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THE BROWNWOOD DAILY BULLETIN. BROWNWOOD TEXA8t jFBIDAY APRIL 7 1916.
1 HUME CATAPULT 1 Nil ill
j ' IMS Of fl I II 11
.Seaplanes Are Shot From
Deck of Cruiser and Rise
While Vessel Is Going
at Full Speed.
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By ROBERT G. SKERRETT
In .the Scientific American.'
l YEN the layman knows today
that air craft have materially.
altered the problems of military
strategy. He knows that they
have done this by reason of their abil-
ity to speed about aloft and to watch
"With measurable safety the movements
of a foe and the distribution and kinds
of forces at his command. In short
the aeroplane has permitted spying
from high in the air.
Just what has thus been done for
armies in the field will in the near fu-
ture be done for battle fleets or squad-
rons. The naval ar pilot "Will become
an invaluable aid to an admiral in
planning how best to meet his foe or
how if that be the wiser course to
avold an engagement with the enemy's
fighting ships. All of this may sound
yrarU-si i t the Scientific American
THE SEAPLANE LAUNCHING
trite but such Is not the fact among
fen familiar with the limitations im-
pesed upon aaval aviation until of late
'ahe seaplane as a naval scout should
be able to operate from jn moving ship
jp a base and to do this with much
tjic same indifference to the state of
tjae weather as Its fellow in the mili-
tary service starting aloft from the
gfound. Otherwise Its nautical useful-
ness would in no way be comparable
With that so splendidly discharged by
ir craft In the artsy. -The stumbling
block has been very largely the sea
j pane's inability to get a start from
rough waters. The sturdiest of them
are able to land upon something of a
troubled sea but their pontoons do not
ipermlt them to gain sufficient speed
tender those circumstances to insure
'the take-off for a flight Therefore.
ven though they might be put. over-
. board safely In the tee of a ship It
has not been possible except under
rthe most favorable condition of the
(water to get them away In flight
But this difficulty has been sur-
xsounted here thanks to the initial
!-work of Captain Washington I. Cham-
bers U. S N. who gave us the idea
of a catapult launching apparatus for
naval air craft. As a practical naval
man this ofilccr realized that no fight-
ing ship could afford to be encumbered
with long launching platforms such as
were tried first here and then exper)
mented with abroad. lie knew that
space must be economized and the :
sweep of guns uninterrupted. There
i a u;'ii.u
fore he conceived a short run cnta j
pulting railway that could be quickly
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Navy Department Expects to
Maintain Air Craft With the
Fleetsat All Times Sec
retary Daniels Says.
erected and Just as rapidly disman-
tled and stored away. Ills first ap-
paratus was tested over three years
ago ap the Washington navy yard and
as an outcome of those promising ex
perlments a new machine was design
ed and sent to the aeronautic station
nt Pensacola Fin.
There It was Installed nt the start
upon a coal barge and thoroughly trletl
out As a result of Its success the
apparatus was removed and placed
permanently aboard the U. S. S. North
Carolina. It is from this ship that
seaplanes have repeatedly been launch-
ed in the past few weeks in the open
sea and with the nrmored.'crulser un-
der way. Despite the fact that one of
the older and heaviest of the service
aeroplanes has been used In these
trials the catapult has answered ad-
mirably and has taken care of the load
imposed upon It again and again. This
MECHANISM USED ON THE UNITED
NORTH CAROLINA.
point is suggestive becaase the weight
factor may be taken to represent either
a long range scout or a lighter seaplane
equipped with bomb dropping appa-
ratus. In principle the launching device con-
sists fundamentally of a car propelled
along a narrow gatige track. Upon this
car reRts the seaplane and the nlr craft
Is. secured to the vehicle until the lat-
ter reaches the einl of the runway.
When the car stops the seaplane Is
automatically released and the ac-
quired Inertia suffices to sustain the
flying machine until Its propellers are
able to provide the necessary propul
slve effort As a ruje. however the
aircraft's motors will be speeded up
to this point by tho time the end of the
track is reached. The method of op
erating is as follows: The plane Is lift
ed on to the car and secured to If then
the motors are set going but not nt
full speed. This Is accelerated after J
the catapultlug begins. The nvlator
takes his seat In his craft and when
everything Is In readiness the car with
Its load. Is drawn along the irack nt nn
Increasing rate. This gathering mo-
mentum is so nicely controlled that a
velocity of about fifty miles an hour
Is ntalned by the time the aeroplane is
cast loose from the car. The car Is
brought to a standstill a very few sec-
onds later.
Originally the truck was sent over
board nt the end of its run. but In
service aboard a ship under way nt sea
this would be undesirable because it
iij la iruuiu ww - .
would be necessary either to stop or
slacken speed In order to haul the car
CRUISER NORTH CAROLINA
MOTHER OF OUR SEAPLANES
"Although the navy had
very little to start with in
building" up its aviation serv-
ice only four aviators and
four machines of an unsatis-
factory type the work of im-
proving the service has gone
ahead steadily during the last
two years" said Secretary of
the Navy Daniels the other
day. "The cruiser North Car-
olina has been fitted up as a
mother ship for sea planes
with a special launching de-
vice on her deck. She has
gone to join the fleet and the
navy department expects here-
after to be able to maintain
aeroplanes with the fleet at
all times."
5fc
aboard even If It were held by a line
Clearly It wouM bo Impracticable to
abandon the truck and to hold lu re-
serve any number of them. The mo
tlvo power employed for moving and
speeding up the catapult enr Is com
pressed air.. By means of a throttle
worked by a cam the air impulse Is
progressively Increased upon tho op-
STATES ARMORED CRUISER
eratlve piston or plunger which func-
tions the wire rope purchase by which
the truck Is pulled during its compare
tlvely short run of something less than
fifty feet The actual stroke of the
piston Is in the neighborhood of one
Inch for each foot of advance on the
part of the truck the turns of the wire
rope over pulleys serving to produce
this multiplication of movement The
air required by the catupult Is supplied
from tho torpedo air service of the
cruiser and at a pressure of something
like 300 pounds per square inch. -
The runway Is made up of light steel
angle Iron and raised only three feet
or so above the ship's deck to which
the structure Is secured by attach-
ments that can be quickly released
when it Is desired to dismount the ap-
paratus. The aviator Ls not Jarred
during the acceleration of the car and
the Ann! catapulting of the seaplane
The only sensation on the part of the
pilot Is like that due to a sudden blast
of air In the fa'e. The trials so far
have been conducted with the North
Carolina Steaming along at crulslnu
it peed.
A scout cruiser is capnblo of cover
ing a visual front of but twenty miles
under favorable conditions of the at
mosphere. An air scout 4.000 fcef
aloft enn observe ships seventy mile!-
wny! There ls no teed of P1uborat
Ing upon the strategic advantage ob
talned by tho use of scouting sea
planes. It ls just this widened field or
a ...... w... - - - -
observation winch the aecopiaue cat
apult makes possible.
need
Fi
IVERSAL
TRAINING FORIARMY
Conference Held In Spokane Adopts
Resolutions for Uslrersal
Service.
SPOKANE Wash. April T. Resolu-
tions favoring universal military train-
ing as the only means of securing
adequate dependable just and demo-
cratic defense were adopted unanim-
ously by delegates to the Northwest
Preparedness conference In Spokane
this week. Leading citizens of the
state of Washington Oregon. Idaho
Montana and Wyoming attended the
1 rtnfrtriTifn
"Compulsory training of the cwwt-
try's' youth" reads the resolution.
. "wfll tuntl powerfully to the coirec-
; tion .of grave evils anil make Jour
: people more efficient in ali tiie jln-
dustrles and arts of peace. .We.pjacr-
. it- first therefore In the consider! jidn
of plans of. national defense jnd
j failing ilfat. we 'are for the strength-:
ened means of defense recomweiide I
by. the country's ablest military -jand
naval authorities as they have tsti-
i fied before the committees i of the
f senate and the house. To their plans
j ami. their counsel we will cheerfkilly
I yield' our local Interests everywhere. J
"TIq Chamberlain bill from the sen (
atd committee follows closely the 'rec- j
: ommendatlons of the country's duly
.constituted military advisers... It -
. should be adopted and. we call upon J
j the senators and representatives from I
i the five states sending delegates to
'this convention to support it with
their voice vote and influence.
j We believe that ample supplies -of
j nitrogen and potash are an essential
; part of the preparedness of the Vnitr
! ed States to meet the emergency that
would be created by war and a com-
; prehenslve plan for conducting exper-
iments and doing the other things nec-
essary to develop these industries In
! our own country must be an essential
I part of a road plan for industrial and
: military preparedness
j "We call upon congress and the
president to give this endangered na-
tion a modern and well-balanced navy
with shops enough to guard the long
Pacific front without Impairing the
fleet that will always be needed to
guard the long Atlantic front."
First Hale of fleoa Health.
All schools of medicine agree that
it Is necessary to keep the bowels op-
en and regular If one "wishes to en
joy good fteaitn. ylndIgestlon poisons:
the system and Invites disease. Foley
Cathartic Tablets cleanse the bowels
i . . .
without griping or nausea banl3h
bloa.ting( sweeten the stomach and
invigorate the liver. Catnp-BtH Drug
Company.
W. S. COOK UNDERTAKING CO.
17 Drews St
Four Barbers at Norwood Bros
THIRTEEN MILLION
MEN LOST DURING
16 .MONTHS OF WAR
WASHINGTON April 7. Official
information of tho general staff of
the United State as to European war
losses up to Jan. 1 1916 was trans-
mitted to Senator McCumber oy Gen.
CEO. ALLE
Tne House KeiiaDiemmw
OMest aad largest PIANO and
MUSIC HOUSE in th SoutbwMt.
Sheet Music. MimIc Beaks. VteHM.
Oultars Strings Atuskat Merchan-
dise etc. Write for cataMr. Ask for
our free book of 82 Old Time.
Sob ira words and naftic coaaplete.
"V.WSanAneiloJixas:
AVOR
UN
if! all the advertising always "paid
every tinie it appeared the newspa-
pers could not print all that would be
offered them. .
all news that is printed by newspa-
pers is not always read by all readers.
It has got to be interesting very in-
terestingto be read by everybody.
so it is with advertising it must
strike a human chord touch a human
to get results.
i
Hugh L. Scott Senator McCumber
obtained theh figures for use in a
speech. The estimates follow:
losses. In Xea.
France (estimated
killed)
Germany (estimated
killed)
Austria-Hungary . .
800000
2000000
580000 .
..2500000
.........2000000
l.ooo.ooo :
Russia (estimated
killed); . ;
Great Britain
5000000
620000
175000
1228000
Italy .
Servia .j .
Belgium 160000
Turkey
. . i 350000
r
Total j. 13033000
General Scott points out that since
last; August- the war college has re-
ceived njo official list of casualties
from ant government except the Brit-
ish. J
Estimates of Expenditures.
England . ...... $14000000000
France . .. ' 75o6.000.000
uermany
S;0060QO.0OG
. 5500000000
..V.... 4500000000
Austria
Italy .
Tbul
:S39.5Obt00O.O00'
Lokc in 3a val Vessel
j Number J
Number
Rallies.
... 9
.17
. .'. .. 5
...13
... S
. . . 7
... 1
; Central !
powers.
Battleships.
3
29
. 17
15
10
14
o
13
103
CruTser
Gunboats
Submarines
Destroyers ;:
Torpedo .boats
Mine layers.
Armed lners. ;
. 1
Totals
.67
Information for Women.
Housework Is trying on health and
strength. Women are- as inclined to
kidney and bladder trouble as men.
Aching back-stiff joints and muscles
blurred vision puffiness under eyes
should be given prompt attention.
Foley Kidney Pills restore healthy
action to irritated kidneys and blad-
der. Camp-Bell Drug Co.
Four Barbers at Norwood Bros.
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CENTER OF STORM
CGoraaii Hetorts Hotly to Alleged
Attempts ef Yolsateers te 'Ce-
erce Him Ir Voting.
WASHINGTON April 7. After an-
other day of debate the senate reJected the Lee amendment to the
'Chamberlain army reorganization bill
TVhlch would strike out the provision
relating to the federal volunteer army.
The vote was 36 to 34. Senator Cham-
berlain thereupon served notice that
he would make a fight tomorrow to
have the senate start night sessions in
order to rush tha bill through. Lead-
Charcoal!
The Best on the Market.
Just received a large
quanity. Phone usyour
orders i
KEITH'S WOOD YARD
PHONE 570
BHD
-Evening Journal
ers declare the passage of the billr is
now assured.
Senator 'Gorman of New York hot-
ly retorted to the attempts of the na-
tional guard to "coerce" him inta vot-
ing against the federal volunteer ar-
my. Senator Chamberlain chairman of
the military affairs committee sub-
mitted 360 telegrams from all parts
of the country urging adoption of the
federal volunteer army plan. Sena-
tor Reed of Missouri charged that
many of the telegrams came from
the same source and revealed a lob-
by trying to influence legislation in
the direction of the federal volunteer
army.
Senator Gallinger the republican
leader pleaded for the volunteer ar-
my and denounced efforts of southern
senators to raise the race Issue
against it on the ground that attempts
might be made to organize negro
regiments in the south.
Senator Townsend of Michigan and
Senator OHver of Pennsylvania made
speeches supporting the federal vol-
unteer army. Senator Lee of Mary-
j land renewed his attack against it.
WEAK AILING CHILDREN
Made Well and
Strom:
by Simple-
Remedy.
Here is another letter that has
just come to our attention showing
the power of Vfnoi to build up health
and strength for weak puny ailing
children.. .
W. A Smith of ShanesvUIe. Ohio
says: "My little child was puny
weak and ailing could not rest at
night and would not eat. I learned
about Vino and tried it and within a
week noticed an improvement The
child's appetite improved it slept well
strength and health were soon built
up. We think Vinol Is excellent for
weak puny children.'
Vinol is a delicious cod liver and
iron tonic without oil containing beef
peptone which creates an appetite
tones up the digestive organs en-
riches the blood and creates strength
children love to take it.
We ask all parents of weak sick-"
ly delicate children in this vicinity t
try Vinol with the understanding that
we will return your money if it fails
to benefit your little ones. Renfro- "
McMinn Drug Co.
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