Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-10-15
Ian
WONDER CLAIM,
OF new MOTOR
Says Mystery Can
Cross the Sea in Twelve
Hours,

W9Sn1n8Ions ~. C.s OCT. 16.--J0nnt
Washington Bisenhuth, inventor and
sspAtents in the United States and
sstwsnty-seven foreign countries, has
arrived at the capital to Fofer%to the
limited States government his mystic
motor" an invention which, he says,
Will revolutionize warfare and avia-
The story Of the invention. which
Mr.: Eisenhuth says is the result Of
forty years Of laboratory research
and experiment, rivals Jules Verne's
weird dream exploited in Twenty
Thousand Leagues Under the Sea-"
Germans AfteFssecret.
The German government, ave years
before the war. sought to get control
Of the motor and MI. Eisenhuth pro-
duced contracts both in the original
and fr Nc English translation offered
hin ~ he imperial government for
the ri; 70 manufacture the mystic
motor "S '"r that right they offered
him ] 20. " "a 900 marks or about $780,
tional horse power after q specified
number had been built.
Among the papers he holds from
the German government bearing on
the invention Is n signed III, Alfred
zimmerman. then head Of naval at
fairs and now Germany's minister Of
foreign affairs.
When. the United States declared
var OH Germany, Mr.. Eisenhuth pre-
pared to offer his services BY CON
tributing his motor.
To build within three months from
the start of actual work an aeroship
to carry eight tons OF munitions,
projectiles. or provisions, and in addi-
ton q crew of ten men.
. Can Go Round World.
He guarantees that the aeroship
will travel at a speed Of at least $50
miles he our.s:or one mile the hour;
that it is noiseless; that it will attain
q height Of $4,000 feet. and that the
boat or passenger a will be so
equipped that the air pressure will be
h same as obtains nearer the earth's
surface.
h aeroship, he claims, can carry
sufficient fuel for a trip of $4,000
miles. or the distance around the
world.
He pledges to leave New York or
n point on Long Island with eight
tons of cargo and ten men and land
safely in Liverpool. q distance of
about 5000 miles as the crow flies, in
twelve hours.
He guarantees to equip the craft
with a 1000 horse power motor, and
asserts that without dead weight car
go that he can carry 1854 passengers
at a speed Of than $50 miles an
hour.
Mr.. Eisenhuth's proposition is that
he proceed to build the first aeroship
and equip it. the cost to be approx
mately $250s000. The test il to be
made under government supervision,
and he guarantees that II the craft
does not perform every feat mention
ed. above that the government will be
under no obligation whatever to pay
him q dollar. If the machine is up to
every claim made for it, Mr.. Eisen-
huth asks that the government refund
him the initial cost of $3.50. 900 and
pay him 10 per cent Of the cost
Of building each additional machine
that the government may require in
the prosecution of wal and COM
merce. Iis.g
Models Working.
Asked about the fuel and motor.
Mr. Eisenhuth said that he alone
Knew n a secret. He declared that
the motor did not use either gasoline
or electricity. "
Asked II he had already made q
practical test of his motor, Mr.. Eisen-
huth aSSerted that he w. IL. 49,,