The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-26
HOBOKEN PRODUCES
WIRELESS TORPEDO
Jitney Aeroplane Invention
Submitted to Ford for
His Approval.
FLY 1T IN THE KITCHEN

A young man came out of Hoboken
yesterday to show Prof. Herschel G.
Parker. one time nemesis of Dr. Cook Of
North Pole fame. some photographs of
his new wireless controlled ~aeroplane
torpedo. The young man also bore an
article from Hoboken newspaper
describing the torpedo. and wanted to
know II Prof. Parker didn't think IL
queer that shortly after It's publication
Henry Ford should have talked about
would be.
That opened n subject Of discussion to
which Prof. Parker warmed, in view OF
his disagreement-to put 1t nicely
with Mr.. Ford about which Of them
really i%ncubated the idea Of a mosquito
fleet OF submarines manned by chauffeurs
and armed with popular sized torpcdoes
to repel such invasions as any one ran
see in the movies or the II cent
magazines. SO Prof. Parker and ihe
young inventor-whose name, by the
way, Is Russell, George +. Russell
launched into an enthusiastic and alb
sorbed discussion as to the possibilities
Of how many pieces would be left Of a
bombarding fleet after the Parky baby
submarines and the Russell lifting
torpedoes got through with il.
In a few minutes the waste basket.
two brass c%uspidors. an m',.rud and
an ash tray had become the fleet, and \
box OF cigarettes had produced Tel 'u!-
pedoes which were being launched
against II. 1t was while thus engaged
that a little group of reporters found
Prof. Parker and Mr.. Russell. Obvious
Of everything hut the exploits of their
deadly engines.
We'll" said the inventor, 'hcre sh,
is" extending a photograph o. the tor
pedo this ls the 'w2,p with tn" sting
Of death that H.rry Ford talks about.
The Hoboken papers printed all about
II a wh.lc ago then Henry fH"l began
talking about wireless torpedueS'
The picture showed what loo 81 not
unlike a marine torpedo with fins and
a tail and a platform superlmposcd
over the round. blunt nose. or "hedi"
i've been working on my invention
four years, flying It in my ki'chca and
attic went on Russell. while l'rof.
4 "a MT p'AAlf 'lAAliANAlFNN' hFE''HAH . ~
got II trained SO II will go around cor
ners and | can control II by wireless.
IN tell you what though Mr.. Rus
sell went ON. ia like To- ave Henry
Ford take this up or have the Govern
ment lake It mp. hut If they don't, why.
there's a foreign Government Interested
! wrote Henry Ford Thursday that II
he wanted TO give his wireless air tor
pcdo to the United States he'd better
speak up before the first Of October. |
sent the letter through Thomas n Ed
son. He's chairman Of tn" new Naval
Board Of Inventions. Il ought to reach
Ford all right.
Then MIR. Russell went ON 10 explain
TO the reporters, who were beginning "a
feel almost like war correspondents. just
what his skectcr Of the air viii look Ike,
1t will be seven fee, two inches Ions and
a foot thick at the head and five inches
nj the tail. Its speed will he 25n miles
AN hour, and It will carry l5o pounds
of explosives.
the head, which will be connected with 4
governor so arranged that the torpedo
will explode no matter where II strikes
This. Mr.. Russell pointed out, VIII pre-
vent an enemy from discovering It's secret
Also the governor will prevent 4 pre-
mature explosion The air turpeioe:
will be so safe that a Zeppelin can carry
twenty-five Of them. and when released
they viii. glide as FAR as six miles. Rec
and green stern lights viii snow 4 th'N
are gliding ON an even keel. The cost
will be only $50 each.