.The Omaha Sunday
Dirigibles
Bee, Magazine Page I
of Death
New and Terrible
Devices by Which
Science Is Adding New
Terrors to the Coming
War in the Air
NEWrdovlcos have, been Intro
duced 'into European armies
which will make aorlal -war-faro
more tcrrlblo and complicated
than any form of-military science.
Airships are now painted llko
clouds to escape detection by tho
enemy. They Book covor behind
clouds. They attack by night and use
parachutes to light up tho enemy's
position, drop bombs and giro false
Information concerning their own
position.
Tho English army' authorities hare
planned a wonderful dirigible balloon
carrying a number of smaller craft,
Tory much as a steamship carries Its
lifeboats. Tho small cratt are fitted
with soarchllghts and bomb cham
bers and awing on davits on each
side of the great vessel.
The parent chip will bo manoeu
vred by her crew to a groat height
above the enemy's position, whefe
she will bo beyond effective observa
tion and the reach of shells.
Preferably the attack will be made
by night Tho parent ship will rer
lease one of the small eraft and
etoor it by wireless in tho direction-
of the enemy's position. Then a
change In tho rapidity of the wire
less Waves' will start a llttlo electric
parlt on the small craft that will
ignite a great acetylene searchlight
This will light up the enemy's posi
tion (or a, mile around and make it
as ckar as daylight to uw. watchers
In tie Kjrshlp. " '
Then another change' in the vlbra
tlefi of the wirele,; cirreii aas a
bomb will he released by the open
ing of a trap door. It.wlll fall down
wlth devastating effect on the sol
tMers and fortifications, below.
The snon below will have. , a poor
opportunity to aim at tho attacking
hip. Tho small craft' will not Indl
xeto oxactly the position of the
parent ship. Tho searchlight spread
ing' out over a great area will not
rovoal accurately tho spot from which
ft comes.
It will bo possible to steer. a small
craft back no 'the paront ship, but
von shoiild.-ono bo destroyed its loss
would be insignificant Tho effective
range ot one'of.theBe bomb-dropping
craft would -.bds about three -miles.
They wbuld weigh ninety to one hun
dred pounds each and carry two
bombs apiece. Tho system of
steering them would bo operated by
tneans ot a swivel beam attached to
tho front of the airship with two
motors attached to it
Anothorlarrangement has also been
perfected by which a parachute Is
- wsod by the parent ship in place of
a smaller craft This has tho ad
vantage of economy, aH the para
chute costs much loss than tho small
craft The parachuto is used both to
carry tombs and searchlights.
At 4,500 feet an airship moving
slowly can observe tho enemy on the
ground accurately, -and yot bo be
yond. tho range of grpund fire.
Above 4.G0O feet begin tho layers
of clouds which, can bo countod on
as rellablo cover, lasting until there
J8 decided chango of weather. At
5,000 feet occur the cumulus clouds,
producing, rain, hall and snow. At
C.000 feet nro tho strato-oumulus, or
fair weather clouds. From 10,000 to
16.000 feet range the cumulus-nltabus
own innbility to see the earth whoa
calling above such clouds.
Tho airship will lot down an ob
sorver In a basket through the cloud
until ho is able to see the earth. Aa
ho goos down ho will communicate
with his companions' in tho ship by
telephone, felling thorn whon ho has
dropped through tho clouds far
enough to boo tho earth, and finally
what, ho .sees. on tho earth. It may
be necessary to drop tho man in tho
basket two -or throo huridrod feot
Ho will be. quite invisible from tho
oarth. NoodleBs to say it will re
quire remarkable courago and self
possession for tho man In the banket
to porformhls: duties efficiently.
Tho aerial soldiers ot opposing1
By
Prof.
William
Maccabee.
clouds,
storms.
At 20,030 feet lie the cirro-cumulus
clouds, producing effect known as
a mackerel slrv. At nnnnn
This system was actually tested bT tho clrro-strnfn. in,i). ' ...j
fti !JSX !iLFar2.b,rufh'.!!DKan,d' ,J:E7!!?rsta,8 Wholhor serial warfare
will be carried into thia tAA -..i
is one of the Interesting problems ot
tho futuroj
Nimbus rain clonds at a height of
about 8,000 feet will afford tho most
perfect protection for airships wish-
ine neighborhood. An ingenl
" uiicjigcmeni nas Deer
planned whereby tho air
men can overcome their
tho othor day. Twice in the dark
ness of the night a balloon asconded
to a height ot about 1,500 feot and
each time it dropped a tin box some
two feot .lonf. Immediately a little
parachute attached to the device
opened and at the same moment log to conceal from the cnomv on
llttht n.1ilAk 1 - J 11.. .1. J. 1 j. uh U
camped beneath it
The parachute, like the small air
boat can bo guided by wiroless till
It lights up actually the area which
It is designed to see. Bombs may
be attached to tho parachute carry
ing the searchlight and released by
wireless. When the attackers desire
to effect tremendous destruction they
can steer other parachutes loaded
with bombs only to the lighted area.
Air navigation has now been de-
, iuvecu uuu a juLogunea oranca oi
j military science. It is cortalnly the
most perilous and. difficult of all, but
the appalling destruction and de
moralization which it may inflict
upon the terrestrial enemy seem to
make it worth all tho loss ot llto It
must entail.
In aerial warfare there will be as
many different typos of vessels as in
naval fleet most important part
of the new ucfenco is a knowledge of
the clouds and bow to use them as
cover. Borne clouds offer a practi
cally permanent protection, while
others aro only temporary.
Up to a height of 4,000 feet above
ground gunners trained to the work
can bit an air cratt. This wsi the
experience of the Bulgarian war. At
2.000 feet however,jlt is impossible
to recognize the color 'of an airship
and to distinguish between friend
and foe.
Within this range thero ore plenty
of shifting clouds In cloudy weather
which may be used as cover, but
they are more or less transient and
airmen using thpm must run the risk
ot being discovered and exposed to
artillery fire.
Dy vvmca K&mi&SBKy . -iIbIBP
port the Enemy'! Fori tienl" BpBBf?S
accompanying ' thunder-1 flHHHxV'
Ji v i,Vtsv-2f T. t' i?v . ,. vsssssm
A skillful air strategist will note the
whereabouts of a' distant aortal' ap
sides will have terrifying and deadly pononfnnd then fly above a black
encounters with one another. Hero rain cloiid until" ho has' tho enemy
again tho knowledge and use ot beneath him. Then ho will como
clouds will! be bf vital importance, crashing down through tho cloud
"The fighters (n the big air-"
ship will steer lay wireless
a parachutV bearing a
e?!urch-light until it. lights up the enemy's postiion.on earth
and then- they will rain down bombs upon thkir
' helpless victims.''
upon the unsuspecting foe :
Sometimes aerial opponents will
run against one anothorkunexpect
odly in thick cloud masses and then
will come a horrible corabal for eaoh
can. send the other to coram; death.
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nOVf THE STARS PROVE THAT V
JAPAN CAN NEVER WHIP AMERICA'
& CGORDIKQ to the revised and modern evil, vlco versa the influences of bqth are
U teachings ot tho science of planetary
lnfluonce, Jnpan would never benefit
by going to war with Uncle Sam, even should
Japan win, which is doubtful. That she could,
and might Inflict serious loss of life and prop
erty and causo no little annoyance Is reason
able to suppose.
But that some sort of trouble is In store
for both countries, particularly the United
States, Is very evident owing to the transit of
Saturn through tho sign Gemini, which la tho
ruling sign ot this country. Mars (the god of
war) entered the ruling Blgn of the United
States on July 29 and was In transit with tho
evil Saturn, and camo to a conjunction with
the latter on August 24. This was ominous,
and the conditions of tho time show It. They
remained bo until Mara loft the ruling sign
Gemini on September 15.
In December Mars will retrograde In tho sign
over the opposition placo ot the moon in the
Mikado's nativity .and will operate its evil in
fluence until' early In February, 1914. These
evil directions will bo detrimental-to tho Japs
and will bring about some sort of troublo and
more war talk.
The planet Mercury la tho ruling planet of
tt)e United States; tho' planet Venus rules
Japan. Both those planets are "friendly dis
posed," according to
astrological phraseolo
gy, and although Mer
cury Is convertible,
changeable that Is,
' with, the good it par
takes of .good; with the
always friendly.
The sign on the, seventh house In th horo-.
scope of the United States Js Saglttary:i-Thls
is Jupiter's domain, and indicates suoceks' and
fortune to America in all its' dealings!' with.
Foreign countries whether they bo friend or foe.
And this Is further vouched, for by the -stronger
testimony of Pisces also Jupiter's domain
on the mldheaven. But in tho horofiepp'o ot
Japan the influences are la no wise as fortunate
as in thoso of tho United States. Tho Japs' horo-
scope has Aries and Its ruler, Mars, In its sev
enth house house of enemies. Aries rules Eng
land, Germany and, according to this testimony
of astral lnfluonce, Japan would be more, likely;
to start a row with either or both ot thoBO
countries upon tho slightest pretext, or vlco
versa; and the sign Cancer on the mldheaven,
the house of tho moon, indicates ill success for
Japan in most ot Its dealing with foreign
countries. The moon's influence causes rest-'
lessness, discontent constant desire for
change and excitement, rash and useless un-.
dertaklngs, etc., which is to say that there is,
never any means ot knowing what tho wily
and discontented Jap may attempt. Ab a na
tion they aro 'bellovers In the occult Hence,,
knowing the preponderance of favorablo
planetary Influences In the horoscope ot Uncle
Sam, ns against the lesser fortunate astral In-
fluence In their own country's natal jflgure,
they may never get any nearer to a war than
a threat.
No other country on the face of the globe
has so fortunate a horoscope as the United
States.
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A New Type ot Airship That
Carries Smaller Bomb-Ladenj
Craft That Are Steered byl
Wireless.
ppyrtKht, mj. by th Star Company. Great Hrrfaln HlshU Reierv.ea.