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Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-05-18

Will Present Petition
For Political Prisoners

WASHINGTON, May 15.-A petit
ton for general amnesty for political
prisoners, including Eugene V. Debs,
recently nominated by the Socialist
party as it's candidate for president,
was to be presented at the White
pointed by the Socialist convention
at New York.
Secretary Tumulty was to receive
the committee late in the day and
present the petition to the president.
Yesterday the committee, of which
Seymour Stedman, candidate for vice
president, is chairman, called on At
torney General Palmer and Monday
another committee will present a pc
ttion to Secretary Baker.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-05-18
French Evacuation of
Ruhr Region to Begin
Soon, Announcement

PARIS, May 15-(By the Associa-
ted Press -OfficiaI announcement
was made tonight that evacuation by
the French troops of the Ruhr region
would begin shortly" This de-
cision, the announcement says, was
taken because verification has been
received of the reduction of Ger
man troops in the Ruhr to the num-
gust, 1919.
A new booklet written by DR.. E. E.
Paddock, Box 201-N, Kansas City,
Mo-, tells Of an improved method Of
treating the Catarrhal Inflammation
Of the Gall Bladder and Bile Ducts
associated with Gall Stones from
which remarkable results are being
reported. Write for booklet and free
trial plan.-(Advt.)
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-05-18
Large Quantity Of
Liquor Disappears

CHICAGO, May ia large part of
100000 worth of liquor seized as
evidence by government agents has
disappeared from the governments
bonded warehouse, Harry Mayer, col
lector of internal revenue, said to-
day. A force Of auditors was sent to
the warehouse to check accounts in
an effort to trace the liquor. The
amount of the thefts could not be de-
termined, Mr.. Mayer said, until an
inventory had been made.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-05-18

.+ti+ude tou1ord 6roarieo,s corn crop
Secreted in a cargo Of broom corn,
imported from Austria, the unbidden
guest has invaded 1850 square miles
in four states-Massach New
York, New Hampshire, and one coun-
ty in Pennsylvania.
The so-called corn borer, named
by reason Of it's tunneling operations
through the stalks and ears of corn,
is the worst of pests, destroying
from one-fourth to one-half of the
infested crops of corn, millet, hops
and hemp in it's native lands of Eu-
rope and Asia. It's depredations in
the cornfields Of this country have
been such as to deprive the worm of
none Of it's unsavory reputation as
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-05-18
Bomb Thrower Fails
To Iniure Erzberger

BERLIN, May 15.--An unsuccess-
full attempt on the life of Matthias
ErzbergerS former vice chancellor and
minister Of finance, was made at Es-
lingen, near Stuttgart, today.
the assembly hall where Erzberger
was speaking. Erzberger was not in
jured
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-05-18
Election Agent Of
DeValera Slain

LIMERICK, Ireland, May 16-(Sun-
day. - Joseph Dalton, prominent
member of the Sim Fein and DeVa-
lera's election agent, was killed while
leaving a saloon last night. Nine
masked and heavily armed men fired
two volleys at him. No arrests have
been made
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-05-18
Rabun Man Kills
Demorest Citizen

MOUNT AIRY, Ca, May 49,
Charlie Putnam, Of Rabun, Ga, shot
and fatally wounded Ben Louder
milk, of Demorest, Ca, yesterday
afternoon near Mt. Airy, Loudermilk
dying soon after. The cause of the
shooting is not known.
The New York herald., 1920-11-21
British and Other Experts Discuss Possibilities
of Passenger and Freight Air Service
Over Transatlantic Route

machine. which will be very low in its first
cost, at a cruising speed Of 100 miles an hour
with motor developing 2i0 horsepower At
present motors OF this power used be-
tween London and the Continent to fly ma
chimes which carry only two passengers in
addition TO the pilot
Several American firms sent representa-
tives TO the Zeppelin company in Germany
TO discuss an airship line between Germany
and the United States according to des-
patches from Berlin. Nothing has come Of
the negotiations, but the Zeppelin company
il keenly interested I'm a transatlantic SER
vice. The company 1t is said has now
under construction a great airship of 100. 900
cubic meters capacity, which will be capable
OF thrice crossing the ocean without stop
ping.
Reports reaching London are that the
Zeppelin company plans to build two super
ZeppeIins in the United States for use in
freight service between San Francisco and
Berlin. stopping at Paris. New York and
Chicago.
The vickers company in collaboration with
the British Admiralty has worked out a type
of mooring tower 10 which the largest air
ships may be moored and left securely In all
weathers for weeks at a time The masts
planned are TO be hollow. so that crew and
cargo may be hoisted in them to the ship.
All Europe is working secretly TO develop
planes which will give them domination in
the air according to G. l.. Egtvedt chief
engineer for the Bocing Airplane Company
The New York herald., 1920-11-21
A Few Brief Facts About Aviation Progress Abroad

OF Seattle. Wash. who recently returned
from a tour of inspection in Great Britain,
France and Germany. He said that 1000,
900 worth Of freight had been transported
out of the United Kingdom by air this year
and s2.000000 worth imported in the same
way. In single year 1926 planes reached
England from the Continent and 1455 de-
parted.
series Of powerful searchlights will
shortly be placed at various localities on the
route between London and Paris so that air
planes may fly surely through the darkest
night from one great capital to the other
There will be nine lights between Paris and
Calais and six in England. The air author
tiles of the two countries are considering the
advisability of establishing lightships FIVE
miles apart in the Channel The lights will
be $4,000 candle power and will stretch
straight upward like pillars Of flame.
within the next 1--WE years flight across
the Pacific will be commonplace. according
10 Sir Arthur Brown. comrade OF Sir John
Alcock in the flight across the Atlantic.
The transpachc flights, unlike the Atlantic
crossings, will be by dirigibes. he believes
There has been built in Germany by the
Zeppelin company a huge four motored
monoplane with span of ia feet This
great plane, whose wing spread is almost fifty
feet greater than that of the great NC-4
seapane which flew across the Atlantic,
has already been tested
The machine is OF duralium. an aluminium
alloy OF great strength and is fitted TO carry
in a comfortable cabin eighteen passengers.
The pilots compartment Is above this cabin
and seats two pilots and a mechanician.
The motors are Maybach ESQ horsepower
propellers set in front Of the big plane. on
one Of her trial flights the monoplane made
112 miles an hour and 1t is possible that
greater speed may be attained. The big
ship" weighs l21OO pounds and can carry
"a load of COO pounds
The New York herald., 1920-11-21

object more than its bulk which determines
the resistance which the air offers to its pas
sage. The pear shaped object moves most
easily through the air. Consequently the
thick wing does not actually retard the plane
in flight Instead il facilitates it's progress.
Again, this thick monoplane wing has
higher lifting power per square foot Of sur
face than have the thinner wings of the
biplane.
An even more pronounced advantage Is
that internal bracing does away with the
necessity for struts and wires, which,
though they add nothing TO its lifting power,
retard the progress of the plane through the
air. This retarding is called by aeronautical
engineers parasitic resistance The temp
tation, particularly in war machines, has al
ways been to reduce the number of struts
and wires as much as possible, but while
this adds to the speed of the machine it does
not add to the safety of it's occupants. Con-
sequently the thick cantilever wing is gradu-
ally rising more and more in favor every
where. and with it. of course, the use of
The New York herald., 1920-11-21

fifty per cent higher than the present steam
ship rates.
In discussing the same topic in his book
Commercial Airships," Mr. Pratt chief en-
gineer Of the airship department OF the great
Vickers company, said that three ships could
be put in service for f2500,0 900. This amount,
he said. would provide three ships of 4,00O.-
900 cubic feet gas capacity, two airship sheds.
two mooring towers, land, offices, wireless,
accessories and working capital.
Only two of the three ships would be in
use. the third being used only when one OF
the others was being overhauled. The Jour-
ney across the Atlantic would take from fifty
TO sixty hours. so that two crossings a week
might be made II necessary although one
crossing would probably be all that was
needed at first. On each trip twenty-four
tons. including passengers, mail and light
precious freight. could be taken. One hun
dred passengers, each with 100 pounds of
luggage could be carried, besides ten and
half tons of freight and mail. He estimates
the fare at cit a passenger and the freight
rate at f575 ton.
There is great need at present for an "air
taxi" a light, economical airplane with low
powered motor. which could be used to carry
two passengers at moderate rates. in the
opinion of Capt. De Havland, the London
Times states. The engineer Is greatly in
terested in monoplane passenger machines.
"A new type OF passenger monoplane on
which we are working, designed to meet the
requirements Of Continental traffic next
spring. carries pilot and six passengers"
he says. we expect to be able TO fly this
The New York herald., 1920-11-21

pertinent for it has been used successfully
in commercial flight between Holland and
England. Although its principal economy
lies in the fact that the low powered motor
and the elimination Of much parasitic re-
sistance make its gasoline consumption low
it's initial price of $4,000 is not high as air.
plane prices go in these days.
Engineers in this country are principally
interested In the use of wood instead of
fabric. covered with dope" or special var
nish. In the wings, for this is the most un-
usual feature OF the F type.
ION my machine 1 use a steel fuselage
Crane OF body) and thick wings of three
ply wood without fabric over them" Mr..
Fokker said, in describing this part of his
plane. II believe the use of aluminium al
Toys and steel will increase in the construc-
ton of aircraft, but I think these materials
have been used indiscriminately and ex-
cessively in the all-metal machines of which
so much has been heard recently. Acct
dents have been caused by the use of these
metals for important parts of the machines
The New York herald., 1920-11-21
THE flight of the British dirigible R-34
from England to Long Island and

tn HE flight OF the British drigibe R-34
from England to Long Island and
= back in weeks travelling time and
the German passenger service by dirigible
between cities in Germany have demon
strated the possibilities of the lighter than
air machine in transatlantic and other long
routes, Commander Sir Trevor Dawson,
r. N, managing director of Bickers. Ltd.
stated in an address made before the recent
air conference held at the Guidhall, in
London.
The airship. Sir Trevor said, would be most
useful between Europe and America, South
Africa, India, Australia and the East. long
trips being the speciality of the airship and
shorter, faster trips being more in the sphere
OF the airplane. He pointed out that the
Bodensee airship was operated between Ber-
lin and Friedrichshafen at less than half
the cost of arplane service Of the same
carrying capacity.
The speed of airships can easily be ad-
vanced to eighty miles an hour, he said.
making an average rate of sixty miles an
hour possible on long Journeys. In his
opinion the necessary financial support for
running weekly or bi-weekly service from
Europe to South Africa India, Australia or
South America easily could be obtained after
the reliability and saving in time of airships
had been practically demonstrated. The
eighteen day journey to Cape Town he de-
clared. could be reduced to five days by using
an airship and to India, now sixteen days
from England. to four or five
He gave the dimensions OF airships for
this service at about 500 feet in length and
about 100 feet in diameter. Six, eight or
even more engines could be used TO propel
the transocean liners.
In quoting Air Commodore Maitland, one
of the officers who flew to this country in
the R-S4, he said that the probable cost of
regular service between England and india
carrying four tons of cargo and 100 passen-
gers each way each week. would be about
two shillings and nine pence per ton mile
This would indicate passenger rates at about
The New York herald., 1920-11-21
Thinks Energy in the Ar
viii Be utilized Eventually

Mr.. Fokker. however. went further I'm
prediction than regular Atlantic flights and
reserve motors, and spoke guardedly OF the
possibility Of flight without engines.
This is "a special study on which We
have been working for some years now he
said. There is energy in the air which We
must learn to utilize for ascent and propul-
sion"
Although his attention Is directed now
toward the problem OF commercial planes
Mr.. Fokker is not entirely dropping war
machines. lie recently outhtted the entire
Dutch army with one and two seated fight
ing planes OF the d. and CT type The
one-seater fighting plane has a wing spread
Of only p feet and the two-seater OF S3
feet The wings are interchangeable. SO
that the smaller plane may be made a
slower training plane by putting on It the
longer wings OF the larger ship"
recent exploit OF Mr.. Fokker would have
placed him high I'm the hearts OF American
film thrill fans. a friend OF the inventor
said that in order TO demonstrate the feast
bility Of protecting the plane from fire by
placing the gas tank between the landing
wheels Of the plane instead OF I'm the body
os the ship Mr.. Fokker took plane MP into
the air himself with the tank attached ia this
manner fired II with n revolver loaded with
flaming bullets and few it around In safety
with the gas tank blazing hercely and leav-
ing a trail of flame behind the machine, and
succeeded in landing safely.
Mr.. FoklSer recently has invented a ma
chine gun operated entirely by the motor
at four to six times the speed OF other guns
about $500 shots a minute. and has built an
armored single scatter in which engine. tank
and pilot are protected by armor which can
withstand machine gun bullets.
The New York herald., 1920-11-21
Motor of 900 Horsepower
Weighing $50 Pounds the Aim

Mr.. Fokker said that the machines of the
present time will surely be followed in the
next five or ten years, by planes, giant air
liners, with groups Of motors. instead of one
or two motors. which will be capable of re-
liable transatlantic schedules of twentyfour
hours between London and New York.
These planes. he said. will be of the land
type. and not of the heavier seaplane con
structon a speed Of $50 miles an hour soon
will not be unusual for commercial ma
chimes. and planes built particularly for
speed will attain much greater rates than
this The failure Of a motor will not mean
landing. as is the case with one-motored
planes now. but merely the switching on OF
a reserve motor which has been waiting for
just such an emergency.
Before the war such prophecy as this.
even from an aeronautical engineer Of ac-
knowledged standing. would have brought
ridicule. but at the present time in consider
ing It people remember that $50 miles
hour already has been made that Capt. sir
John Alcock flew across the Atlantic in less
than seventeen hours and that the United
States Navy is now building air cruisers with
nine motors. three OF which are 10 be used
only in emergency
The New York herald., 1920-11-21
Fokker, Dutch Builder
of Fast w ar Biplanes,
Changes Ideas in Bid
He Is Making for
Worlds Peace Trade

The F-4 machines are TO be used by
Dutch company In considerable numbers on
air. mail and passenger routes between Am
sterdam and London, Brussels, Hamburg,
Copenhagen and Berlin
"Air transport will have to be made
paying proposition Mr.. Fokker said in dis
cussing the business side of aeronautics.
This can be done by the use of new types
of machines, commercial types. War ma
chimes do not carry a load proportionate to
their running costs. Machines will become
simpler. stronger and cheaper. Special
engines also will have to be made"
This European view of aerial transport is
precisely that of American plane manu-
facturers, who have spent a great deal of
money in developing airplanes less expensive
to operate. SO far. however. there has been
a very small demand for these planes, as
the people of America have not become so
accustomed TO flying as the people Of Europe,
who saw great flying activities during all
the years of the war.
Mr.. Fokker was decidedly optimistic con
cerning aviations future, but was inclined
to qualify his answer when asked If air
planes will soon be as common as automo-
biles.
For this two things will be necessary"
he said. First, provision Of sufficient fly
ing fields with equipment. near the centre
Oh cltles' must De maue so that uhe use OF
airplane will be undoubted saving of
time. Second, we shall have to make ma
chimes which will ascend from a very small
space, such as a roof For this the develop
ment of a light engine will be necessary, an
engine not weighing two pounds per horse
power. but about a half pound per horse
power. This would mean a motor OF 800
horsepower, would weigh only about $50
pounds instead of more than 600 as at pres
ent. Such engine would solve all our
problems"
The New York herald., 1920-11-21
Fokker BeHevee in Future of All
Metal Planes If DeveIoped CarefulIy

Like a number of the big American man.
ufacturers, such as the Curtiss and Aero
marine companies, Mr.. Fokker encloses his
passengers in comfortable cabin. The
pilots. or pilot and mechanician, sit in the
open air in front of this cabin just under
the entering or forward edge of the plane.
Their view is thus good in front and to the
sides. In the F4, the latest and larger
model, the pilots look out over the top Of
the wing and thus can see UP we'll This
larger plane is built for such motors the
Liberty 400 and carries a total of twelve
persons.
The New York herald., 1920-11-21

although their properties and behavior in
use are insufficently known. Also the
amount of difficult handwork In this sort of
construction is too expensive If properly
done and very dangerous otherwise.
therefore think that metal machines will
develop gradually and that the existing
types are impractical
The New York herald., 1920-11-21

single rather than double wing construction.
One American inventor, William b. Stout,
has gone much further than any other de-
signer in this respect by building expert
mental "ship" in which the wing in the
centre is seven feet thick and actually con-
tains passengers motor and gas tanks.
Another American engineer. Grover Loen-
ing, has been a persistent defender of mono
plane construction throughout the entire
war; when biplanes were considered every
where to be the only logical plane.
The New York herald., 1920-11-21
Commercial Planes With Speed
of 700 Miles an Hour Are Not Slow

In the matter of speed ,Hhe description
slower safer and more Economical COM
mercial planes" may be somewhat mislead
ing. The speed of these low powered planes,
Mr.. Fokker states. is approximately one
hundred miles an hour. a rate which is. of
course, slower than the combat planes, but
nevertheless is not generally considered by
landsmen as being really SLOW"
The F-2 machine is now no longer an ex-
The New York herald., 1920-11-21
the Monoplsne for
Commercial Use Implies High Safety

The F-2 type is monoplane. The span
Of its thick wooden wings is SO feet inches.
Their thickness tapers from feet in the
centre to few inches at their ends. In
width or chord they run from 10 feet
inches at the fuselage to feet 10 inches
at the outer edges. The plane is 3s feet
long, and the top of its wings is IL feet
from the ground Empty the plane weighs
1900 lSilos (2640 pounds), and It will carry
a load of 700 kilos (1,540 pounds). The
motors which can be mounted In IL include
the German Mercedes and Il. NJ. W., both
Of 1s5 horse power; the British Siddeley
Puma, of 23o horse power; the Italian Fiat,
OF 240 horse power, and the American Hall
Scott of 200 horse power.
Perhaps at this point II would be well to
explain just why Mr.. Fokker turns from
the biplane. which. with its thin wings seems
much more likely to slide swiftly
through the air than the monoplane. with
it's longer and much thicker wings The
thick wings not really the drawback
they seem. Actually scientists OF recent
years have disco, cred, it is the shape OF IN
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1920-03-19
WEYBRIDGE HILL
(Mrs. C. S. James, Correspondent

Mrs Clyde Fisk, who has been con-
fined to her bed several weeks, CON
tinues to gain slowly. Her sister, Mrs
Charles Child is still with her
Mrs John Doolin, who has been con-
fined to her home several weeks, was
able to ride out one day last week and
visited her mother. Mrs. Levi Austin.
Mr. and Mrs. H, Ozias Wales cele-
brated their fiftieth wedding anniver-
sary at their home last Tuesday. A
good number of friends were present
and helped celebrate the event.
Miss Hope Billings, who was quite
seriously hurt while sliding down hill
two weeks ago, was able to teach
again this week Her sister, Miss
Hazel Billings taught in her place last
week.
The Farmers Club met Wednesday
evening, about twenty-five in attend
ance. County agent Churchill gave an
interesting talk on "The Dairy Cow"
and discussed plans for the coming
year with the men. Miss Fuller, home
demonstration was present also Miss
Pierpoint of Burlington who gave an
interesting talk to the ladies present
on clothing and making over garments.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1920-03-19
1850 Income Tax PAYERS

1t is estimated that about 1880 per
sons pay income taxes in Vermont, al
though the returns have not anywhere
near been tabulated as yet. That does
not mean that a much larger number
does not earn more than $1,000 per
wear but in Vermont the men marry
young and the big majority is allowed
exemption for a wife and child Then
the farmers, who constitute the ma
jority OF the population, pay only on
their cash receipts and their rent and
receipts from the farm in the way of
produce are not counted in.