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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-12-29
RODENTS DRINK SELVES
TO DEATH IN HOME BREW

BELLAIRE. Ohio. Dec. 29.-Local
imbibers of home brew are wonder
ing what to call tho stuff they have
been drinking.
A squad of prohibition officers raid
ed local place a few days ago.
They found a quantity Of mash. This
was emptied.
In the bottom of the barrel were
found four rats who are believed to
have drank themselves to death"
At any rate. the rodents were bloat-
ed, apparently. due to too much
beer. However, another theory ia
that they became intoxicated and
drowned.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-12-29
MOONSHlNERS ARE DIGGING
IN TO OUTWIT DRY AGENTS

Prohibition agents today reported
that liquor making under ground has
been adopted by bootleggers on 4
large scale as a method OF fooling
Government enforcement Officers.
One Of the largest stills Of this
officials said. which had q capacity
of $50 gallons. was built under
ground and was equipped with I'm.
mense boilers, water and gas con.
nections.
The still was located on . ranch
in Texas. After seizure dry officers
destroyed 5000 gallons Of mash.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-12-29

that we ought to treat the sailing OF
those Spanish torpedo catchers exactly
as a European power would the mob
ilizing OF a hostile army on Its
frontiers -
"As to yourself. have spoken to
the Secretary again and again about
you, and l can't help believing that
you will be given the command not
only of q ship, but of q squadron, as
soon as hostilities arise"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-12-29
WOMAN SHOOTS RIVAL
ON CROWDED STREET

NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 2s.-Mrs.
Jane Nassa- "a years Of age. shot by
Mrs. Josephine RIM. yesterday at 4
street corner I'm the French
section. was only slightly hurt.
n corset stay DETECTED the bullet
that struck her In tho chest. No
reason for the shooting could be
Learned from either.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-12-29
! |[CRIl1Y %!
Says the Only Time Some Wives See Their
Parlor Is When They Pass Through It
on Their Way Out to Sweep
the Front Porch.
Rv John p Medbury.

en-, but most wives have to take .
stOp-Over In tho kitchen.
He promises to go through fire
and water for her, but she's the
one who brings up, the coal and
does the washing.
Of course, some mon don't believe
In letting their wives spend all
day washing. No; they let her do
part OF It in tho evening.
Before q woman gets married
she ought to realize the step she's
taking. It's only little walk
from her mothers parlor to her
husbands kitchen.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-12-29

are all wrong. They keep their
wives In the dark half of the time
and in the kitchen the rest.
The average man thinks of moth
ing but cake, pie, biscuits and bread.
He likes his wife to talk to him. but
he wants her to Say it with flour"
They no sooner leave the altar
than he wants her to 60 home and
put an apron on.
Most Of the time only one of them
takes q honeymoon. He takes 1t be-
cause he's the only one who's not
working.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-12-29
Chinese to Speak In Forum.

e. X. Moy. director Of the China
Trade Bureau. will speak at the forum
OF the National Council for the Limita-
ton Of Armaments, this after
noon at 4:45 o'clock. His subject will
be South China and the Conference"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-12-29
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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-12-29

When a guy Is counting you he
builds an air bungalow for you and
leaves the kitchen out.
He tells you you won't tit any
place but In the parl0r, but after
tho marriage you discover his
measurements were wrong.
The only time you see the parlor
II when you past through It on
your way out to sweep the front
porch.
Somc husbands expect you to
Look as beautiful in their kitchen
as you did In your mothers living
room.
They seem to forget that you're
the same act with different set
ting.
You can't make the same picture
at q sink as you can at q piano.
You may be q good singer, but II
you haven't any range he'll buy
you one.
The average husband is nothing
but an impresario anyway; he'S just
hunting up new talent for his
kitchen.
Some mon would like TO change
the marriage vows. They'd Nike to
have . woman swear to Love, honor
and have the wash out on the line
by 10 o'clock every Monday"
A married couple IL generally
called a pair, but the husband often
turns out to be lemon.
fCopyright. 1921. Premier Syndicate. Ino
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-12-29

A married couple IL generally
called a pair, but the husband often
turns out to be lemon.
1921. Premier Syndicate. Ino.]
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-12-29

The average husband is nothing
but an impresario anyway; he'S just
hunting up new talent for his
kitchen.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-12-29

When a guy Is counting you he
builds an air bungalow for you and
leaves the kitchen out.
The New York herald., 1921-04-17
Superweapons in France
French Cannon, Planes and Tanks Far Surpass
Those Used in Great War Q

stored away in the Governments arsenals
awaiting the emergency which the whole
world hopes may never arrive. But above
all. let none believe that France is relying
solely on her alliances. She Is awake! She
is ready for the future and willing to trust
to the ingenuity If her patriots to save her
from any aggression which may arise.
From a humanitarian point of view the
signing of the armistice bringing an end
10 the world war was very acceptable.
not only to the defeated Germans but to
the victorious Allies as well. From a mill
tary point OF view the armistice was really
less vital to the French than TO some OF
the other armies. Contrary to the popular
upposltion-fomented perhaps by German
paganda-France was not "bled white !
With plenty of fight left in her and a
highly organized organization of munitions
manufacture back of her, France was pre-
pared to battle on for years II need be.
Probably at no time during the five
years was France so well equipped to
carry on the fight as in November, 1918.
with the submarine becoming less and less
effective in blocking shipments Of supplies
France was sure II a steady stream OF war
The New York herald., 1921-04-17
The Aerial Torpedo Becomes
A Weapon of Great Importance

The aerial torpedo was being developed by
England in 1918. OF course to-day this
weapon Is fact; IL war Of Powers broke
ont again tomorrow the aerial torpedo
would be as great factor in naval combat
as the aerial bomb was on the western
front. The British Air Service has already
conducted extensive and successful expert
ments with the aerial torpedo In 1918 the
British felt that this weapon would be
powerful arm In its naval supremacy. Its
possibilities as seen then were beyond com
putation. Sir Percy scott. the retired AL
mra who leads the agitation here against
tie capital ship idea, insisted IN recent
letter 10 the Times that II was possible to
build n submarine torpedo carrying ton
OF INT. but the Air Ministry foresaw two
years ago that II an airplane could carry
one ton bomb which Its "v' and 90"
planes could do. seaplanc could carry a
one ton torpedo.
Britain's naval secrets are just as closely
guarded to-day as they were during the de-
velopmcntS after the battle of Jutland The
successful attempt made last year 10 torpedo
all the battleships az Portsmouth with the
aerial torpedo made in mock warfare after
warning had actually been given TO the Ad-
mra was sufficient in itself TO show the
power that this weapon might have attained
il the war had lasted. G. Holt Thomas one
OF the pioneer authorities on British avia.
ton, has felt for long time that It Is pos
sible to build an airplane that will carry n
ten ton bomb and he was thinking along
these lines at the time of the armlstlce.
At the Portsmouth manGuvres the planes
came very low over the water to fire their
torpedoes. which would have been fatal In
actual warfare but since then there has
The New York herald., 1921-04-17
WEIGI1rT LBS.
RANGE Is 600 YDS.

OF "pillbox." The first class included sup
ply tanks fitted for almost every concev-
able purpose in the way of transportation.
They were not armored, but were intended
TO take the place of wheel and motor trans
port in terrain where trucks could not go.
They could carry supplies and ammunition,
establish telephone and telegraph communi-
cation and be used in building bridges by
driving one tank over another to fill bother
some gaps. All three classes of tanks were
larger than any that had ever crossed No
Mans Land Still the War Office is devel-
oping the tank on a wide scale and what
has been done since the armistice IS one
of Britain's military secrets.
Had the Germans waited they would
have learned something new about their
own game of throwing poison gas accord
ing to an official in the Chemical Research
Department of the War Office. Britain
was not only working on a new and deadlier
gas than any she had ever used, but had III
production an apparatus for projecting this
gas than any she had ever used but had In
direction of the wind would not have been
n factor in its success. With this protector
gas. irrespective Of the wind. With this
work at several times the distance 1t was
effective during the war, and could nave
overwhelmed second line defence positions.
The protector, IL is admitted now, has moth
ing TO do with bomb. but otherwise II Is
being kept secret.
There was also plan under development
Ia kill enemy troops by electricity, but all
details Of this scheme have been carefully
guarded The man who made this revela-
tion asked, when scepticism was expressed.
il il were not fact that lightning might
be deadly.
In this connection THE New YeRK HERALD
Is also informed that the British had per-
fected a scheme for exploding enemy ammu-
r;tion dumps far behind the lines by means
OF electrical waves. This was the develop
ment Of a theory brought to England by
continental inventor. The theory itself
proved only starting point, but an English
inventor, by passing the violet rays through
a silinium screen, obtained success. The
only reason which prevented the British
from putting this into actual use before the
armistice was the difficulty Of erecting
high power electric generating stations close
enough to the front lines The English in
ventor is now applying his principle to make
possible audible moving pictures.
The New York herald., 1921-04-17
THE RACE OF THE NATIONS TO BE "READY" (

they hoped but admittedly a slow one.
Trenches would still be used, but there
would be more frequent meetings in the
open. Tanks, accordingly, were to their
judgment the ideal weapon.
What was required was a tank that had
all the qualities of an automobile, speed
ease of control and dependability, but with
that an armor covering, and what Is more
important, the ability TO pass any obstacles
met in the rapid chase of an enemy. Tanks
up TO that time had been limited to either
the heavy models so much favored by the
British, or the small light weight but
speedy whippets which followed French
infantry into action. Neither had been
success in engagements which were more
than a purely local attack. They lacked
one great advantage, mobility. and must
necessarily halt at any large body of water
over which bridges had been destroyed.
A model of char d'dssdut upon which
French engineers were concentrating dur
ing the late summer and fall of 1918 was
a type of land submarine mounted on Cater
pillar tractors which could go anywhere
and overcome the obstacles Of the ordinary
western front terrain. Several models
we're actually made and tested in the Seine
just Il few weeks before the armistice, anu
while not the complete and perfect ma
chimes sought by the designers, they showed
promise of being eventually a success.
Upon approaching a small, shallow
stream the operator and his assistant. who
were the sole occupant of this latest ma
chine of war, closed the matches and put
in place a periscopelike attachment which
served as an outlet for the exhaust All
this could be done without halting the tank.
and as 1t came to the bank of the stream
it plunged in and with the heavy cater
pillar treads gripping the river bottom
crawled to the opposite bank and out
again.
The New York herald., 1921-04-17

coast here of enormous concrete towers
being towed to sea by tugs. These towers
were built in wartime several stories high,
with the intention of towing them by cou.
pies into sea lanes open to submarine at
tack and there sunk on each side and sup
porting a strong submarine net They were
not quite ready in November, 1918, but they
have now been sunk at different points
along the southern coast and are being used
as lighthouses. After they were settled on
bases previously prepared by divers con-
crete was poured through great shafts run
ming along the side of the towers and de-
posting it on the sea bed, thus anchoring
the towers permanently.
A new development of these proposed
submarine nets was the floating magnet
suspended on a cable between two monitors.
When a submarine came within the vicinity
of magnet its course would be diverted
and its presence automatically signalled to
the monitors. which by converging on the
diver could then destroy IT, These magnets
were in actual use on the Belgian coast
before the war ended.
Bombproof Roofs Proposed
For Protection of DockyardS
The roofing in OF harbors to make them
bombproof was simple and natural de-
yelopment considered in 1918. Men were
called off work by air raid alarms and much
time was lost 1t is admitted that It would
be impracticable to roof In harbor ike
Dover. but the scheme could well apply to
dockyards and piers.
Britain also had a long range gun the
time of the armistice. 1t was perfected by
Vickers and could have bombarded points
on the Belgian coast from Kent or Essex,
but its utility was questioned because II
could only have been directed against troops
and the effect on enemy morale would not
have been the same as on a civilian popu-
letion.
Scientists during wartime were also
neutrality-suspicious. dreaming Is the word-
of the deadly power Of what might he de-
veloped from the principle of the N-ray.
They argued that by hypothesis there was
no limit TO the radius of N-ray and felt
that il might he made terrible offensive
and defensive weapon with troops en-
trenched so near each other as they were
in the war.
But Of many Of these war inventions
one now only hears utterances OF dissatis-
faction of inventors with their treatment by
various Government departments. Under
the British code the successful inventors OF
tools of warfare are not allowed TO talK
about their work, and many new devices
which would be of interest to the public
cannot he revealed owing to the stringency
of the official secret act.
The New York herald., 1921-04-17
Feasibility of Flying Warship
No Longer Is Held in Doubt

There has been much discussion by
eminent authorities using newspapers for
airing their views, as to feasibility OF
fying warship. THE HERALD now learns
or the best of authority that this Is no idle
dream During the war proposals were
made to the Admiralty and designs were
completed under which the Swift class OF
torpedo boat destroyers, Of 5000 tons,
could be fitted with steel wings, making
them auxiliary flying boats. Under the
theory the boat could rise from the water,
fly for considerable distances at high rate
of speed and set down again In the water
for sailing. 1t was conceived that Ostend,
for instance could have been attacked from
the air by boat rising from the harbor
In this connection Howard Holroyde,
Australian inventor, laid before the Ad-
miralty during the war designs and specih-
cations for 10000 horse power flying
man-o'-war. He planned to fit the machine
with a compound explosive power generator
ard a reversing turbine. The ship was
designed to sail on the water and fly In the
air. Government experts who investigated
this machine stated in their reports that
there were no technical reasons why such a
machine should not be practical success.
Mr.. Holroyde estimated 1t could generate
power for thirty days flight
In 1918 Britain was developing the
coastal motor boat as n torpedo discharging
vessel. planning ship sixty feet long,
carrying four torpedo tubes and travelling
AT a rate of eighty miles an hour. This
fact Is now revealed by Commander Ken
worthy in his argument against the capital
ship Much OF the British success along the
Belgian coast and the Italian success in
the Adriatic was achieved by small and
speedy motor vessels.
One of the most curious postwar revela-
tions by Britain was the appearance off the
The New York herald., 1921-04-17

been perfected system for lowering the
torpedoes from the airplanes by electrified
cable and upon touching the water they get
under way and are directed by wireless.
In British air circles il Is strongly felt
that the future warfare will depend largely
upon aerial torpedoes for naval use and
heavy guns, as high as twelve FOUNDERS,
for land attack. At the time of the armls-
tce Britain had guns mounted on planes TO
throw projectile five miles, according to
well known air service official. He says
il Is feasible to-day TO lombard London
from an airplane over Gravesend. Two
years ago the British were beginning TO be
convinced OF the uncertainty OF aerial
bombs and the higher efficiency OF heavy
aerial guns. They had then developed q
non-recoil aircraft gun.
The New York herald., 1921-04-17
Continued from Preceding Page

more schemes. both developments of old
IDEAS and new inventions, for crushing the
enemy had the war lasted but little time
longer" At the armistice there was great
deal left up the sleeve of the tired arm of
John Bull. 1t is now possible to state that
the British War Office was fairly swamped
with inventions. and they were being ac-
cepted and passed at relatively greater
speed than at any time during the five
previous years Much OF the official secrecy
prevailing at the time is still insisted upon,
England has done less talking in this re-
spect than any of her allies, but she was
none the less active. This policy explains
why many of her most serious plans for
carrying on the war have never been made
public, and many of these never will as
long as Germany is quibbling about repara-
lions, as long as the Bolsheviks threaten
Mesopotama and as long as there is a naval
building race among Powers Secrecy has
always been one of the highest virtues of
Britain's claim to world strength, and she
zealously guards to-day what might come In
handy tomorrow
Time has antiquated some of Englands
improved war ideas and others have been
made less important by peace progress. OF
still others only hints and suggestions are
available. Any survey Of England's war
inventions that were never applied must
necessarily be incomplete because OF the
British reticence But some important rev.
eations are now possible
Orders had been issued, to be carried out
November Z, for a flight of superairplanes
"a flight is usually six planes-to depart
on mission to bomb Berlin. With the
preparations complete the machines did not
leave on schedule. The official excuse given
was that mechanical trouble had developed
and the voyage was postponed for week.
BY that time the war was over Perhaps
the abdcation of Kaiser Wilhelm on the 7th
had more 10 do with the change in, plans
than mechanical trouble, but the ships were
there and waiting and if the tide OF the
lighting had turned less quickly the appear
ance of these aerial monsters over Berlin
would unquestionaby have been tremen-
dous blow TO the German morale.
The New York herald., 1921-04-17
French Boy Invents Weapon
On Principles of the Skyrcckei

In the air. French experts realized the
importance Of maintaining supremacy. once
semi-open fighting developed. Realizing
that the French airplancs were as speedy
rs any possessed by any of the fighting
forces attention was directed rather TO of
fenslvc weapons with which the French
airmcn could lessen the number Of enemy
craft
4 Paris youth. still attending school when
the armisticc ended fighting, was respon.
sible for new and most economical
weapon. which hy the end Of 1918 would
have been at the disposition Of not only the
French but every Allied air fighter. Adopt
ing from the Chinese makers OF pyrotech-
MICS the ideas of the skyrocket and Roman
candles he constructed combination of
the two which could he launched against