The state herald., 1919-05-02
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towns. would have been bombed from stations be-
hind the allied front In France.
For instance. Gabrielle d'Annunxo. the Italian
poet and aviator. succeeded In reaching Vienna
with Capr0ni and In demonstrating to the Wen
nese that Italy had plane capable OF dropping
bombs on them. D'Annunzio did not drop bombs
on his famous raid; he scattered thousands Of
pamphlets informing the people Of Vienna that
they were supporting the wrong government In the
grent war II wns an object lesson whose effect
was great In breaking Austrian morale.
Vienna wns not quite ns far from the allied lines
us Berlin. The flight DAnnunzio made was some
thing less than one thousand miles But he went
heavily loaded and returned successfully.
caproni Pledges His Future.
pronl says, "but our task aircraft makers Is by
no means finished We must not stop A perfect
system of airplanes will be wonderful safeguard
to any nation as protection against new out
bursts the part Of irresponsible powers,
against civilization and humanity.
Personally am going TO contribute all my
strength TO development Of the winged giant
which proved the most powerful and telling 'wea.
pom Of our Just and sacred war.
'our plant will be maintained at full strength
We will keep the thousands Of workmen who were
busy here under full war strain when the armis.
tice ended hostillties. We will not 20 bnck under
any circumstances to that prewar status. when
the workmen In our plant numbered dozens rather
than thousands"
Capron cnme into the air gnme ms an engineer
ing student In that period when the Langley mn.
chine was launched under unfavorable circum.
stances and when the wrghts were making their
wonderful flights with the first rcai nrplane. The
idea Of flying fired cnproni's Imagination.
II will never forget" he said the other day
"thc profound impression created In me on rcnd.
Ing newspaper accounts Of the first Wright
flights. From that time until today 1 have dedi.
Gated myself to the science OF flying"
Caproni will call his new plane the White
Eagle The nnmc IL linked 10 n strange prophecy
published In Rome. Iinly. In 1910. which IL nj.
tribuied TO nm English monk Of the seventeenth
century. The prophecy asserted that In the tween.
tieth century there would be n great world war
started by the dinboiicnl cleverncss Of mn emperor
OF the country Of Martin Luther IN alliance with
another emperor. both bearing on their military
uniforms md on their national escutcheons two
binck eagles. II added that civilization would de-
feat and throw out the barbnrians whose enpircs
would be divided into % states.
Il In Inferred that the White Eagle is intended
TO typfy the American bird.
The poet W. Lewis hns made the event the sub
Zee, of n poem which has been set TO music Tn.
whole was presented with n beautiful ailcgoricai
design TO President Wilson when he was In Milan
II was n result Of his admiration Of the poem ana
the design so nrtisticaiiy suggestive that Cnproni
decided on tho name of white Eagle for his new
md gigantic plane
the trim intend 10 follow the route Of CoIunbu.
ncro.r the sen. They will fly from Itniy 10 Cndiy
thence to the Azores md from tho Azores 10 tbe
American coast, ai,ghtipg IN tho nciRhborbood al
Washington.
Hundreds of men hnye lost their lives In thu
dangerous business Of trying out new planes md
attempting To mike new records. The list 4. long