The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1919-07-10

Zachary Lansdowne, Of Grand Rapids,
Wis, the American observer aboard.
said he had obtained valuable infor-
nation regarding aerial navigation o n
ditions over the Atlantic, which would
be made available to the navy depart
ment.
Propose Washington Trip.
The R-34s personnel was given a
luncheon at 2:30. They retired early
and this morning were out on the field
again. The crew was prepared for an
automobile trip to New York city. but
the men were informed that this plan
might be called off by starting the re-
turn flight late today, or making a
flight to Washington instead.
Major Scott, his fellow officers, and
American naval representatives at a
conference today were to determine
whether the proposed flight to the ca
pitol should be made. In las this trip
were made the dirigible would fly over
New York city, Philadelphia and Bal
timore
Carried Two stowaways.
1t was not until the landing that it
became known the dirigihle carried WI
stowaways-not only the cat who won
entry in the ships log but W. W Bal
lantine, Of Cromwell, England, once a
member OF the crew.
Major Scott said 1t had been decided
to leave him behind. but that he
cropped up six hours after the ship had
left East Fortune. He was promptly
put to work. The ships commander
added that, although he expected the
man would De court 'lnartisled. he did
not anticipate any severe punishment
for him.
Censor Movie Films.
Orders that all motion picture films
showing the 3-34 be censored by naval
officers before they are allowed to be
exhibited anywhere wer received here
this afternoon from Secretary of the
Navy Daniels. 1t u.s. understood that
| censorship was decided pom in re-
| Spouse to a request from British Off
cials. 1t. was assumed that British Of
ficers asked censorship on military
| grounds.
BIGGEST in WORLD.
New York, July S.-The R-34 and
her sister airship. the R-33, are the
worlds greatest dirigibles. The war
brought them. into being. for they
originally were, designed to out-vie
Germany's Zeppelins and bring death
and destruction to German cities
When they were building it was re-
! ported that they would be the flag
ships Of a gigantic fleet of aircraf,
that would be launched in a tremen-
dous air raid on Berlin. Tor this pur-
?pose they were equipped with openings
through which -four SOO-pound bombs
l arl 4 - 10n >,,rl ~~,.y -
while on the upper structure emplace.
ments were built for batteries of eight
guns.
The sudden end of the world wal
put a stop to the plans for a raid or
Berlin and the architects Of the dirig.
ibles turned their attention to remodel.
ling their craft for peaceful
/ The RIA was built in Inchinnan, {
little village near Glasgow. In size sh.
rivals all but the very largest ocear
liners. Her length is $40 feet, he,
beam 10 feet and from the bottom o
her lowest gondola to the top of tn,
gas bag. measures 70 feet. Her meas.
uresaetat are very closely those of tn,
liner Adriatic and if she was stcc.
on end she would overtop the famou.
Singer building by 81 feet. Two mil
lion cubic feet Of hydrogen gas are i'm.
prisoned in the enormous balloon. He
resemblance to a monstrous fish i
heightened by the fact that she il
painted silver color, proved by expert
ment to be the most Successful in re,
sisting the action of the sun in ex
panding the a bag.
Five Big Motors.
The driving power of the airship i
supplied by five Sunbeam motors witt
a total OF 1000 horsepower. sufficien
to give a speed Of close to 70 miles al
hour in favorable weather. To fee,
these motors the airship carries be
tween $500 and 5000 gallons of gas
olene. weighing 16 tons and giving he
a cruising radius of 1900 rautica
miles or considerably more. than tn
distance between Europe and Americ
and return. Her lifting capacity is 5
tons, Of which 21H tons is discharg
cable weight, or weight which IA b
disposed of from the ship.