Evening journal., 1922-10-07
new GUN HURLS
SHOT 26 MILES
Projectile Exploding on
Touching Airplane Wing
Tested at Aberdeen
VAR? NEVER AGAIN,
SAY SIGHT SEERS

At Aberdeen Proving GROUNDS yes
erday men who could look back ant
mile at war horrors as experienced
n the trenches in Flanders were hor
dfied at demonstration of possibll'
ties in another conflict.
And. muttered many a veteran
Never again.
a great gun, the detonation Of
which wrathfully shook the ground
lent a projectile weighing more than
ton through space to tear up rhe
rround &c miles away. From an air
)lane circling overhead a bomb
reighing 1000 pounds was dropped
md made a crater 40 feet wide and
Il feet deep. Tanks. directed by
mdio, blundered over obstacles and
through barricades. In their paths
rere left only, crushed things and
Ifeless.
II was a grand day. So said all
he professional military men, con-
rratulating themselves on the prog
'ess they have made since the World
Mar And the visitors, civilians and
Government officers agreed-with
ihattering teeth. II was resolved,
Without a dissenting vote. that the
iext war will be frightful in the ex-
rene
Members OF the Army Ordnance
association, American Society OF
Mechanical Engineers and the So
hety OF Automotive Engineers were
present to witness the demonstration
Y fuses, guns, great and small;
lOr,1hc afrr11r0c of,d
ION cars.
After the mighty 16-inch gun had
,een loaded and It's long, business
Ike nose elevated toward the skies,
here was a dash and a booming.
rxpectant eyes looked upward. But
he projectile, weighing more than a
on. was on its way, unseen by those
Who heard It's going. II was the one
hat rent the ground 26 miles away
Then the announcer informed the
arge gallery that It was to board the
pecial train and visit the water
ront. where a demonstration OF a
nachine-gun barrage was 70 be
riven. When the barrage was laid
lown 1t could be followed easily, as
;ny riffs in the water appeared.
Guns OF French. English, German
md American make figured in the
exhibitions. French 75s, machine
funs, rifles. small arms-in fact. |
guns and guns" would best describe |
he array brought out for the dem |
,nstrations. The air was pungent
rith powder smoke and the dust
nised by the huge 1855.
D.,rfro IN. f..ff.
ng Of the guns the drone OF an air
,lane was heard above. Everyone
boxed up. A large Handley-Page.
Equipped with one 1000 pound and |
wo 600-pound bombs and a crew of |
light men. was directly overhead at
IN altitude OF 5000 feet.
A tiny object was seen to leave
he bottom OF the plane. Many
fasped TITS a bomb; It will strike
lear us" The bomb did strike, but /
more than a mile away, with a roar |
ind flash easily discernible.
Immediately afterward another |
,omb was dropped with equal re-
nlts. Then the crowd awaited anxi- 4
'usly for the moment when the 1000 /
round bomb should start upon its
leadly mission.
There she goes" went up from
he crowd, and the huge. futed aerial
orredo was on its way After II
rrucs inspection showed that a road /
eaeine TO the main range had been
.eetc9yca by the bomb. A crater 40 /
ksf wide nd II feet deep was open
h rn. AZ The bottom a tiny spring
'egen 20 trickle and hll up the
round
Then sho tanfs were hauled out.
zig ones and little ones, they raced
III over tho pace. One general
vas heard 40 remark that II re-
blinded him of The Old riding school.
little tanks raced around their more
londerous, heavy armored brothers.
one novel tank was equipped with a
which provided motive
,ower for it and at the same time.
through the medium Of a cable. pro-
nded electrical power for another
nnk of equal size. upon which was
mounted a 75-millimeter gun.
Tanks directed by radio, were
and guns mounted
lpon the tanks were fired as thew
smbled over the rough earth. One ,
ank was equally at home upon land
md water.
After dark. at the main front"
nachine-gun fire. with tracer bullets.
vas demonstrated, and guns of va
1ous sizes fired with smokeless ana
lashless powder.
Following these firing exhibitions
he aviation field was again the stage
Here everything was Illuminated by
ioodlghts and number of aircraft
we're soon sent into the air, to dis
lppear in the gloom outside the
ighted area.
Ground signals were fred TO the
nrcling aircraft and answers were
made in the shape OF pyrotechnics OF
arious kinds. Red stars, white clus-
ers and flares illuminated the
leavens and reminded many OF the
lights at the front in 1913. After
his display the planes landed and
hen there was grand rush for the
rain back to town. The day was
in the way OF accidents.
hough II proved terrible in It's
'mens.
MRS. A. NJ. FREDERICK DEAD.
Due TO paralytic stroke, Mrs.
lice NJ Frederick. widow Of Chris
Ian Frederick, died yesterday at
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