The Washington times., 1915-12-10
Aerial. Monsters, Costing $1l0,-
600 Each, viii Decide Bat
ties, It Is Predicted.
CREW OF EIGHT FOR EACH
New Explosive Shell Tears
Clothes off Men and Wrecks
Nerve Systems.

Capable. of greater death dealing
powers than any other aerial destruc-
1--WE agent ever used by man. q new
type Of aeroplane, four times larger
than the largest machines now flying
viii make it's appearance in the war
OF wars within the next four months,
according to DR.. William Whitney
Christmas, the inventor, of this city.
Twenty-one of these machines at a
price OF $4,000 each are already un :
der construction in shops mot far
distant from Washington" for one of
the warning nations, DIR, Christmas
declared at his home. 1902 Connecti-
cut avenue, today. He refused TO
state whether the contract for the
new aerial monsters was with the
allies or the central empires.
"You can Judge for yourself what
side they are being built for" said
the inventor when questioned as to
what nation, was the purchaser.
Determining Factors"
nr. Christmas who has been maxi
ing practical experiments with air
machines since 1890 said that the ma
chimes ordered are already referred to
as determining factors' in that they
have been adjudged capable of de-
Gliding any engagement in which they
enter by the engineers and aeronau-
teal experts of the nation which ne
gotiated for their manufacture.
A new type Of high explosive shell
which will be used for the first time in
the new machines will tear the clothes
Off men hundreds of yards away from
where they explode, causing blood ves-
sells to burst and the nerve systems Of
those in closer proximity of the ex-
ploeion to collapse, DR.. Christmas
stated. =
The new type of machine is $50 feet
in the span across the wings and 104
feet in length, and weighs. equipped for
action, between 10000 and 5000 pounds.
The engines used in the machine de-
Velop 100 horsepower.
Carries Crew Of Eight.
The Wachine.e according to the 2tnyenS
tor. IS capable Of carrying a crew of
eight men. two Of whom will act as
pilots.
It's defensive equipment, the inventor
says, consists of two rapid-fre guns
Of large caliber and four machine guns.
These are distributed as follows: Fore
part of the forward cockpit with n
rapid-fire gun, which has a horizontal
arc OF more than 200 degrees and q
vertical arc of 100 degrees. Flanking
this gun on the starboard and port sides
a little to the rear are two rapid-fire
guns. After the propeller on the port
ana starboard sides are two more ma
chine guns, and behind these the other
rapid-fire gun.
fighting Off of attacking craft, while
for offensive work the machines will
carry from twenty-five to thirty-five OF
the new high explosive shells. which
are five and a half feet in length and
fourteen inches in diameter.
Site of Plant Secret.
DR.. Christmas says that the machines
will not be compelled to follow the
armies. but. on the contrary. being ''de-
termining factors" will have a base of
their own and will be able to wage war
fare unassisted by other arms of the
"This contract for the twenty-cne
machines is only a beginner, fc0 we
are assured of a market IL TIE warning
countries for every machine we can
turn out from now on declared DR..
Christmas,
Fear of bomb plots and conspira cies
to halt its work prevents the divuIging
of the place where the machines arc
being manufactured" said DR.. Christ
mas.
I'VE would be foolish to make known
at this time the whereabou Of our
plans" said the inventor. Pilots TO-
mented by agents of enemies OF the
cause serious harm to the plant.