Show ul WAR DOWN 8 C DEF first to the united states tamed turned lawn dr auntry ck Gerau many uly ajr jurod horrible Uca truo TI instrument bromn a military one the greatest at ot the eu it WAT war hi the sexteen inch gun d by the germane germans which hae had oce eded la in the strong t defenses ittai human agency ban n able to construct louis louls a german rest tat lit of chicago Is I 1 said ld to have n anted the new now gerham stege 1 gun id shall used with euch such disi alte its arafat the and h in the present 0 oh lea cavo in volition invention Is eald sald to to 9 iwen been rejected acted by the united atoa tea government except for or coast after a arlee series of tests held hold sandy hook station 1898 the Ju juventon Is eald said to to taken his wa device to Ger juray 4 later to hare hats sold it to the roppe gathmann was at one time cou doted ed with northwestern university d to Is sidd to have a invented the shortly before toe the spanish rican war the first shella hell were m 4 in an a mail small chicago machine op later the U statha gov amt appropriated tit the invent InTe nUon on and a special airee tea atac bWl its wW diac neter pounds than guncotton or nitroglycerine th the eus a were four our feet et long and built ba 11 it two which were screw together in tho the tests at bandy sandy i i the projectiles project were ere 1 lly ly hurled twelve mileo it a till still too early to base gener predictions predl cUon concerning the war in future upon the engagements the present groat eifle I 1 say says a berlin Vre prediction diction however ho does seem a lily justified already it to IA chak i day of the fo etress hs has passed now 43 42 centimeter 16 1 8 9 inch 0 gua go g o of the tho german force foro ap afe to hare have demonstrated aall to demol toh the artl occa eveir ever made plarea Pl urea at of the tho ot of llego liege bear striking to the power of this new n A eingle single projectile demolished ariy terly valla of reinforced camack i teet steel fapp open pan teel steel towers i tilled the ilam I lam upon the farea caera athla new now eloite fun gun haa has been bean the arlee vt the war it ho had been beet ty aaser aasted ted that no nation I 1 any amy military lecreta mat are I 1 in pcS elou of 0 all mill other tm im at nations oa but eventa events hare have ared od not only that ahe he this terrible weapon waa was not own a to foreign na nat loas tiona but that tbt ly a number 14 high cat army off fals thomA thea elrea solves had enuch at baru ot of it A 4 member the rekha tag rhobe name ta is not x n is quoted as follo tollow ii in a ramn paper the acl fact that the german aral euch such a gun sun waa was ce a flu rise to th the germans 86 a to iggers for or le its C lore ture aero kept ecret fc aa as the elt 1100 domand so that even id a auty a limited number ow W about it when the finished od all waa ready to sin in the of the new now un a the problem prem ked it it making jahs won derbut work of 0 ar r without attracting ny on idore aln forty oft ilcken leers darll lod ted in n the preliminary daw 0 o D the a 0 the talt deot tor or tho the oil of too tho deet ot of the hem iea the subject of d armie arms waa was K hed bed ue the liend ol 01 the depart ca hat that tola part of the acot bo rot defeated at that time t the cicco of tho the seaske ho bo told 1 0 alt that 1 1 r bow row ow tt was i ft darU am tho the genii fai afaf be lo eald said had a tv rv vatch led that not net X word bo eald bout iet the matter aa in tho the budget |