New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-09-25

marines, terrible in their destructive
raNer. declared cmphatically he was.
FousUy certain that the idea was
child of his brain was Professor Her
schel C. Parker. who once proved that
DR.. Cook exaggerated in claiming TO
have climbed Mount Mckinley, and
then. TO show It could be bone, went
and scaled the height himself.
"Who is Professor Parker ?? asked
Mr.. Ford Yesterday morning from the
breakfast table OF the Hotel Biltmore.
81 never heard Of him
At his Office at l20 Broadway, where
he hangs out his sign as consulting
engineer, Professor Parker was found.
"He says be never heard Of me ?
oueried the mountain climber well,
that is possible. Nothing remarkable
about that. Perhaps Mr.. Ford never
heard about Mount Mckinley. II is
possible he never heard Of Or. Cook, or
even OF the North Pole. Almost any
thing is possible"
Whether Mr.. Ford was aware Of his
identity was question Professor
Parker said he could not decide But
Of one thing he was absolutely Ger
tain. he said. That was, he sent Henry
Ford early in July sectional diagram
he had invented. together with a de
scription Of the craft, which was pub
hshed A New York on Sunday, June -.
"My article appeared IN a public
print before Mr.. Ford ever thought Of
making submarines Professor Parker
said. 81 worked out the idea for TINS
means Of national defence. but | had
not the opportunity or the facilities 70
develop the actual boat. Some one Of
my friends suggested that Henry Ford
was n public spirited man, with just
the means al his disposal 10 test the
invention. I wrote to him suggesting
that here was the opportunity TO make
the new baby submarine the Ford OF
the Seas
"The reply received from an under
secretary OF Mr.. Ford ! believe his
name was Anderson was almost dis.
courteous. Ia fnct. il was little short OF
impairment. 1t said CURLY that Mr..
Ford IVES interested in nothing that
pertsined in any way to warfate 10
use catch phrase, can you beat IL
Professor Parker frankly admitted
that his type Of machine was not abso-
lutely certain TO be q success. lie sand
he found he could not patent II because
others had al times devised similar en-
gines of warfare. What annoyed HIM,
he said. was to have Mr.. Ford take all
the credit 10 himself for an idea when
he Professor PARKER suggested 20
him That was all.
u never heard Of him until this
morning" Mr. Ford maintained, land,
furthermore, ! never received any let
ters or any other communication from
hin. | never received the plan Of my
submersible pill from this Professor
Parker. Neither did my secretary
Professor Parker's submarine has al
ready developed to the state where dla-
grams Of it have been drawn, but Mr..
Ford's is still lurking uncharted in the
back Of his Imagination. He SAID fur
Their:
81 merely have the idea. 1t has never
been worked out on paper. My Dill rs
still a fgment Of the Imagination.
never laid claims 20 having invented
submarine. ] merely said it was pos
sible TO build them one-slXteenth the
size of those now used by our navy
and al one-siXteenth the cost and so
il IS. ! am working on the IDEA, but 1t
has not been put into concrete form
yet"
Professor Parker was graduated from
the School Of Mines. Columbia UnlVer--
Slty, IN lS9u. lie was ms uetoi anu
professor Of physics al Columbla from
that year until 1911 lie headed the
Parker-Brown Mount Mckinley cxpedi-
lions of 1910 and 1912 and is the au-
thor Of many scientific books. He
holds membership in several scientific
organizations. He was the first to reach
the summit Of Mount Mckinley, the
highest peak in North America.
The submarine to which he lays
$4,000 each. he said. Each carries one
tube for small torpedoes and runs a
few feet below the surface Of the
water.
II Mr. Ford makes any claim that
he is the inventor of the small subma-
rine which have been working on and
which | intend 20 present to the Amer
lean government he is talking through
his hat" was Professor Perker's Nnal,
nositive assertion