The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-08-17

OtneF TnAn war O89Ss
The war has served to demonstrate
some OF the uses of the aerOplane
but It has others which are expected
| to multiply as the number OF ma
Ichines and ayiators increase. A Pan
American Aeronautic Congress is now
under confederation to discuss means
by which aviation may solve some
OF the transportation difficulties be-
tween South and Central American
nations. Aeroplanes have already de;
mOnstrated their practicabflfty for
commercial purposes by flights OF
from 500 to 1000 miles a day at high
attitudes. thus providing a communi-
cation between countries separated by
almost unsurmountable mountains.
Brazil. Argentine and Chill are
| planning to spend So. 100000 In aeron-
autdcs within the next year. Mexico
+ has already secured twenty aero
planes and has an agentln this county
now in quest of Others Fne toeai
expenditure OF Europe for aviation
during the past three years exceeded
800, 00O,0 The orders now placed
Indicate that twice that sum VIII be
ispent for the same purpose within the
next two years
America, it Is held, should lead in
given by the inventions of Langley
and Wright Brothers. The dirigiblo
balloon Of Count Zeppelin in Ger
many filled an important place. but Is
not adaptable to many uses. Years
before the advent of the aeroplane
1T was known that the PRACTICAL flying
machine must be heavier than air and
able to elevate itself and move
through the air by its own mechan-
ism.
Adopted in Europe
American ingenuity provided this
mechanism 1t was quickly adopted
by European inventors and modified
to suit individual needs. The average
American citizen has Just begun to
realize that this nation has stood still
in race in which it was privileged
to lead, chiefly because the interest In
aviation insthis country has been con
fined to the small group Of persons
rich enough to own their machines
The establishment of training classes
and the supplying of aeroplanes for
the instruction OF members or the
volunteer militia will not only lead to
preparedness for war. but will adj
mercially by making its operation
familiar to a large number OF men
from various cal1fngs.
The advantages of air craft In ex-
|p1oration are we'll recognized. The
secrets fthe interior OF Africa or
South America are more accessible
to the aeronautic explorer than to
those who depend upon other means
of. transportation over difficult bar
r:ers The natural conditions of a new
nerritory can be grasped more readily
from an elevation sufficient to permit
a general view than from an expedi-s
ton conducted on. the ground and
many dangers may be avoided.
Arctic Expedition Planned.
An aeroplane expedition In quest
of the Arctic explorer Stetensson and
his companions, who have been miss
UNCOVER year is now being planned:
A schooner with auxiliary power and
deck capacity for three aeroplanes
Will be required. The base will be
Wrangel Island from which point
aeroplanes will take daily flights with.
in a radius of 200 miles The esti-
mated cost of this expedition is $780,
900.
Scotch shipbuiIders have erected
a crane that will lift 200 tons sew.
4nty-feet from its mast. or 100 tons
1873 feet away