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Show MILITARY DIRIGIBLE NOW HAS MUFFLER Special Cable to The Tribune. BERLIN", May 9. The new military dirigible Zeppelin To. 5 has been equipped with mufflers which are expected ex-pected to eliminate the thunderous noise of the engines. The exhaust of the ,700-horsepowcr ,700-horsepowcr motors on previous Zeppelins could be heard f"r miles, which, naturally, nat-urally, decreased the value of the craft for scout !nc purposes. With this noise stilled. It will he possible for the dirigibles to reconnoiter by night or in t'oRi?y weather without ' belns discovered a nd without running the rik of becoming a target for the enemy's guns. |