Evening journal., 1916-02-03
AEROPLANE HOVERS
over POWDER PLANT
At CARNEY'S POINT
lContInued From Page 1.l

NAOHAllutu ElbHl Nkt Ast
psny is located at Deep Water Point.
where steamships had explosives for
foreign ports.
No effort TO damage the powder
plant was attempted by the air rover.
After viewing the airship in amaze
ment for about fifteen minutes. Cap
tain Parsons watched it as It SCARED
off toward the southeast and he saw
or heard no more OF II.
Parsons as soon as possible re-
ported his discovery to Major Clark,
superintendent Of guards at the Car
ney Point plant. who in turn imme-
dlately reported to Major Sylvester.
chief of the DUPONT company's secret
service.
AT s45 O'Clock Monday night sight
ed an airship over Deep Water" Cap
tain Parsons report stated 1T how
cred about for fifteen minutes aud dis
appeared in southeastcrly direction
Officials OF the powder company were
80 desirous Of obtaining the details that
they sent for Captain Parsons to come
TO the Office building. in this city. to-
day, to tell all he observed about the
flying machine.
eve do not attribute any Of the eX-
plosions or fires at the Carney's Point
plant to the presence of an airship
there" said Charles B. Landis. spol,cs-
man for the company. this morning. Mr.
Landis, by the way, gave the first infor-
nation 10 the newspapers about the air
ship actually having been seen lowering
over Caney's Point.
1--WE feel sure there could be no
connection between the visit OF an air
ship and the recent fires" Mr.. lands
continued. There was no detonation,
such as would be made by a bomb
dropped from the air and aside from
that the fires occurred early in the
evening Under circumstances that
would have revealed the presence Of
an airship."
Mr.. Lands said the flight OF the
aeroplane over the powder plant
would be reported TO the United States
Government for any action 1t might
desire to take. II is said that all air
ships now must be registered with
| the government. and II there is a
strange or unregistered craft the gov
ernment would desire to trace 1t.
There Is an aeroplane at League
Island, but il has been dismantled and
has no motor in it. SO far as is known.
It and another machine in Philadel-
phia are the only airships in this Sec
ton OF the country, but both are in no
1 condition to fly because OF the removal
Of their motors
I'VE haven't reported the visit Of
the airship to the Federal government,
q but after we investigate a little fur
ther we will make report" Mr. Ian
! dis said.
I Captain Parsons, who reports see
II ing the aeroplane, is regarded as en-
J tirely trustworthy by officials OF the
]. powder company. Before entering
ii the company's service he lived in At.
. lantic City and was in the employ
{ Of the Adams Express Company, the
g United States Express Company and
the Atlantic City and Shore Railroad
] there.
While Captain Parsons is the only
= man at the powder plant who saw
+ the machine. so far as could be learn
J ed today, several men reported hear
ing the strange whirring noise as II
} made by an aeroplane's motors. the
same night. and their stories fit In
J exactly with that OF Parsons.
Aside from that, an airship was
reported to have been seen by several
residents at Coatesville. on Monday
r night, a story to that effect having
been printed in Coatesville news
4 paper on Tuesday.
: On top OF this. an official of the
70 powder company today reported that
!, some Of his friends living at Richard
. son Park, said they had seen an air
+. ship on Monday night flying over tha
/ suburb. They made this Statement
on Tuesday, before the official repor
OF Captain Parsons had been turnel
in TO the powder company.
ave had regarded these reports OF n
e presence Of an airship as more or less I
N a Joke" said Mr.. lands this mornin
''hut we have faith in the man who r
et ports having seen it ON Monday nigh
A. and must accept the conclusion that u
ie airship was lowering over the Carney
81 Point plant. While We do not attribu
s. any Of the explosions OF fires TO the al
rs ship. nevertheless we would like TO kno
ar who the aviator is. where the airsh
Ie comes from. and what its purpose is
lg Mr.. Iandis said no consideration HI
been given TO the eXpediency Of noun
ID ing long range guns TO try TO shoot dov
n- the airship should it again circle oy
h the powder plant.
n Another report that reached II
a powder company officials today wa
IA TO the effect that somebody at Sixi
"a and Broome streets one night abol
= two weeks ago reported seeing a
= airship flying in the direction OF q
New Jersey shore.
!. Some plants at Coatesville. whe'
the dying machine was said 10 hay
been seen on Monday night, are ei
Ie gagged in manufacturing war mum
y tiOns
l. The steamship Bologna, which wa
l. loading explosives al the Deep Wat'
Point pier Of the DUPONT Compan,
= left there on Sunday for Italy. III
- day before the visit Of the airshil
and no attempt had been made
molest il.