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Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-12-10

MERCANTILE BID. ASKED
Alexander & Baldwin. Ltd $50
C. Brewer & Co. ...... 49,.
sGGAR.
Eva Plantation Co. q $50.
Haiku Sugar Co. ........ -. -.
Haw. Agri Co. ......... -. ..
Haw. G. & s. Co.. 43A 43S
Haw. Sugar Co. ......... -. 40A
Honokaa Sugar Co. ..... 6A -.
Honomu Sugar Co. ...... 49,. go.
Hutchinson s. p. CO.. 49,.
kahuku Plan. Co. .-.... 1914 20
Kekaha Sugar Co. ...... -. -.
Koloa Sugar Co. ........ -. -.
MeBryde Sugar Co., Ltd. 81
Oahu Sugar Co. ........ 1914 29%
0laa Sugar Co, Lid. SIS 80
Onomea Sugar Co. $500. 4S "A
Paauhau S. Plan. Co... -. 49,.
Pacific Sugar Mill ...... -. ....
Paia Plan. Co. ......... -. $3.50.
Pepeekeo Sugar Co. 60. $50 $3.50.
Pioneer Min Co. $4,000. 33% "a
San Carlos Mil Co, Ltd. 8
Waialua Agri Co. ...... 26& q
Wailuku Sugar Co. ..... -. ....
Waimanalo Sugar Co. -. -. 49,.
Waimea Sugar MN Co. ;. -. So.
MISCELLANEOUS.
HAIKU p. & P. Co. Con. 80. 49,.
Haiku r. Z p. Co. Pfl.. -. -.
Haw. Electric Co. ..... -. -.
Haw Pineapple Co. ..... -. -.
Hilo n r. Co. ffd. -. -.
Hilo Ry. Co, Com 40 90
Hon. B. & M. Co.. Ltd. 20 201k
Hon.. Gas Co., Pfd...... 100 g..
Hon. Gas Co, Com. ..... 100 49,.
Hon. r. T. q L Co....... -. -.
FL. s. Nav. Co. ........ -. -.
Mutual Tel. Co. ........ 20H 800.
Oahu Ry. & Land Co... I45 -.
Pahang Rubber Co. ..... -. -.
Tanjong Olok Rub. Co. ;. ... $50.
BONDS.
Hamakua Ditch Co. e.. 80. 49,.
Haw. @. & Sugar Co. Ss.. 49,. -.
Haw. Irr. Co. 6s. -. So
E1aw. Ter. 50, Pub. Imp. go. 49,.
Haw. Ter. Pub. Imps g.. 80. So.
Haw. Ter. M .......s. 80. 49,.
HaW. Ter. Sks .......s 40. So.
Hilor R.R. Co. So Issue OF 49,. -.
Hilo KR.Co. R.&E.C0n.6s 80. $50.
HChokaa Sug. Co. 6s... So 80
Hon. Gas CO.., Ltd. 5s... 103 -.
Hon R. = 4 L Co. S.. 1041s 49,,
Kauai Ry. Co. es...... 100 -.
McBryde Sugar Co. 5s... -. -.
Mutual TEL 5s... 104 -.
Oahu Ry. q Land Co. IS. los 107
Oahu Sugar Co. SIS ...... 1071k 1851
OIaa Sugar Co. 6s....... 50 1914
n ~ 49,. n. "a
Pacific Sugar Mill Co. SIS 941s -.
San Carlos NH Co. 6s.,. -. -.
Waialua Agri. Co. $751;. 80. 80.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-12-10

The official test of the drydock and
81 lip repair plant at Prince Rupert
has been made, and it has been pro.
nounced ready for work. The plant
was built by the Grand Trunk Pacific
railway and was projected by the late
President Charles NJ Hayes of that
company 49,. .... H.. i.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-12-10
PASSENGERS DEPARTED

Per S. 8. Makura, for Victoria and
Vancouver, December 10--Mrs.. NJ. M.
Boyden. VIM. Oliver, Mr.. and Mrs. w.
Wilson, Dr.. ]. D. Dawson, Mrs. Al. 6.
Martinson, NJ. Liders. Mr.. and Mrs. T.
Yamamoto, A. Kunihiro, NJ. Kunihiro,
Mr.. and Mrs. j. A. Kerr and daugh
ter. Mrs. A. Moore.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-12-10

Wednesday the IT. X. X. steamer
Seiyo Maru sailed from Hilo for San
Francisco. San Pedro, Mexico and
South American ports.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-12-10

With lumber cargo for Honolulu.
the schooner A F. Coats sailed from
Grays Harbor yesterday.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-12-10
HonoIuIu stcsk Esshanss


Friday. Dec. 10. :
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-12-10

Latest sugar quotation: 90 degrees
test, 4.a9 cents, or $s7.s 80 per tons
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-12-10

Davis & Fehon, who have had the
Cycle and Werribee here recently, are
the charterers of the British steamer
Nayarino, due here December % for
bunkers.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-12-15
IMPORTANT DECISION AS
TO MILEAGE BOOKS

The supreme court at Washington
has handed down decision that
will be welcomed by the people gen
orally, who will be unquestionably
surprised to find that such case
should have ever bccn brought be-
fore court. Briefly, 1t Is that
man holdinc two mileage books Is
sued to himself can use one of them
to transport another person accom-
pany:ng him. The particular case
where gentleman having two
such mileage books issued to him
self sought to use one of them to pay
the fare OF his wife, who accompan-
led him. The conductor refused to
accent this mileage In payment for
the lady's transportation, and under
the rules of the company took up the
mileage book The railroad sus-
tanned the conductor. and the case
was carried to the highest court.
The supreme court held that the
purchaser of two mileage books
could use one of them for member
of his family or for any individual
whom he might desire to take along
with him.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-12-15
EVERY WHITE TEACHER
IN FLORIDA IS INVITED
TO TALLAHASSEE

Tallahassee, Dec 10 Prof. A.
Knox Sterlings, of the local commit
tee on preparations for the conven-
ton ot Florida educators that ui,,
be held here Dec. Is to so, inclu-
sive. !. sending out special invi-
tation to every white teacher in
Florida to attend. These invitations
are going to principals, school Off
GERS, as well as to large number
of teachers individually Some of
the letters have already been mailed,
and the others will go as soon as
they can be addressed and stamped
School officials and principals in
some instances are being asked to
distribute some of tho letters to their
teachers, but each and every teach
cr Is requested to regard the letter
as personal invitation and to re-
member that it is his own personal
presence that is desired at the meet
ing.
The local committee, composed of
President Edward Conradi and Miss
Rowcna ,l4ong mire, of the Florida
State College for Women, and Miss
Kate Sullivan, Miss Claire Bowen,
Mrs L. S. Barber and Principal
Starlings of Leon High school, be-
licvc this will be one of the very
largest meetings in the history of
the association They and other cdu
Gators at the capital are of the opin
ion that among Florida school men
and women a real spirit of devotion
is growing stronger every year, and
that Florida teachers are giving
real evidence that the spirit of
whole hearted service they are en-
dcavoring to instill into their pupils
is coming to possess so strongly the
teachers themselves that this year
! they will make of their annual
| meeting an opportunity to show the
whole State how real Is their per
sonal devotion to the cause Of edu
cation
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-12-15
GREATEST CEMETERY
IN THE WORLD

Pont "A Mousson, France, Dec. Is.
French Lorraine is thl greatest cem-
ctcry in the world Colonies of dead,
maraCG by lines OF crude wooden
eros ,cs, lie everywhere under newly
formed sod at the edges of woods and
thitkets and in :avines es-Germans
and French The shifting of battle
scenes may be traced by following
them. They are thickest there where
was fought the g.ent battle for
Nancy that bcean with the retreat
of the French from Morhange and
reached is climax during the battle
of the Marne The number has been
continually swcllcd since in the
fourteen months struggle in the
Wocu,r, and the Vosgcs
Saint Gcncvievc, Lssey, the Aman-
ccs, the Heights of Cuittes, Vclainc,
Gerbcvillers of the Grand Couronne
de Nancy, Etain, the Earges, the
Bois Brule, the Bois Apremont, the
! Bois Saint Mansuy, and the Bois lie
Petr, in the Woevrc are so many
cemeteries, nearly AL of them with
crosses bearing names already illus
! trious Lionel RieuX, the poet, lies
at Esscy; Paul Vial, who received a
| bullet in his heart, in the Saint Man
suy Woods. Among the French
| buried at Gerbeviller is Jean Mar
tin, one of the most promising pu-
] pills CT the French Art School at
Rome; he fell with the heroic hand
full of chasseurs that held the Nor
tagne there against 10000 Germans
during the eleven hours. MARCEL
Drouct is among those who lie at
the summit of the Samogneux hill. :.
The dead lie thickest perhaps at
the 'I.oiSy Gap, After the Germans
had captured Nomeny and Pont-a-
Monsoon, they sent regiment To
force this passage between two
heiehts, held by a single company OF
French infantry That gap became
the tomb of the entire regiment
The cemetery of st Genevicve is not
so dense but far mo,e extended than
, that of the Loisy Gap.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-12-15
FFST REPORTS SHOW A[IIFS'I
INES WERE NOT broken IN |
RETREAT FROM SERb|
NEW ROAD PROJECTED FROM
PENSACOLA TO OMAHA

PENSACOLA, Dec. l5-That i actual
construction work will begin in
PENSACOLA on new railroad which
Will operate from the Deep Water
CITY TO Omaha at very early date
4as become known here. 1t will be
knowL as the Panama Line. Pensa-
cola and Missouri Valley Railroad
and will penetrate one of the rich
est sections of America and one that
is net now adequately supplied with
railroad facilities.
Plans for this line have been pro-
crossing in quiet way for two years
and all of the pronosed route and
DEVELOPMENT plans have been ap-
proved by the Eastern tinanciers
A charter was granted yesterday by
the State of Mississippi for the pro
moters to proceed with the organiza-
tion.
Walter G Seaver, who has been
responsible for the development of
this railroad project, has moved to
Pensacola and will remain here un-
til the work is well in hand Ac-
cording to Mr. Seaver, just as soon
as the organization is completed, the
money will be forthcoming and then
construction work will begin both
at Pensacola and the Mississippi riv-
er point and rushed to completion
From Pensacola the road will be
built to Bay Minette, Ala and or
up through the Baldwin county see.
tion TO point on the Mobile river
just south of the place whore the
Alabama and Tombiebee run togeth-
er and form the Mobile river
Crossing the river there it will be
extended on to the Mississippi river
to Friar's Point some ten miles
south of Helena, Ark. and then on
to Omaha
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-12-15
LIKE TAMPA OUGHT
TO BE WAKING UP

pcola Dec. Geo. H
left yesterday for Washing
here he will present to the
delegation the resolution
by the legislature of Florida,
)h Pensacola is designated as
in which to hold the CEN
in celebration of the Tooth
fary of the cession of Florida
In, and the resolution passed
4 Pensacola Centennial Asso-
! IN which Mr.. Hervey is des-
to carry the messages to
gton, presenting them to the
delegation with the request
nouncement be made on the
the senate and house that a
ial will be held.
the intention, and is so stat
PIE resolution, that a bill be
Produced in both houses des-
the occasion as a national
Fernational celebration.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-12-15
IN CHALLENGE TO
NORTHERN FARMERS

Pa lands may not be of any
Put we can hardly go on the
Except we meet some Crack
10 has just sold his crop OF
p from $4,000 to $1,000 on
F This amount of stuff sold
iarm in one of our northern
Riter a years hard labor,
p regarded as very good, in
hese sums have been realized
Pany Florida groves with
|ess labor and expense than
p northern farms. We are
adyisedly, after personally
s both for several years. In
Fords, the net profit from
groves year in and year out.
exceed the net profits from
northern farms. This is a
Ee.-Arcadia News.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-12-15
NOT PLEDGED TO ANY
SPECIFIC AMOUNT

Washington, Dec. 10 Secretary
of Agriculture Houston was waited
on yesterday by a delegation from
Florida and his aid sought in secur-
ing an adequate appropriation TO
stamp out the citrus canker. The
ravages and menaces of the fruit
plague were described in way that
appeared to make great impression
on him Senator Bryan and Con-
gressman Sears and Frank Clark
were at the head of the delegation
] D. Rooney, secretary of the Oca-
Ia Board of Trade, also went with
them Secretary Houston said the
matter will have his prayerful at
tention. though he did not pledge
himself to any specific amount
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-12-15
CALLS 100000
YOUNG MEN TO C0L0RS

Dec. Is According to a
'sIy announced program,
Today calls TO the colors the
eonscripts of the class OF
'hey will be sent to the gar
then trained and incorporat-
'srlous regiments and services.
c!ass of 1917 comprises a con-
Of 100000 men, who in
''mes would begin military
IN 1917. The members of
'h'in sent are is and 10 years
II necessary, it will be pos
send these men to the trench
r spring of 1915.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-12-15
OBJECTS TO NEGRo
BLOOD IN WIFE

owosso Mich. Dec l'.-'NfS'
uattie corcoran, wife OF an oWosso
restaurant proprietor, who is charger
bv her husband with assault with IN
tent to do great bodily harm, was
released from the county jail Ihurs-
dav on bond that she herself iur-
nisbed John corcoran was DIS
charged Thursday from an owosso
sosnitaI where he had been reeei'-
NJ treatment more than week
- ! Ne has renewed a divorce action
ora;ret his wife that he dropped oe-
foro he was injured, and re'terates
tbat nv liberal use Of cosmetics sne
snccosded while he was courting her
i concealing that there was a STRAIN
- negro blood in her veins.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-12-15
CASH DISTRIBUTION
BY PACIFIC MAIL

New York, Dee Is. The Pacific
Steamship Company, which is con-
trollad by the Southern Pacific Com
pany. today paid a dividend of $25
per share to stockholders. This dis
tributiOn follows recent reduction
of capital, from 100000 to ST.
900 900 on it's abandonment of the
trans Pacific trade and the sale OF
it's vessels in that branch of the ser
vice.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-12-15
TEN MILLIGNAIRES IN
FLORIDA OWN UP TO 1T

Washington, Dec l5.-The state
of Florida has ten millionaires, to
say nohing of numerous near-mil-
nionaires, according to the annual
report of the commissioner of inter-
nal revenue, which was made pub
lie today.
Counting per cent as an average
rate on investments and $4,000 as
an average annual income on sl,-
900, 900, the State of Florida has ex-
actly ten millionaires, the report
shows, for there are ten persons in
the state who report having had in
comes of $4,000. or more during the
calendar year 1914.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-12-15
HAWAIIAN SHIP READY

New York, Dec. Is The first Of
the three new liners now building
for the American Hawaiian Steam
ship Company on the Atlantic, is
and the company Will be
so notified today. The vessels are
under construction at the Maryland
Steel Company's plant, at Sparrow's
Point.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-12-15
j. S. AS WELL
: , PREPARED I FOR
WAR AS ANY
nation
tBy Associated Press }

Charleston, S g.. Dec l'-Con-
eressman Padgett, chairman OF the
House naval affairs committee de-
clared before the southern CONNER
cial Congress here today that man
for man and ship for ship III" Amer
ican navy is equal in efficiency ana
every respect to any navy '""'
plouchs the seas
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-12-15
RIBBON PAPER MAKERS MEET

New York, Dec 10 The ribbon
and carbon paper manufacturers of
tho country are here attending the
annual convention of their associa-
tion which opened at the Waldorf
Astoria today. Reports on business
conditions and the effect that the
war has had upon prices will be dis
cussed. OF great Importance also will
be the arguments on the administra.
tion's tariff attitude,
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-12-15

President Wilson is not to be in
terruptcd by indiscriminate calls
whi,a Congress is in session He has
adopted a schedule which will be
followed strictly On Mondays,
Wednesdays and Thursdays he will
receive people whom erely want to
pay their respects. then senators and
congressman who have no ENGAGE
mcnts. On Tuesdays and Fridays, af-
ter an hour devoted to people with
cngagom ments, he will spend from !
TO | o'clock with his cabinet
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-12-15
ORGANIZED LABOR
IN favor Of
N1'L DEFENSE
(By Associated Press)

Washington, Dee, 5.-Samuel
Gompers today told President Wilson
that or?aniZed labor was ready to
give its support to the defense OF the
nation and should be allowed a
choic. in the preparations. He want
ed a labor representative on the COM
mission that may be named to con-
fer with army and navy officers on
NJ hobilization of the nations re
sources.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-12-15
SAFE CONDUCT FOR
BOY-ED AND Won
PAPEN IS EXPECTED
tBy Associated Press.

Washington, Dee 10 Safe CON
ducts for Captains Boyed and Won
Pap2u are expected to be forthcom-
ing from the allies, possibly within
twenty-four hours II was virtually
decided to let them 90 safely back
to Germany without demanding that
they do not participate in the war
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-12-15
,Oo0,e!ege! \!
|kiIiHli TO Be
! COST OF WAR
after JAN. |
E1c FORCES HAVE NOT
|SED THE GREEK BORDER
PROBABLY WILL N0A IS
| OPINION IN SOME QUAR-
By Associated Press)

In Dec. 15.-Delayed re-
bw arrived from allied sources
Iict the reports that Anglo
lines in the Balkans were
/ in the retreat from Serbia.
|ay the retreat was orderly
allies were able to remove
bliqs and artillery. One report
4 allied army is within TWEEN
|niles of Saloniki and official
bficial reports tell of extreme
Il fighting before the allies
h According to these reports
ktonic allies have not crossed
kek frontier and the opinion
kssed in some quarters that
! II not.
definitely determined that the
ans have stopped pursuit of
rs.
Turkish war office declares
+ advantage Is still with the
! troops in the Mesopotamian
1t is reported that they ap-
d closely the British position
fel-Amara and cut down the
of the British artillery with
attacks,
bpriation estimates submitted
French Chamber of Deputies
} that the cost of the war for
quarter of next year will be
10000 monthly. The average
1.-THE last five months of this
is $3jj3,0OO,OOO.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-12-15
TREASURY
RECEIPTS TO
FALL SHORT
(By Associated Press. }

Washing gton, Dec. Is Treasury
shor. by eighty million dollars, in
cluding ten million dollars postal de-
ficit, is cited by the majority report
on the emergency revenue law ex-
tension 1t is estimated that the ex-
tension of the law will provide &c.
500 900 monthly
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-12-15

FINANCIAL
il0 CONDITION
DEFENDED
SEC. OF TREASURY DECLARES
GERMANY IN BETTER FIX
FINANCIALLY THAN NATIONS
OPPOSING HER
By Associated Press. }

ich, secretary of the imperial treas
ury, in a speech in the Reichstag in
support of the bill for a supplement
tary war credit of two and half
billion dollars, denied fatty the
statements of foreign newspapers
that success of the German war loans
was fictitious and made possible
only by loans by subscribers through
war credit banks, He said that Ger
man financial conditions were bet
ter than those Of her enemies
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-12-15
s30o,O0o,ooo OF
ANCL0-FRENCH
Bonds SOLD
(By Associated Press)

@an Co. announced today that three
hundred million dollars of Anglo
vestments, and two hundred millions
held by underwriters. The syndicate
was dissolved at the expiration Of
the time limit last night The bonds
fell one and three quarters today
under what the syndicate paid
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-12-15
Three CORDS Of
GOLD SENT TO
j. s. BY EUROPE
(By Associated Press.)

New York, Dec. II Gold to the
amount of $I02,OOO,OOO sent In coin
by European countries to maintain
their financial balance with the
United States, has been melted into
bars OF the total weight of two hun
dred tons and they occupy the space
of three cords of wood.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-12-15
SENATORIAL RUN Off"
IN TENNESSEE

Nashville, Tenn Dec. l5.-Rep-
resentative Kenneth ID. McKellar,
who received the majority Of votes
In the recent Democratic senatorial
primary, and Ex-Governor Malcolm
r. Patterson, who received the sec
ond largest vote, will oppose each
other in "run-off'' today for the
senatorship from this State
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-12-15
THIS YEARS CROPS
TOTAL OVER FIVE
BILLION DOLLARS
(By Associated Press.j

Washington, Dee. 10 This
years principal farm crops are worth
five billions, five hundred and sixty
eight millions dollars. Dec. prices.
the department of agriculture an
nounced.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-12-15
OFFICIAL OF
INTERNATIONAL
Union CIjITY
OF CONSPIRACY
(By Associated Press.)

New York, Dec. l5-lt is learned
that a high official
in one of the largest international
unions in America is seriously in
volved in the investigation of the
Franz Won Riielen conspiracy to TO-
ment strikes in ammunition fac
tories.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-12-15
JESS Willard TO
FIGHT MUTTON
ON March nth
BY Assotia; "A Press. J

Chicago, Dec IL Articles OF
agreement binding Jess Willard to
fight Fred Fulton, March A, at New
Orleans for the heavyweight cham
pionship, were signed here today
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-12-15
FLEET OF ZEPPELlNS TO
RAID LONDON NIGHT
AFTER NIGHT

New York. Dec 15.-I believe
there will be another Zeppelin attack
on London within sixty days. When
the raid does come it will be bigger
than anything that has gone before
and will be repeated night after night.
The Germans will probably send at
least ten Zeppelins. They are now
gathering fleet so large that they
can afford to risk the loss of four
or five in a raid
1T was because they had no air
ships to spare that they stopped these
| visitations this fall Now they are
nearly ready again to strike repeated
blows-to cross the Channel in force,
as they must do to create the amount
OF terror that the desire.
but England is awake. She
| knows the game now. She has
learned that airship must be fought
| with airship She is preparing in
the light of what the war has taught
her to meet the menace in the right
way. She is building rigid dirigl-
bles When the raiders come she
will not be helpless"
The foregoing predictions were
made by Thomas r. Macmechen,
aeronautical engineer and president
of the Aeronautical Society Of Amer
lica. according to the Sun. He recent
Inv returned from England, where a
small dirigible which he in part de-
signed and which is described as
torpedo boat destroyer of the air.,
is being completed by syndicate
under official British eyes.
Predicted Former Raid.
In the Sun on March 7 last Mr.
Nacmechen predicted that the ships
of Count Zeppelin would stun Lon
don some time "after the middle OF
AnriI" and that the aeroplanes and
high angle guns OF the British would
nrove futile against them. Other
eXperts in New York at this time
disagreed with him. But on May
u bombs we're dropped on the capi
tal and then. as in subsequent raids
the maurauders got safely away
Yesterday Mr.. Macmechen said:
"At the beginning of the war the
allies thought that aeroplanes anc
anti.aircraft guns would be sufficient
Rut what the Zeppelins have done /
known to the world, and it is ais
known that Arthur Balfour said re
Gently in the House of Commons tina
, England was building rigid dirible
IN meet the situation imposed by tn
9 Zeppelin raids.
"he ascent of aeroplanes at nigh
N search for and attack Zeppelin
has nroved most dangerous. Number
of ayiators have been killed in Ene
land France and Russia in maxim
night landings. Moreover when tn
aeroplanes appear the Zeppelins ris
TO a great height and compel tn
+ nlanes to exhaust their fuel j
s climbing after them. The Zeppeli
e iumps to 10000 or 10000 feet sui
r iects the aeroplane to machine gu
Il fire. then speeds away.
Failure in Defense.
"These raids have convinced tn
d allies that the aeroplane as a veal
= on of defense is a failure. and tha
not much trust could be reposed
= the anti-aircraft guns. 1t is mer
n notshot if Zeppelin is hit. Th
r chances in the gunner's favor al
r about as great as if he were playin
1.ttn pncansn the shrannal fire