the whole operation of
navigation, fighting the batteries and
the other necessary duties of such a
fighting unit can be performed by a
few men without any loss OF eff
cheney
To Be Shown at Exposition.
When one stands on the shore and
watches the automatic operation Of
his model. one believes i'm the invent
or's capacity TO make good what he
promises. II is intended to ship this
model in addition to others which will
be constructed 10 the Panama Pacific
Exposition at San Francisco, to sail
through the miniature Panama canal
which the government will construct
at that place.
Orkin wanted TO join the navy, but
his brothers, knowing his natural me-
.chanical ability. dissuaded him from
carrying out this plan. Nothing daunt-
ed, Orkin determined TO build battle
ship. In order to carry out this plan
successfully it was necessary for him
to learn many things. Today he has a
knowledge OF mechanical engineering
which would be unusual in even the
graduate of a scientific school.
He is eager to build models to be in
stalled in the museums of the large
cities OF the country, 80 that even the
children In the sections of the United
States far removed from the sea may
become familiar with the workings
Of our sea fighters.
Has Aeroplsne Guns.
one Of the interesting features OF the
Massachusetts which is in advance OF
the regular warships is the installation
OF aeroplane guns which can be fired
by the automatic arrangement The
Massachusetts is thirteen feet over all
and made entirely of steel. The lines
OF the model are as graceful as those
OF the speediest boats. She has wire
less outfit and fighting masts. dupli-
Gates OF those on the American battle
ships. Orkin has filed eighty claims
upon the electric clock propelling sys-
TEN in the United states patent office.
In the shop, when the Massachusetts
was nearing completion, an officer OF
tho Argentine dreadnaupht RiyadaVia