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Police Commissioner. He was locked
up on charge of grand larceny.
The complainant was Howard Nc
Dougal, manager of the Walton-Scully
Ambulance Service, of 208 West Sew
enty-seventh Street. McDougal said
the young man had given him two
checks for SIS each for the rental of a
touring car, drawn on the Germantown
Trust Company.
When McDougal called the trust
that the bank handled no such account,
The police learned that Rodman Wana-
maker had no nephew named Harold.
There is no such address as 216 10th
Street, Germantown. The young man
has Croix de Guerre and said that he
served with the 95th Aerial Squadron
as an observer.
New-York tribune., 1921-07-19
Argentine Capital Bombed

BUENOS AYRES, July IS (By The
Associated Press).-A powerful bomb
was exploded in front of the capitol
building this morning. A policeman
was seriously wounded, but only small
material damage was caused. The out
rage is credited here to Communist
agitators.
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oae.time Dausllter-in-Law
vi Caynor Put ON Probation

)s% nay Fairchild, one-time daughter-in-
wbon % Oi the late Mayor Gaynor, tainted
Jaon J" m she was arraigned before Judge
ssnta.o morris, Of Woman's Court, for
yctInuce ysnce yesterday, following her con-
sbo III, last week on a vagrancy charge
atsr was carried out and rearraigned
TN puaase Norris sent her to the Kings
sir nsenue Hospital and placed her on
va months nrahatinn
New-York tribune., 1921-07-19
4, e farms for Temoak Indians

ls,s 1TSah1lNGTON, July 1S.-The home
New 'emoak e Indians, of Ruby Valley,
usdnss would be provided with farms
scras blll by Senator Pittman, DEM
sen. s'' !, passed to-day by the Senate and
ate ste ses v tne me House. 1t would appropri-
iirb.. .'o,ooO to buy land with water
ais ssrss ior the homeless governm ent
New-York tribune., 1921-07-19
Held for Bad Checks,
Calls Wanamaker Kin
Relationship to Prisoner Who
Wears French War Cross
Denied hY Police Official

Detective Joseph Fitzgerald, of the
West Fortyseventh Street police sta
tion, last night arrested young man
at Broadway and Forty-seventh Street
who gave mis- name as Harold D. Wana-
maker, a writer, twenty-three years
old, of ZIG 10th Street, Germantown,
Pa, and said that he was nephew
OF Rodman Wanamaker, Special Deputv
New-York tribune., 1921-07-19
ROLLS-ROYCE

Runs twice as far on q gallon of fuel
as the average person supposes it will.
This means nothing to the owner in
money, but much in other ways. His
car Of cars is economical, not wasteful.
The standing of the Rolls-Royce is
entirely due to the perfection of such
details, to literally hundreds of practi-
cal features Of daily importance.
IN Enclosed D,7ys Cab,zoAt $1,000
New-York tribune., 1921-07-19
Ontario Cellars Stocked
Ban on Importation of Spirits
Goes fnio Effect To-day

TORONTO, July 1s.-To-day it was
legal to import liquor into the province
of Ontario, but if anybody is caught
doing it tomorrow or later the spirits
will be seized and the consignees fined.
Large shipments of ntoxicants have
been rushed into the province during
the last few days.
New-York tribune., 1921-07-19
Mrs. Henn111illg
Is Blan1ele SIS.
Officials Hold
District Attorney, With Sher-
ih, Decides There Is No
Evidence TO Warrant
Act tion Being Taken
Hystcrical at the Time
Warned Husband Not to Go
to House, Fearing Eber.
hardt Would Harm Him

RlVERHEAD, l.. l.. July 1S.-After a
conference to-day with his assistant,
Charles B. Partridge, and Sheriff John
F. Kelly, District Attorney Leroy NJ.
Young of Suffolk County declared
there was no evidence to warrant ac-
tion being taken against Mrs Helen
Hemming, whose husband, Henry G.
Hemmng, was shot and killed last
Thursday night on Duck Island by
Frank Eberhardt, carctakcr of Mrs.
Hemming's estate.
Sheriff Kelly had contended that
Mrs. Hemming should be detained as a
material witness pending a further in
vestigation, but at the close of the con-
ference he said he agreed with the Dis
trict Attorney. He said, however, he
would continue to work on the case.
when | made previous statement
that ] believed Mrs. Hemming was con-
cerned in the shooting l did not know
her condition at the time" said Sheriff
Kelly. Prom what we have now
learned there is no tangible basis for
an arrest. The District Attorney tells
me that if | can connect up any of the
points I have brought out he stands
ready to prosecute, but just now there
does not appear to be anything to war
rant a course different than that pur-
sued"
District Attorney Young, after read
ing the report of Mr.. Partridge, who
held that Mrs. Hemming had nothing
to do with the shooting, said:
There is now no evidence tending to
show that Mrs. Hemming aided or
abetted Eberhardt in the shooting. To
the contrary, she warned him not to go
to the house, for she feared Eberhardt
might do him serious injury. One is
not guilty of homicide ii one merely
fails to prevent killing. One must do
the act or aid and abet it to be liable
to arrest.
Gas a matter of fact, Mrs. Hem
ming, the investigation disclosed, was
ryeterical at the time of the shooting
and was in no condition to even
attempt to prevent Eberhardt from
carrying out his purpose.
"My investigation is completed, but
if the Sheriff can learn of any new
facts, which we have been unable to
ascertain, we stand ready to assist him
il every way"
on Duck Island to-day. 1t was said she
had gone away for rest and had
given the authorities her address.
Mrs. Hemming, in q statement last
night, said that she almost received the
shot which ended the life of her hus
band.
New-York tribune., 1921-07-19

~ had no idea that Frank Eberhardt
was going to shoot Mr.. Hcmming," she
said. GAS matter of fact, he nearly
shot me. was holding Mr.. Hemming
in my arms and was trying to raise
him up so that the second and third
shots, when fired, nearly went through
me.
"There had been no reconciliation
between my husband and myself The
break between us could not be patched
up.
"The only motive I can assign for
New-York tribune., 1921-07-19

LONDON, July 18.-Reuters' Athens
correspondent says that the new of the
fall Of Kutaia is apparently prema-
ture."
New-York tribune., 1921-07-19

Greeks Capture Railroad Town
THENS, July 1s.-The capture by the
Greeks of Kutaia, on the southern
branch Of the Bagdad Railway, south
east or 'Brussa, is announced here.
New-York tribune., 1921-07-19

New York, 785 Fifth Avenue
Works, Springfield, Mass RtzCarlton, Atlantic City
The New York herald., 1921-07-24
WHAT THE NEW GIANT AIR BOMBS ACTUALLY c

demolition The huge
in radius sin area
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New type of aerial demolition
bomb. The latest missile of this kind
weighs 1000 pounds.

these gigantic engines of death are built
in different sections of the country, to be
assembled and loaded at Pickatinny Ar
senal, at Dover, N. j. From there they are
brought to the Aberdeen proving grounds
by motor truck.
When the bombs, after a series Of tests,
finally are adopted as standard ammuni-
tion they are put into manufacture and
sent in quantity to storehouses in differ
ent sections of the country as reserve
supply in the event of emergency. Some
of them are sent to the flying fields for
use in firing practice. At Langley Field.
Va, recently saw, stacked high in boxes
at a safe place all along the bank of Back
River quantities of these bombs of various
sizes for use in the bomb dropping tests
in progress intermittently in the vicinity
of Hampton Roads.
Hardly second in spectacular features
to the activities at Langley Field are those
with aircraft at Aberdeen, where the han
gars hold from fifteen to thirty airplanes-
according to conditions-for the dropping
OF live ammunition. Tons upon tons Of
TINT bombs are being exploded in the
series of tests. In a single day four pilots
dropped total of 22,5OO pounds of bombs
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size of effective bombs that may be car
ried. Except In the rarest Of operations,
such as might come with the attempted
destruction of highly fortified position,
two bombs of 1000 pounds in all proba-
bility would be found of greater value than
a single bomb of 1000 pounds
SO far developed as ammunition for air
craft are four general types of bombs,
each with its specific purpose. They are
demolition bombs for use against ships and
bridges and fortified positions; fragmenta-
tfon bombs, for use against troops in the
field; incendiary bombs, for starting fires
in town and fields and camps, and gas
bombs, to carry poison vapors as might
be required.
There are five standard types of demoli
tion bombs of the thin wall variety; that
is, with a heavy charge of explosive con.
tanned in a comparatively light she'll as
contrasted with shell that is able to
penetrate heavy armor. They weigh, re-.
spectively. 100 pounds, 300 pounds. 600
pounds, 100 pounds and 1000 pounds.
The 600 and LOO pound bombs we're in
tended for 500 and 1000 pound bombs, but
when they were completed they were found
The New York herald., 1921-07-24
Principle of Bomb Sight Fixed,
But 1t Is Not Yet Perfected

When proper bomb sight is developed,
one that will stabilize itself as well as take
into consideration the elements of alti-
tude, the speed Of the airplane, the condi-
tion of the wind and the speed of the
target. then bombing will become scientifi-
cally accurate. AS 1t Is bombing Is very
much hit and miss. containing always the
element of chance, which does not exist
through the proper application of the
finely perfected firing sights for the heavy
guns of the navy and of the army in the
field and coast artillery.
About ten different kinds of bomb sights
have been tried out at Aberdeen. The Of
ficers believe they have the principle estab-
lished but perfection is not yet Within
a brief time, however. it is hoped that a
satisfactory instrument will be devised.
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War Is Always in Progress
On Aberdeen's Fifty Mile FieId

Even with such a continuous roar the
operations at Aberdeen went along with
an even keel the firing hardly noticed,
since it is almost an ordinary thing. The
Aberdeen. reservation comprises something
more than fifty square miles of territory,
and IL is the scene of the testing of all
field artillery, all coast artillery all anti
aircraft guns, all small arms and ammuni
tion. II is, In a way. a great battlefield
where war is always in progress. There
are innumerable ranges, every conceivable
apparatus for the testing
The most elaborate preparations have
been made for tho trying out of aircraft
bombs-peculiar arrangements through
which It Is possible to determine in detail
all the facts required to be known about
the effect Of such firing. II Is all part of
the grim precision of scientific warfare.
One Of the contrivances, for instance is
three story building to determine the
penetrating qualities of bomb. This is
constructed of oak, the flooring being two
inches thick on each floor, and the whole
building 100 feet square. Live bombs are
not dropped on this since they would de-
stroy It, Cases instead are filled with sand
"a given amount of sand by the way, Is
approximately the same in weight as that
much TNT-and dropped from varying al
titudes The bombs go through the floors,
which are patched up again for similar
tests All this creates data from which
the desirable bombs are designed.
Near by is an area Of concrete, also 100
The New York herald., 1921-07-24

feet square. 1t is two feet thick, the first
foot being of solid grouting, while the top
layer is of the hardest possible cement
mixture. This too is to determine the
strength of the casing used to hold the
TINT. The bombs are filled with sand, to
weight, and dropped from different alti-
tudes to learn how they would break on
contact with a hard irresistible surface.
Going over the concrete area | found large
holes well into the grouting, where the
bomb cases had penetrated. The entire
top was Clipped from the blows it had
received
Off beyond, across a field of timothy,
was another area into which were set
boards six feet high, to represent so many
soldiers They were in formation, rows
forward and back, altogether queer look
ing layout, but one devised for the gather
ing of information as to the superior types
Of augmentation bombs, such as are de-
signed for use against troops.
These augmentation bombs, such as are
dropped into the centre of this, are so con-
structed that when they hit the earth
the detonation hurls forth many thou
sands Of heavy shot intended to kill the
soldiers within the area. The power of
the bombs is determined by the spread of
the shot as registered on the upright
boards. Various sizes of these bombs have
been developed, but the smaller ones are
deemed to be the most practical, since
wider area can be covered by dropping
them in series along continuous stretch.
Still further back, over a little creek
and a topping rail fence that marked the
line between two farms before the Govern
ment by condemnation proceedings took
over the land for the proving grounds, are
two sets of panels, one high and one low
to determine the velocity and the blasts
that come with demolition bombs and the
spread of the fragments. One of these
ccntrivances is a circular fence about six
feet in height, with a diameter of a hun
dred feet; the other is made of six or eight
panels high in the air. Their purpose is
tc develop scientific data of the utmost
value in bombing operations
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its case, contains only fifty-two pounds Of
INT. as compared with 600 pounds of INT
In the thin wall bomb. One of these was
dropped from an airplane at Aberdeen
recently from an altitude of 1000 feet. In
order to learn just what had happened
when It exploded the ordnance forces
started digging into the ground at the
spot where It fell They dug and dug
until they had gone down twenty-four feet
and finding no signs of It were compelled
to give up the search.
Such a bomb as this would be used
against a heavily armored battleship; that
is one protected with special deck armor,
which the bombers would seek to penetrate
A direct hit, however, would have to be
registered IL such bomb were to be effect
i've. Because of this and the much greater
charge of explosive contained in light
wall bomb It is probable that for the pres
ent at least it will be In secondary posi-
tion as destructive weapon.
The experiments with bombs at Aber-
deem is part OF the army policy Of testing
out all arms and developing ammunition
for those who are charged in time of war
with the actual combat. The parts for
The New York herald., 1921-07-24

ton bombs have been dropped, the other
two in the waters of Chesapeake Bay
The detonation of the first on the water
was almost instantaneous and that of the
second with delayed action conditions re-
garded as more ideal, sending up great
water spout to indicate the force of the
explosion.
Just as a shovel full of gravel thrown
over a stick of dynamite about to be set
off increases the power of the explosion
so does the presence of water over bomb
--as in delayed action--add to it's force
in detonation. The ideal for which the
constructors of bombs are striving is to
assimilate mine with a maximum of
explosive. It is doubtful II there is a ves-
sci afioat built sufficiently strong to with.
stand such an impact IL properly placed,
although getting it there is quite another
matter.
These one ton bombs Just developed now
have been adopted as standard type for use
by the army air forces, the climax Of a
series of various weights and Sizes They
are just $50 pounds heavier than the larg-
est of the British aerial bombs with which
numerous experiments have been made
The New York herald., 1921-07-24
Alcohol for Gasolene

tn Pernambuco Brazil, they have found
new use for alcohol. They drive.
their automobiles with IL instead OF
gasolene. There are two reasons for this
substitution. The first is the high price OF
gasolene which is selling in Pernambuco for
$3.50 per case OF ten gallons. and the second
Is that alcohol down there is byproduct of
the sugar cane Industry and is very plentl-
ful.
These facts are reported by our consul at
Pernambuco. G. r. Cameron. He relates
that planters who use the alcohol made on
their plantations for automobile fuel have
found that pure alcohol of from Al TO ~
degrees answers the requirements of auto
mobile motors, with slight alteration I'm the
carburetor. Users OF this fuel say 1t is salts
factory and the amount consumed Is practi-
cally the same as the amount of gasolene
required for the same work
As the combustion is more complete very
little carbonzed matter Is deposited I'm the
combustion chamber. tho spark plugs are
clean and only the valves (exposed partz,
are subject to rust. Experience has demon,
strated that the addition of FIVE per cent.
OF gasolene or Kerosene will prevent this
rusting, and WILL moreover. have lubricat-
ing effect on the cylinder. II Is believed that
this FIVE per cent. mixture viii form the
standard type Of alcohol motor fusl
The New York herald., 1921-07-24
Incendiary Bomb Canister
Intended to Destroy Village,

One of the unique contrivances is the in
cendiary bomb such as has been developed
TO set fire to villages, wheat or other fields
and to cantonments. Such bomb is COM
posed primarily of light canister designed
to burst before hitting the ground, strew-
ing out of IL small lighted torches, which
are spread over a considerable area. When
such a bomb is dropped a series of fires
results. such as could under no ordinary
means.
The tests that have been held of late
months with gas bombs and with gas shells
fired from guns has indicated that gas
bombs are much superior to gas shells.
The shells. for various technical reasons,
are poor conveyers of gas, while the bombs
enable the poison to be placed wherever
desired with minimum of interference
One of the interesting hair raising fea-
lures, in fact. of the bomb development is
the work Of salvaging the "duds." or those
bombs which fail to explode when hitting
the ground In these tests, naturally,
there are many of these. They are dropped
on the field without going off. the reason
OF which must be determined.
That is when the squads under Sergeants
Dundaro and Lungdebardo-whose names
by the way, might indicate certain fear
lessness with bombs-are called upon to
see what is the matter They go at It as
a matter of course cool and composed and
with business methods
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Dropped in Chesapeake Bay
Great Water Spout Is Formed

This, then, is the destructive power of
a one ton light wall bomb, the newest de-
velopment of the Ordnance Department of
the United States Army, now at work to
keep apace with latest achievements of
aerial warfare, which promises to revolu-
tionize the methods Of combat in the event
of future hostilities. What such bomb,
1900 pounds of which is INT, would do
against an enemy can be conjectured now
with fair accuracy.
UD to this time only three of these one
The New York herald., 1921-07-24
Lessons in How to Save
A "Dud" Bomb Also Taught

First they look at the bomb. Some bombs
go off when they are looked at. for per-
haps just the firing pin is out of gear. AS
the second step then they approach the
thing with some caution. digging around 1t
to enable cord TO be affixed by drawing
it tight at considerable distance.
To this Is attached a longer cord and the
bomb is shifted from its position. II still
there is no explosion It is rocked around
considerably and then iolted again and
again. If still it does not go off It is re-
garded as unfrable in this manner and is
approached with entire confidence.
Loaded on a truck It is hauled to a posi-.
tion where II can be taken apart. A
rather remarkable contrivance has been
built for this work. Those who tinker
with the bomb are sheltered behind sand
filled stockade, so that IL there is an ex-
The New York herald., 1921-07-24
Missile First of Its Kind Be Tested on Land Tells Its Own
of Power Earthshaking BastTwo Others Dropped
Into Chesapeake Bay Reveal Amazing Effects of Detonaon
Cas- Incenday Regeneration and Armor
Piercing Bombs Also Figure in Interesting Experiments

and are the forerunner of deadlier type,
to weigh 1000 pounds, the plans for which
now are being drawn.
There is little chance at this time that
1000 pound bombs will be adopted as
standard ammunition, due to the fact that
the tests are showing that the destructive
qualities of bomb do not increase with
it's weight. In other words, just as there
appears to be limit to the size of air
craft, so far as practical value at this time
Is concerned, there Is limit too to the
The New York herald., 1921-07-24
By DONALD MacGREGOR.

Epecial Correspondence to THE NEW YORK
HERALD.
Copyright, 1921, By THE New YORK HERALD.
ARMY ORDNANCE PROVING GROUNDS,
ABERDEEN, Md, July 23.
TN order to measure the death and de-
struction contained in a 1000 pound
aerial bomb Capt. Norbert Carolin
hooked one of these new and terrible en-.
gines of war to the gearing of a powerful
Handley-Page airplane few days ago and
soaring to an altitude of 1000 feet dropped
it in a piece of woodlands in remote
section of this vast Government reserva-
tion.
Observation officers in sheltered posi-
tions watched the great bomb as it swung
out from the airplane and with glasses
followed it's course to the ground. 1t gath
cred speed as it fell, crashing to earth
finally with an indescribable roar that
echoed and reechoed into the hills on every
side and ratified out over Chesapeake Bay,
the placid waters of which at this upper
end form part of the area Of fifty square
miles IN WHICH all army guns anu dInnuHi-
tion Is tested.
At contact with the earth tremendous
flame of fire shot out in all directions,
clearing a wide space much the same as
the battlefields in France were cleared
during the world war. Everything within
radius of 200 yards was cut away; the
trunks of trees, some of them two and
three feet in diameter, were chopped off,
their roots upturned and their limbs
twisted and torn and leafess; at the outer
fringe Of the circle the damage was Of
similar character but less severe, due not
so much to the blast as to the flying frag-
ments of the shell that drove out on all
sides with mighty force. The crater meas
ured sixty feet across and twenty-five feet
deep.
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to weigh more. With more complete data
at hand the ordnance experts who designed
the 1000 pound bomb were able to come
closer to the mark.
Heavy Wall Bomb Meant
For Piercing Armor Plate
In addition to the demolition bombs of
the thin wall variety there has been de-
veloped an LOO pound heavy wall bomb
intended to pierce armor plate before the
detonation occurs. This bomb. because of
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ploson there will be no injury. The oper
alton is observed by means of periscopes
while the tinkering is done with wrenches
and screwdrivers with long handles to
them, stuck through holes in the shelter.
It would be possible for bomb to go off
under these circumstances without so much
as scratching the thumb of the man who
is taking it apart. 1t has happened many
times.
The New York herald., 1921-07-24

Picture oval shows explosion of
bomb BeowDemolon bombs ranging from
The largest of this perfected weighs
being drawn for that will weigh