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Show THE MAMMOTH RECORt), MAMMOTH CITY, UTAT : Plans Under Wau in England Dispel Impressionjiat Lighter Than' Air MachifiefeProyed a ' Failure .During . By LLOYD ALLEN, Special Staff Correspondent- - (Oopyrlght, 1919. by Western Newspaper ONDON ) airships Passenger bigger being constructed 'In one of England's war factories They will have a cruising ' I e f . range of 20,000 miles They will be able to take passengers fnpm London, to San Francisco with 'ease, the designers believe. Crossing the Atlantic ocean and landing passengers In New York, 3,000 miles aw ay, will lie childs play for these Goliaths of the air, according to officers In tjie British air ministry, who are familiar with the plans of the monster. , Because of the war-tim- e censorship the general public never obtained any very definite information about the lighter-than-amachines than the largest Zeppelin-fa- re in ! ir f G S. 2RO, TYP OF A POMP THAT PPOTFCTFD COAST DMWG WAR British- the value of airships as scout craft. It is no longer I a Secret that the Germans owed their escape at Jutland to Zeppelins, while, earlier in the war, it was the scout work of , Zeppelins that gave the German fleet the "all clear signal for the bombardment of Scarborough, an act of singular cruelty the Huns were able to accomplish without injury. Zeppelins also acted in a similar rapacity in the torpedoing of the II. M. S. Falmouth and Nottingham. When w:ar broke out in 1914 the British had only seven airships in commission. One hundred were off and on by October 31 at of 1918, while in the various factories many more were in course of construction. Would Destroy War ter than the TAJ AFSffPJT A ASCOSM ST ZYSYG CAlASJ TO? JSACUAS - j PACBIjCJYOM BL'ADA'C OF TBS BAS AIRSWF n Menace. , g Back of all the interest in. peace. time, flying is the lurking fear that the Germans will endeavor to keep abreast of the remainder of the great powers in the matter of building aerial passenger and freight carriers, presumably for purely commercial purposes. It Is pointed out in certain sections of the British press that the Germans might take advantage of their commercial craft at some future date and again break faith with the world. Mobilisation of a hostile air fleet could be accomwithin a few plished with the terand hours, and high explorible gas TFPOlCA . sive bombs developed dur-..an war opponent ing the nation could, with the element of surprise acting In favor of the invader, be put out of action, or seriously crippled in a very brief space of time. one of Suggestion has been seriously made that ther conditions of the peace should be the appointment of an international commission vestedwith power to inspect regularly all German fac-tori-- s so thnt the output of anything lethal could lie strictly regulated. in. Whatever regulation of the air comes from tho pence conference, ' and it can be predicted with safety that some very serious consideration of tho nir will be a feature ofthe historic meeting, it .is very clearly understood on this side of tho water that supremacy of the air will be a deciding factor In any future war. 70'MVf T&f TTSS Auilt for the allies. The impression got. about that lighter than air ships were' failures, because j is no the, Zeppelins failed In their raids. There air British ministry. the doubt on this subject in There it Is known positively that the era of the ( dirigible Is just beginning. patrol-in- g An Inimen.se amount of and convoy escorting was done by dirigibles A chain of during the last year of the war. around the maintained was right stations airship const of- England, from Mullion in Cornwall around Scotland to. Pembroke. iA large lpimber of hostile submarines were either put out( of acOther tion or actually destroyed by bombing. subs were located by the air men and the information passed .along to the destroyers that BMTJH JpBGBIB CCyOyGB?CAA'r knew well enough how to handle the under-se- a ZOSF murderers. It was in convoy escorting that airships Showed covered at unusually high speeds. That an airtheir special advantages ovdr airplanes. The soon be flown at more than 200 miles plane an hour Is deemed a modest kind of prediction. airship with Its big bag of gas to keep it up, could go vefy slowly, keeping an even paee with Some enthusiasts proclaim the possibility of a the transports below, loaded with American sol- heavier than air machine that will easily do 240 dlers. It could stay' at any given height) while nn hour. Its lookouts searched the sea for mlne.fe and subs. Bo for the short trip we may expect to see Can Cross Atlantic in Fifty Hours. airplanes like the large allied bombing planes" come into general use, and for During 'the war 'one British airship rtiade a ill ride In fill greater ' cruise lasting 50 hours and 55 minuted, and since travel men and women comfort lhat can be provided in giant dirigibles. the armistice this 'record has been beaten by a ' For tourist travel the dirigible,1 lt13 pi'Odieted trip of 6t hours. With such reliable data as this to work on the air experts figure that crossing liere, will always he the popular craft.1 principally because it can fly at a low rate 'Of speed and the Atlantic is going to be a fairly easy Job, since there are inr existence today dirigibles that permit its occupants to look at things. In an have a speed of more than 80 miles an hour, which airplane, for instance, the splendor of the' Bay of would mean something like 40 or 50 hours CoNaples is lost, so fast must the airplane move; ntinuous flying to reach New York..-Awlille in nn airship thnt beautiful sebne can be America- present the British- builders are specializing enjoyed at leisnre. . r types. The first Is of on two big lihter-than-nl- r From an airplane going nt ordinary Pulsing - In the controversy pver the origin of the tune th4 as same ste largest Zeppelin, about the speed, say eighty miles an hour, the surface of 5for "America, which he calls , our noblest of while the second type, the one 'that will have a the earth looks like a dull contour map, with national anthems, Pouitney Bigelow, in a letter four as times is range, 20,000-mll- e large cruising large objects only dimly discernible because the , to, (he. New York Times,, says: ever built. as the largest Zeppelin airplane must ketp at least 1,000 feet above the .."The Prussian' king, Frederick William n, took a gas bng 1,100 feet Imagine an airship with earth. On the oilier hnd a dirigible can got from England inr 1792 in order to glorify himit Mauretania the and higher long, longer than very nicely nt nn altitude of 200 feet and along self at the dedication of a triumphal arch in than the Woolworth building were the dirigible drift along with engines almost or completely Berlin rnHod the Brandenburg thor. Tills gate of 10,000,000 this cubic feet Inside bag et on end.. . stopped. victory wuis erected in honor of Ills troops who of gas will be carried, capable oMiftlng 200 tons has another distinct advantage; it The airship had been chased out of France by the ragged in addition to the and passengers of freight does' not hank" In turning ns an airplane does. republican armies at Valmy. The Prussian regiweight of the operating machinery. Plans for Sleeping in an airship Is a calm experience; mov- ments returned across the Bldne in 1792 profor saloons, make provision drawing. craft And nn airship the ing about comparatively pimple. claiming themselves, victorious, and welcomed a and roof rooms, garden, rooms, smoking ,.in flight dock not product the shrll wh'sHcs and with every demonstration of patriotic Joy. which may bo reached by an elevator. The screeches, eternally among the wires. Traveling The Danish royal house had the same national miles! nn 05 hour. Is tlmnted speed ih'bn" airship need ho no more noisy than In a anthem previous to Prussia, nnd George HI When the German Zeppelin L 70 was bulit motor enr and with n favornhle wind blowing it. more early still without, however, adopted be she would the that largest It leas predicted the nirsliips engines enn he throttled down to a ns nn Engllsdi composition. claiming priority the" of her kind, yet the new.Brltlsh Goliath of few revolutions nr actually stopped. ITov old it is we know not. It may have been the the German of. capacity nir has quadrupled t , Engine Stop Not Dangerous. snug by the legions of Constant ine behind their ' . , production.1 t , , Christian lnbnrums; It may lmvo been a favorite will What probably appeal most to the landsks compared to the ten million" ship the man who travels In the nir for the first time , of Wyckllffe or John IIuss," of nn Infunt since qlher British J.vpe, Is somewhat will be the fact thnt the nlrshlp can, remain In al.e can carry btlt 50 ton? of luggage and pasWOULb DIG UP VALUABLE COFFIN. can odd travel 0,000 the air Indefinitely and the passengers are in no miles only nnd sengers should the fail. The a fresh of gas for engines without1 desceridlng grave danger gasosupply Ileln t Ives of n Spanish merchant, snld to he of bag Is so amide thnt the machine will not fall line' and on. . In noble whereas the nir r birth, who died several years ago nfter foithe stops, when engine plane Distance Flights.' , . Best an engine stop Is a life and death matter. having amassed n considerable fortune, have With these possibilities In aerial travel vrtijnlly Dirigible building here In England had a great ' asked tho Cuban sanitation department for realized, It Is conceded here thnt the dirigible boom during the war days and now that tl.e permission to exhume his body so ns to obpasmust take, flr pincq ns a tain tho brass enRket In which he wss buried. of a pence trenty Is nenr-n- t hand the than machines Heavier will air signing carrier. senger work lias not been allowed to utterly They want to sell the casket for tho metal It , construction be buijt lO onKhlfriihre 'numbers,' "and will ;eolrio contains, ns the family fortune has dwindled stop. Instead, the war machines are going to Into a veryjnrge urfe, but In all probability they Into for made since its founders deaih. The department rule craft ho designed largely peace, will be utilized mainly for flights that aggregate thnt the only question Involved was a moral one, able missions. Into the hundreds of miles rather than Into the The navy will always need a certain omniier and, thnt there was no law to prevent tho relathousands. The airplane's special advantages will of dirigibles to act as scouts. No one knows bet ; tives from reclaiming and seUlpg thq casket,' to iBtto uh of where certain routes ore to be v 1 -- -- , long-distnn- an Ancient Tune t - . ( v long-distnne- e , All turned toward silk, materials that, are mixtures of silk and wool, come in for a generous ns saying ail thoughts are turned to- share of attention. A scarcity of wool thoughts are Easter now, which Is Hie same tiling in wartimes brought these new fabrics for suits into the .foreground. ,, But tho diversity in materials is as nothing to the diversity in styles, except that skirts are uniformly long and coats generally short, suit styles have little in common. They' range from perfectly 'straight-lin- e models, coats, to the Riw through semi-fitte- d sian blouse. Some of the eoat are belted and nmry of them are not. Braids are used freely and buttons well represented, but' there are braidless and buttonless models- that are quite as smart and correct. The waistcoat must be given special mention because it Is attracting sis much attention as suits themselves, and presents as wide a variety in materials nnd decoration. The two suits pictured, among many aspirants for favor, are correct as to length of skirt nnd coat, and 'each is provide! with a little waisteoat or vestee. ,1a details of furnishing .they differ, an! in style one is a blouse and the other J ' fiomifitted. ward new millinery and new suits for spring. It is a delightful custom that invites us to put on new apparel in honor of this joyous festival. Certainly nothing .helps more to impress its significance on children and young pev ple.than the pretty clothes that give them so much innocent pleasure. As for w'omen, the instinct, to dress is as deeply implanted in them as tin instinct for home or children. The most important item of the spring wardrobe is the tailored suit, always the character of dress that should be worn on Easter day. It is not so easy to make a selection this spring becanse 'of the diversity of styles and materials that have been presented by those who create suits. For once in the history of tailored suits serge is chosen less often than other weaves in wool, sueli as tricot, duvetyn, jersey and some novelty cloths. And again wool by no means holds the undivided attention ol suit makers. New weaves in silk and fiber ( - . DISTINCTIVE STREET HATS- - Hats of such exquisite lines ns those ostrich makes a wonderful trimming, that are pictured here prove that in following tile graceful curves of Hie tailored hats, above nil else, llie line's lirim and lengthening its line,'. The lmt below is one of the new bandeau hats with brim rolling upward at the loft and dropping .sharply at the right. There Is something very roguish and decidedly chic In' this droop over the right eye. Some vvn j lias affirmed that (lie ladies are wearing only niio eye tliis season,' and spinetiiues both eyes are almost lost , in t lie shadow of droopin. trlms... But .In trite of this dummlng eccentricity, Hie lmt pictured is a d model vvitli three glyceriimd plumes nt the hack. the tiling with which to catch the fancy of the cldc American and n'l Three graceful shapes, her admirers. two of them having a bandeau, portray three widely different styles, and enen emphasizes that simplicity of trimming is n virtue in street lints something that they cannot afford to ignore All of these huts are of black liser, n soft but bylillnnt. braid, and ail if them reveal Hie unevenness of sewing, which is a pretty characteristic of the This roughness, or bumpistyles. ness." ns II lias been called, is liiucli 4 admired. These bats are designs suited to Tbe very spirited younger matrons. 'model nt the right lias n narrow brim, guiltless of curves or mils, nnd is faced witli crepe georgette. Bands of fancy black braid wander around and nv Its crown. But that which claims instant admiring attention for this model Is the effectiveness of the feather trlitunlng. Two fans of Iniltatlou gnuru are mounted nt the buck. They remind one of n proud and, graceful crest such ns nature places on the heads of beautiful birds. The hut nt the left hus a soft crown nf satin nnd a sweeping brim of lisero,, The mounted on n deep tmndcuu. brltn looks 11s if It were set on a snMn cap. A long, curved quill of glycerlned ' r close-fitting- dig-nil- ii . . Ornaments of Ribbon. Itilium, from Hie widest to the liar lowest, is used with cherming oflett lu Hie simplest of ha , doi'ijiltion. There are nil sorts of coquettish cockades nnd oilier ornaments made in narrow ribbon, while large, perfectly fiat bows are applied in group to Hie crovvnq of both large and small huts, Many Apron Effects!' ' ! Bummer dresses shovV r number of effects. Those aprop-Uiqliy- i, sometimes In Hers shaped like a Mw. sou's apron, are trimmed ultli fr'lln, , beads, plaiting, luce. etc. . -- Apron , |