The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-09-25
PROFESSOR PARKER
q C0hTRAD|CTS FORD
s Declares He and Not Big Automobile
~" Man Is Junior Submarines
Originator
To FORD ASSERTION
Man Who Exposed Old Doctor Cooke
81 Says He Wrote Ford Months Ago
- shous Matter. Receiving Cur, Letter
~ From Jpderstrapper.

New York. Sept Cit looks as II
Secretary Daniels new naval board OF
~ Inventions would have TO settle the
p,areataI and proprietcrshtp or the
.snrior submarine. Professor HeFschei
(. eHer4seF.v mountain climber and Ar
etc explorer and Henry Ford. automo-
fgle manufacturer, both claim tt-~and
wiz SO or claiming 1t hammer ana
fouxs until the new inventors boay
makes decision. apparently Professor
7sarksr saws he is going to refer IL 20
tho board even 4 Mr. Ford is mem
scr Of 1t. ,,-
4 attitudc' said Professor Parker TO-DAY,
is..wfter h had read an interview IN
Hs.Shsrh Mr. Ford said he never had
Teard al Professor Parker or his baby
suhrnarine, i shall dismiss from my
.uira all possibility Of cooperating
= with slt.. n make the 'hsh boat nm
nctuaj{ty- thought Mr. Ford was
a p4btir- spirited patriotic man. quail
.Ned ia give such au admirable coast
~y~.~efsnso craft 30 the country because
- Of his experience and facilities. see
- vas wrong SO Il will have 10 go
Ia the naval board Of invention.
Parker Contraaicss Ford.
otatF{rkt then aud there Professor Par
s~ " contra addicted ratty Mr.. Fords
So rts,eznent that neither he nor his see
~ rotary ever received from him any let
~ ~srs about the runahout submarine
Professor Packer has said already thar
ss'.Ns Foras recent announce cement OF MS
ssr%xla1 FOR small submarine to revolu-
n tIerfze warfare and make the United
So States ipvulnerable actually was an
~"Yska that he submitted 20 Mr., Hord and
a. net NJ Forfs own conception at all
Maybe Mr. pord never saw my let
ter or MY plans" said Professor Par
ker hut early in July I wrote Mr..
Ford enclosing q newspaper article
printed In June descriptive of my sub
marine. had filed patent papers on
Anil Al I wrote Mr. Ford aaying
thar / thought he would be the very
man to take up the matter providing
an engine for the small boat could
be designed,
Receive. sharp REPLY.
Shortly after I got reply from
MI Ford's assistant secretary II was
almost discourteous and said simply
that Mr.. Ford would have nothing to
DO with my plan, as he ~as opposed
I war. / threw II away for | didn't
like its tone. but I assure you got
~ Il can vouch for that" put In Pro-
~ faesov Parker's partner In hts civil
engineering practice, Edwin G. Hatch.
~ heard Professor Parker dictate the
- 3etter and | myself read Mr.. Ford
secTetary'e answer.
How do you account for the dis
patch prir.4ed last Tuesday In New
YORK" asked Professor Parker, say
Ing that E q. Leboid, Mr.. Fords sec
rotary, said Mr. Ford inclined to
give the credit for his small sub
marine scheme to me-" There Is nc
iStention TO slight Professor Parker,
Mr. Lsihotd was quoted AZ saying
Yet Mr. Ford said today that neither
he nor mis- secretary Sad heard Of m,
plan why didn't he say so the da,
mat dispatch was published.
1T is foolish TO say that my plar
~rad anything to do with Mr.. Fori''
ss s. st, GEO coo peace fund. certainly
4 should not have proposed that he tax,
, .a, misunderstood. IS sss .s' M. ,ss.ss
10 not cfaffn that this is actually M
entirely new invention and patsntabl'
xas such. There ara ii dozen submarine
! ~ patents out now. l do claim though
- fiat this combination OF ideas and th'
Idea Of small cheap submarine II
original with and not with Henri,
Ford
who Professor Parker Is.
Now" said Professor Parker. Hen
~ Ford has a good idea. Let him
promote and develop IL. That woult
be all right. hut he ought not to sal
1 under false eoiors. He ought not Il
6.iake the credit for somebody else
- = work. I don't want TO take credit
fov bis work. disavow all paternit,
s4@ef The pin Of destruction e talk
L. EEout ] can't imagine what II II. cal
I, you
= That was Professor Parkers round
il of the setto.
n MI Ford asked today: who's Pro
~ teksor Farker7 I never heard Of him
!" To this Mr. Parker later replied lie
- him look me up. Never heard OF me
eh? We'll, maybe he never heard of tn,
:. North Pole"
|" Professor Parker climber Mt Nc
J" kinney and proved that Captain Cool
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