New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-03-14

staleuate because Of the aeroplane,
invented by Wilbur and Orville
Wright. at Dayton, Ohio.
Mas Oldest game, war, has been checked
BY his newest o;,,.
7, was decided 10 try to interview OrVhle
u,-;,b, - his home. A publisher recently OF
;.,.d hin, $500 for 500 words on the stablizer.
~, Mr.. Wright did not accept, He has most
,"-;.,.;,g trait where newspaper and magazine
a.. concerned To him it is more pleas
- ,vo.rirnent than 70 explain. One dollar
- 6;5 not move him. Why, then, should
:. .o,sent 20 be interviewed, when all he could
80. 20 get out Of 1t was an interruption IN his
work , ,,,.;.,.
mysteries :. ,ooa
,,d continued undated on through to l9oo'
.,.boueh they were continuously flying. When
'.L,d Nv their neighbors and by representa-
80. - foreign governments what they were
so;n, N those DAYS they always told the TRUTH
That is. they said they were hylng-"heh 0o'-
d;tions were favorable
rha. was the cue for Homeric laughter.
THERE ARE QUIETER MEN. BUT, AS
WARY TWAIN SAID, THEY ARE DEAD.
II anv one should ask Orville Wright II nc
.,;ovs being interviewed for publication ne
,.orI5 probably tell the truth about it, just as
+. and his brother did in the early days about
49, e;sb+s But no one is likely to ask him
=, 81. trJtb-no one who has job OF inter
,;.v;nq 10 do. It would be poor interviewer
nbo would need verbal confirmation.
tn. writer took out his pad and pencil once
:. D,y+on And then he put them back again.
n. ~. asked him to do this. Hope seemed
to point that way.
hstsd for an expression of opinion as to the
.... -l.,,ed n the war by the flying machine
Mr.. Wright said; 49,.
~rf Germany had had aeroplanes and the
others hadn't, Germany would nave oeeh ~
ENGLAND before this. The country snort OH
,.roDla1es would have been in nice mess
Il anv nation now fighting had been without
a.rorlanes when the war began she woulo not
be fighting now" witt.
We were sitting in the Office OF the Wflsh,
eonpanv Not far away was the ooioiei0
uo-1. SLED with men who had known no
s,a,.r,s+. because of notor-dr driven wings OF
sauze that carried scouts through INC "'' a.
III. rate Of two miles minute
WHEN FIRING ON AERoPLANES
ONES AIM IS OF NO CONSEQUENCE
M Wright was asked what he thought OF
n. theory that the only FIRE effective against
an aeroplane is that Of regiment OF i'iid''i',
in which there is very large percentage -
moor shots. the resultant wide dispersion III
c,.as;ng The probability Of the aeroplanes DC
mo bit in vital spot despite the usual er'oi
IN estimating range. This theory has Deeh "o-
vanced in a recent BOOK -,
"Tbe time will come when they VIII ieaiH
~ shoot AZ aeroplanes," he replied. during
N. Civil War we would have thought IT I'M
possibIe ever 70 shoot at something we couiu
not see Now we have the range anu W"
need daylight"
II. has been diverted by the suggestion OF
French savant who raises the question: why
wor-v oy,r the air raids?" This man argues
that whenever an attack is made from the air
rifles and rnitrailleuses are put into action
Every bullet fired into the air, he takes pans
10 assert. falls back with speed ACCORDING ~
the Freedman. in the neighborhood OF Ioo
metres a second-that is to say, with the speed
Of revolver bullet; consequently sufiiclen' ~
kill man. So the number killed by frenoh
bullets. this scientist tries to prove must nave
exceeded the number slain by German oofnoo'
Elementary scientific reasoning. he declares
would have prevented this accident. -,
81 think that idea is very ingenious, saiu
Mr.. Wright. but there is some doubt IN my
mind as to the speed of the descent-ooo iee'
second"
FEATs OF THE EYE ACCOMPLISHED
IN THE AIR.
The war has brought from one source the
Statement that on a ca of average a'mcsphell~