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The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-17
The Devices Suggested.

In their suggestions for inexpensive self
defence, the following modern devices were
first cited: 1) Radio control of one airplane
from another airLlane, or of n submerged
torpedo from eirplane. (2) A new sys-
TEN OF power for submerged uses, applicable
to torpedoes and submarines
The principles underlying both inventions
are (a) large masses OF high explosives can
be successfully and cheaply transported by
self-propelled projectiles or carriers; (b)
correction Of aim up to the moment OF i'm
pact is possible with such projectiles or car
riers: Co attack may be either invisible and
so unacceptable, or 1t may be at such high
speed as to render 1t most difficult to ward
off and almost certainly fatal.
To quote these inventors further:
The radio control Of one airplane from
another makes it POSSIBLE to deliver a mass
OF high explosive or poison gas equal to the
net capacity of the plane to the target with
accuracy, for the control can be continued
until the contact of the carrying plane with
the target There will always be conditions
of night and weather during which q d.
rected plane and director fighting plane,
fleet of such planes. can make a surprise
attack up 10 500 miles behind enemy lines
with the practical certainty OF success.
Heretofore the powerful aggressor was prac-
ticaly immune from the ravages OF war.
"In aggression across water, the new de-
fenslve means IL highly potent, for agrees
sion must be carried by ships, and ships are
easy targets for radio controlled explosive
carriers"
The value OF such weapons. aside from the
distant control lies in power, speed and
range comparison by horsepower hours.
"a measure which includes both speed and
range, follows:
". S. best torpedo. ........ 22.b h.-p. hours
England's best torpedo. $40 hip hours
New type (hydrocarbon) i. 1850 h.-p hours
New type metal fueD 80. 5000 h.-p hours
These figures are based on the same size,
weight and displacement as the present p
foot II inch torpedo The radio control APP
paratus for airplanes, with slight modifica-
ton is also applicable to torpedoes
The new power makes possible speeds up
TO fifty knots an hour for submarines. The
present practice of building submarines
large and slow is due, says Mr.. ONei, to
lack OF suitable submerged power. Against
100 mile fifty knot wakeless torpedoes with
corrected aim, discharged from ship. shore.
plane or high speed submarine. the big gun
carrier of to-day would be powerless.
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Radio Controlled Airplanes.

The radio-controled airplane Is The result
of three years Of construction and expert
ment before America entered the war. Dur
ing these years said Mr.. feathers, this en-
deavor received at private expense expert
aid and the active cooperation OF the Gen
eral Electric Company laboratory at Sche-
nectady and that OF the Western Electric
Company laboratory at New York.
After two years OF effort TO interest our
War Department aid was obtained through
the Chief Signal Officer and elaborate flying
tests running through i've months were
made at the aerial station OF the Army Sig
nal Corps at Little Silver and at Langley
Field. A few months before the arrnistics
large and expensive equipment was fur
nished by the Bureau OF Aircraft Production,
and on September IS, 1918, successful DEM
onstrations were made before the army's
technical committee at langley Weld
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The Proposed New Navy.

The weapons of a proposed new navy
by the inventors named come under tho
general head of self-propelled projectiles
their controllers and carriers. Listed, thest
are:
''Radiotorpedoes 81 inch. q foot, so X.
for Is miles 400 pounds explosive, wakeless.
radio-controlled. to be carried by aircraft
and directed after launching.
''Radotorpedoes." ~ inch. 21 foot, so X.
for 40 miles. 400 pounds explosive. wakeless.
10 be discharged ftem memberships" radio
cntolled from pilot plane"
"Radiotorpedoes" 30 inch, 80 foot, so X
FOR 100 miles, 1000 pounds explosive. TO be
davit launched from ships. rado-controlled
from pilot plane"
"superradiotorpedoes." 30 inch 40 foot
so X. for 500 miles. 1000 pounds explosive
designed for coast defence, rado-controlled
from pilot plane"
'Rsdioplanes." range 800 miles or more.
speed 100 X or more. silent no human
life aboard proof against enemy radio
interference, controlled from pilot plane.
"Falconplanes." range 500 miles or more.
speed $50 X. or more for use agninr
enemy aircraft Same conditions 'rado-
planes"
"Piot planes" range and speed limited
only by airplsne characteristics. silent
may be used for all types OF scouting ais"
for plotting "radioplanes' and falcon
planes"
"Mothershps." displacement type. speed
80 X. for carrying ''radiotorpedoes" radio
planes" "falconpanes" and pilot planes.
Memberships" surface type. speed 60 X.
for same purpose and displacement type
multitandem hydropiane, supported on
nlm Of air passed under the planes al
the steps in order 10 eliminate Skin
friction" OF the water. This latter craft
Is claimed by tho inventor. Mr.. Leathers
to have passed the doubtful state IN view
Of definite characteristics obtained in the
model basin"
In submitting with their memorial a com
plete description of these weapons the in
ventors said
~The great weapons described have in TN
last decade, and especially under the impetu
OF the world war. grown TO maturity. and a
factors In warfar, in national defence an
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Faced Many Problems.

The problems involved In this radio-con-
troll differ In so elementary manner from
other widely heraded radio-control that de
scription is necessary Difficulties were in
volvcd. such as the possibility Of only arti-
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airdromes on snore can land on the deck of
this ship and go to sea with it,
A torpedo plane devised by Rear-Admiral
Bradley A. Fiske as early as 1912 did not
rouse interest in our Navy Department until
In 1915 the successful British use of 1t in
the Dardanees almost persuaded some OF
the members that there might be something
in 1t. Plainly 1t shown then that tor
pedoes so brought within reach OF their tar
gets accomplished results. proving that in
this form OF attack steel clad giants like the
Hood would be comparatively easy prey.
While Washington officials were not i'm
pressed, Germany was, for as early as 1917
that country brought out seaplane of this
character.
In the sham battle between the Royal Air
Force and the navy, authorized since the
armistice by the British Admiralty, the de-
cision went to the former branch, and the
air force made good it's boast by putting
hors de combat seven out of nine of the
contending vessels.
Enough having been said to show the
general intention of Great Britain to ex-
pertinent along the line of new arms of war,
IL is timely to glance at the tables to fix
conclusively this intention and TO indicate
how far back will be left the navy of the
United States IL II persists i'm spending its
good money In obsolete armament.
Stronger Under Old Theory.
Judged by pre-war standards IL the pres
ent building programmes of the various
Powers are completed. the United States will
be stronger than combined forces of the
next three great naval Powers; that Is il will
possess nineteen dreadnoughts, as against
twenty-one for japan, France and Italy
combined. In agreement with the peace
Treaty of Versailles all OF these Powers, ex-
To- ha.,.
construction. The United States, prota gonist
of disarmament at Versailles, is the only
Power that is increasing its naval forces
What will this wealth OF power In ships
avail her If new forces, superior, have been
evolved?
1t is significant that Great Britain should
be directing her wealth and energies lavishly
toward war I'm the air. Her Admiralty thus
practically pronounces that command of the
air will mean command of the sea. Although
the original plan of Great Britain has been
shaved little, still she is shelving ships
whose usefulness has passed ana building
seaplanes OF vast size and capacity
The United states Navy Department, blind
for so long to the good in the torpedo plane,
is gradually opening. its eyes to the impor-
rance of this arm. Especially have the alert
experts OF the American nghting feet felt
the need OF prompt action TO provide this
devoted country with aircraft OF this sort.
They can see the defensive and offensive adj
yantages to be gained by squadrons of tor
pedo planes, and they visualize clearly how
handicapped our navy would be In any con-
tention with q navy provided with an aerial
arm which the United States lacked.
The experts know. also. that the brightest
engineering skill Of this country has tackled
the problem, not forgetting that II was Rear
Admiral Fislke's invention, neglected by our
navy managers and taken UP by foreign
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Z JAST naval preparedness is going on
NJ among the leading nations of the
world, but in much different ways
-linging to the old type of maritime de-
rence-the line of battle ship and it's auxil-
iaries--are the United States and Japan.
scrapping the dreadnought idea and de-
veloping an entirely new offensive and de-
fensve system are Great Britain France
and Italy.
War lessons presumably have taught the
three great Continental Powers that the
battles of the future are to be won by air.
submarine and wholly mechanical craft, and
the best brains of those nations are devoted
to developing such ultra modern devices.
American genius produced the mechanical
war machines, but the adaptation of them in
wholesale form and TO the exclusion Of time
honored ships OF war apparently Is left to
Europe. AS Britain and France made the
American invented airpane one of the dead
lest of war machines, and as Germany made
the American invented submarine the terror
of the seas, so the great Continental Powers
busy perfecting American inventions
that promise to be deadlier than anything
yet has devised
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fetal ground on an airplane, complete free
dom from enemy radio interference, control
through three dimensions and the automatic
control of an airplane through constantly
changing flying conditions. The surmount
ing of these difficulties is what makes this
particular control suitable for a high speed
completely submerged torpedo. Radio-con
trOlled torpedoes, so called, have been here
tofore little more than guided boats"
Torpedo power research" is the way the
electrical engineer described the work h.
did In the workshop of the Bureau Of Stand
ards with funds appropriated from President
Wilson's emergency fund. The most impor-
tant result had to do with force generated
for use In torpedoes by the use of metal
fuel. In the comparative horsepower table
this new type shows the highest and very
remarkable power.
An investigation extending over six years
eliminated In the discovery of these long
range. wakeless, torpedo power cycles, the
most important one being that involving
metal fuel. About February 2, 1919. the
Bureau Of Standards reported these findings
to the Secretary Of Commerce, who person
ally took the report TO the Secretary of the
Navy Mr.. Redfield thought the matter OF
great Importance, since il was demonstrated
that the method proposed would give an in
crease Of power OF six to seven fold over
standard practice when used I'm the standard
weapon. The Navy Department found sufii-
Gent pretext for inaction since there would
be toxic gas emitted I'm case of rupture Jay
an enemy's she'll
According to a subsequent report filed
with the Navy Department by Messrs
O'Nei and feathers, the investigation was
continued, toxic gas was eliminated, and all
the ideal conditions propounded by the Navy
Department were attained. on December
II, 1919, these results were submitted by
them to Rear Admiral Earle, Chief of Ord
nance.
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armed with 12-inch guns are on the navy list
81, 1920. and all super dreadnoughts are to be
tionship Is based on the possession of secure
defence by each nation. Great Britain.
France, Italy and Germany have ceased to
produce weapons on the well known lines
and are throwing every resource to produce
ing the new weapons.
This leaves tho United States the only
nation texcept Japsn) which still puts trust
in obsolete weapons of war. Therefore any
league or association of nations under such
conditions does not need the United States
Of America to cross the Atlantic TO exert
force in Europe"
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Arizona republican., 1920-07-23

highway department and in repair or two bridges built by previous admin istrations. He told the committee that S5OO,OOO federal aid had been allotted to MaricOpa county, when three other counties with much larger tax rolls had received only $400000 he showed that the new road from Phoenix to Miami, via Superior. would be 25 miles shorter than the Apache trail and thaS double capacity loads could be carried on trucks because of the grade reduc- tions, and that in addition this new road will serve Superior. Ray and Florence. while the Apache trail bene- fits no large communities.
 In conclusion Mir. Maddock reiter- ated his warning of a year ago. Gen tlemen, you do not seem to appreciate the sentiment which prevails through out the state with regards to the con- struction of these through routes. Pinal county is completing a splendid road to the county line II miles east or Mesa, and has also under construction a road out of Casa Grande toward the line close to Chandler. Yavapai coun- ty has sold bonds. S540,0O0 of which will be spent on the Black Canyon and Wickenubrg through routes; Yuma county has already constructed two and a half miles of macadam highway across the sand hills toward Phoenix, and has S250,00 of it's bono issue allotted for the continuation Of this road, which can, however, be di- verted to Ajo and Tucson. These counties cannot understand why Mari copa has not, and even under your
Arizona republican., 1920-07-23
HIT BY MOTOR JAR
 IN CROSSING STREET

J. J. Graham, a man of about 50 years of age, was run over, but not seriously injured at 9:20 o'clock last night when he attempted to cross Jeff erson street at the intersection of First avenue.
 According to the report of witnesses, MT Graham ran diagonally across the street intersection without paying any heed to the approach of motor car being driven north on First avenue by J. w. Jamieson. The car struck MT. Graham and knocked him to the pave ment He was taken to a pool hall nearby and the police and doctor were notified.
 MT. Graham was too confused to give his own address but he did remember the address of friend, who when notified had the injured man taken to her home The examination by the doctor developed that he had received no broken bones or internal injuries.
Arizona republican., 1920-07-23
SEND INVITATIONS
 FUR PAYSON FIESTA

Invitations to the annual cowboy celebration at Payson are being sent broadcast over the state by the Payson chamber of commerce, which is anxious to have a large representation of visi- tors present at the fiesta, which begins August IS and continues to August 2o-
 A well equipped camping ground is prepared for the reception to those who wish to motor to Payson. A good well and other essentials are included in the furnishings A he grounds.
 Hotel accommodations it is reported, are not as good as the people of Payson could wish but the chamber of com merce promises that every effort will be made to make all visitors com fortabIe.
Arizona republican., 1920-07-23
RAILWAYS PAY THIRD
 IF COCONINO TAXES

With the total valuation of the tax able property of Coconino county placed at S22,82S,1S838 the railroads play an important part, the 239.S15 miles of road being valued at $S,960, 3S7, according to the abstract of the as sessment roll filed with the state tax commission yesterday. The total val uation of property is reduced to $22,- 719, ,67S.35 by the exemptions placed at $105, ,510. Range cattle and sheep bring up the valuation of the property in the northern county, cattle being placed at $2,33S,2 ,290, while the sheep of the county add $2,165,40S to it's taxable wealth.
 There has been a s2,0Oo,00 increase in the net valuation of the county which in 1919 was given as $2o,S13,- 967.55.
 The net valuation of taxable prop
Arizona republican., 1920-07-23

Roosevelt road. which was on a through line
 Should Consider Valley
 It was added by the committee that the supervisors and commission must give consideration to the 1000 farmers in the valley and that there was wis dom in doing so as shown by the fact that increased valuations in Maricopa county in the past year were over $35,- 900, 900 and that the paved system in the irrigated area would still further increase the assessed valuation. and in turn make added revenue for the state and also serve the greatest number of people.
 It was also pointed out that within the area referred to the number of registrations for the next general cleo tion totalled 16S31 out of total of 40,270 so far registered in the entire state
 MT Maddock stated that travellers by auto coming to the West were not interested in any special section of the state but were really looking for a quick road and good road across Ari- zona.
 Several members of the committee disagreed with this view. urging that the Apache trail, the Roosevelt dam, the cotton growing regions in the cen tral part of Arizona. the city of Phoe- nix and the Salt River valley were all i advertised to such m extent that not 1 less than out Of every 10 people com ] ing to Arizona desired to see one or ] more of these particular sections. Although Mir. Maddock declared he could not promise any help in securing l federal aid for the Apache trail. it was stated last night that another meeting ] or the committee will be held shortly i and that the effort to secure the re- l building of the Apacht trail would not ] be abandoned.
Arizona republican., 1920-07-23

proposed new bond issue of s4500, 900, is making no effort whatever to con- meet with them
 Following the conference, and late yesterday afternoon, Barnum. of flee engineer for the MaricoDa county highway commission, called at the state highway department to ascer- tain if federal aid would be requested on the West Van Buren street known as the Yuma road. if the commission would apply for it.
 He was told that it surely would.
 The state engineer stated that this is the first tentative application foI federal aid made by the Maricopa county highway commission for fed eral aid on any through route.
Arizona republican., 1920-07-23
so FORWARD

Our new neighbor is an awfully forward woman" 'In what way. my dear?"
 Why, when I called on her this aft ernoon she proceeded to tell me about her domestic troubles before I had a. chance to tell her about mine."-Bos- ton Transcript
Arizona republican., 1920-07-23
FIND ALBINO QUAIL
 IN COVEY AT TUCSON

A covey of valley or gamble quail containing five albinos has been re- ported to Joe V. Prochaska, state game warden. by W. c. Brown of Tucson, who has asked the game warden for permission to kill the albino quail for scientific purposes.
 Brown writes that he saw two speci- men of albino quail about 20 years ago. but in widely separated parts of
Arizona republican., 1920-07-23

the county. He declares this was the first time he ever saw more than one freak at a time.
 MT. ProchaSka will grant permission to Brown to kill the albino quail and will have two mounted for the office of the game warden.
Arizona republican., 1920-07-23
JONES, Secretary.
Refuses to Recommend


 that he could not recommend the matching of county or other funds with federal aid funds for the Apache trail was made known by him to committee of the chamber of commerce on the ground that the trail was a 'sec- ondary' road, and he pointed out that the road to Globe and Miami by way of Ray and Superior was the logical commercial road. The committee took the view that inasmuch as the Apache trail would open a great area of coun- try northeast of the Roosevelt dam, that might also be considered a pri- mary road.
 The decision of the state engineer, Thomas Maddock, that he would not recommend federal aid. for the Apache trail was given at a conference at the governors office. The special commit tee was composed of w w. Lawhon. ! c. Dobbins, w. R. Elliott, J. H. Null rein, John D. Loper, Roy Murray, G. P. Nevitt, A c: Taylor "; .. Button Warren McArthur, Jr., Charles Me- Arthur and 1T. c. Davis. Tn the middle of the copference the governor left to attend a meeting of the state land board.
 The committee suggested that they would use their influence with the board of supervisors and the highway commission to have $250, 900 set aside for the Roosevelt road, provided an equal amount be secured from federal aid through the state engineer
 Available Federal Aid
 The committee also suggested tha5 the supervisors were favorable to in cIuding in their next bond issue the Phoenix-GIendale road and the re- building of the three mile stretch from the city limits to a point east of the asylum on the Tempe road.
 Mr. Maddock gave the information that of the federal aid available for Maricopa count s115,ooo had been re- ouested for the Phoenix-Glendale road; :; $40. 900 for the Asylum road. and that there was approximately $100,00o still available However, the state engineer could not see his way clear to recom- uending the $250.000 suggested, even considering the taking over of the Glendale and Asylum roads by Mari coma county. He declared that the Roosevelt road is a secondary road, having taken this position since the highway by way of Superior had been decided upon by the state highway de- partment The fact that the Roose- veIt road had appeared on every map of the state highway system since the bepinnfng of statehood had no in- f1uence. in MT. Maddock's opinion
 He stated that the highway commis sion and the supervisors Tor Maflcopa county were not paying sufficient at- +entfon to through lines or road rom cour+v line to county line. IL was ,.oS-,+ed o11t that in the paving program Tor N5srfcopa county the section from Mesa to Chandler was on the or1gl state highway plan; that the seollOn from, Phoenix to Marinette IS on through line: that road north as l&d .. 4ha prOfect's limits and connecll llIls ,,,t4t, +ha FiacL< Canyon road would bt a- e through state highway, and thit' The road from Phoenix to Buckeye Was cn a state highway. and that the pro feet was charged with S664'ooo TOT lIl'
Arizona republican., 1920-07-23

erty in Yavapai county has been fixed at $129,750,7SS.17, the mines of the county being taxed upon valuation of $77,08S,78O.25.