The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-10-08
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INVENTION RENDERS
SUBMARINE USELESS

with ,hcm-i'll say that much" said
tho ievoler. "bu, they weren't out
Of commission"
Says Smith Wssnv Name
Well. then. how about this Capt
Smith. who. according TO Victoria.
took the two submarines up there.
contrary To International law. with
an American crew aboard. and who
aftsrward instructed tn. Canadian
crews how 10 operate them7
III you're not him. who ~ he ="
asked The Star man. Llnthicum
laughed outright this time
II don't think youH ever lind
him. he said Nor do think his
namo ls smith"
Neither do l. said tho reporter
J. V. Paterson told Tho Star
Thursday morning that Capt. Smith
was no longer in the country. Pater.
son "dlsremsmbored' the myb.
FERROUS Smiths initials
Has Invented New Aeroplane
Again the watches and clocks
licked out And Linthlcum laughed
Every time ! think Of n aubma
riue. have to laugh" he said
You know inventors are funny fell
lows. One 81 them will invent n
torpedo to so thru n warHhlp Then
he'll invent an armor plate TO with.
stand that torpedo. Then he'll in.
vent n heavier torpedo 10 destroy
his heavier srmor And 40 on. It's
funny TO hear people talk about tho
submarine menace. Invented tho
Seal. or G-class. United States sub
marine. and now
TIVE INVENTED AN AERO
PLANE WHICH WILL RENDER
SUBMARINES WORTHLESS"
Accepted by British
The Star man stared what sort
OF man was this. anyway? Tinker.
ing on watches and pnttcring
around amongst Indian baskets.
and yet discussing science and In
ventlons with the familiarity OF an
Edison, lie explained the
Idea Of his heroplane.
He says he has already had II nc.
cepted by the British government.
He showed the reporter models
OF the craft II Is fashioned like a
bird. and ls fitted with a long cigar
shaped air tank. which he says viii
enable Il TO ride air waves like a
ship rides sea waves. thus steady
ing Il.
Aeroplsne Can Stop In Air
II can rise. he says. without n
runaway. and can stop deed IN mid.
air Of his tiny shop and let go OF It
given object. the only motion be
ing gradual sinking.
He brings TO attention the fact
that submarines can be seen undt r
water. II one is high In tho ar.
looking straight down ~ them.
Having sighted the submarine. he
would poise directly over It end
drop aerial torpodoes
n the submarine chose to flee IN
der wator. tho aeroplane. 'apahle
OF speed Of two miles n minute.
could follow. ard rain bombs, and
1T simply means the Odd Of sub.
marines. shid the watch lepalrer
as he poiaed. n large model IN mid.
air o MS tiny shop and let go Of IT,
Tho model settled TO the floor "a
gracefully az n gliding seagnil
Tho air polse is obtained. he eN
plnintd the same az the heavy
birds. classified M the giidcrs
ppisc. They spread their wings
and tho at becomes cushion
They an maintain equll Ibrium he
cnnse the main weight o! tdeir
bodies +, below their wings
li,rce b., has "underslung' the
weight Of his a@oplane, and con
trols Tn" upward and downward
titinS with weight sliding back
and forth.
Il invented It. and r. + Gosnell
secretary TO Sir Richard Mcbride
premier OF Brltlsh Columbia. pro
M + cd t." Tinthicum said, af.er the
demonstration was over.
And then he picked mp the cigar
stub and went on tinkering with
watches.