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Show I 'A I How War Encourages the Inventive Genius of Man- I Same of the Queer Articles Which Have Been Brought Out During the Present Conflict. 4 Copyright 101G. by Tho International Syndicate. W Sj ' creates an abnormal dc-" dc-" I I niand for certain commodl-5 commodl-5 mJaJi tics wMch must bo manufac- r turcd In great quantities and I in a short time. It creates the neces-ijj neces-ijj sity for the production of those ar- tides which make for tho terrific destruction de-struction of life and property as well as for tho uso of tho things which pre-' pre-' serve efficiency and at the samo tlmo conserve tho resources of a country. It taxes to the utmost tho wealth, the patience and thc self-sacrifice of a nation na-tion and brings Into action all tho tal-' tal-' ents, skill and genius of Its patriots. I New runs and grenades. Guns of greater power 13 tho ambl- ! tion of each army, as well as guns which can be hidden so as to surprise ;' tho enemy. One of the latest lnvcn- ; tions is the motor-cycle machlno gun 1 a gun of tho Belgian rattlesnake i type, which is mounted on tho side 1 carriage of a motor-cycle. Two men aro required to operate the apparatus -one to guide tho machine and tho other to operato tho gun. It Is the invention of an Englishman and is playing an Important part at the front. Tho Germans have a now gun which, after it fires automatically, runs back to Its shelter in tho bushes i or wherever its garago may be. II ; can bo sot to run a certain dlstanco and when It reaches a glvon point the shot is fired and the gun dodges back ' to cover. Baby machine guns which can be carried upon the men's backs are a new Idea. They aro sometimes carried up trees where their operator hides in tho foliage Several now aeroplano guns aro being tried, and one type used by the Canadian troops with tho Allies is mounted on an au-tomobllo au-tomobllo which can bo driven from either end so as to allow greater flexibility flex-ibility of movoment The old hand grenado has come back but in a new and moro deadly form. In tho early part of tho war the Germans used a grenade with a fuse but this type was only fairly successful, suc-cessful, for according to one of tho soldiers, "If tho fuse was too short It exploded in your hand, and If It was too long tho othor fellow sometimes threw it back at you." Recently a German Inventor has perfected what Is known as a mlno thrower. This Instrument will throw a thin Iron shell containing over one hundred pounds of cxploslvo and can be fired at a range of four hundred yards. Falling among soldlors or in a trench Its effects ef-fects aro vory destructive. Tho devlco works something llko tho ancient catapult cat-apult The French, too, have a number of curious engines of war, and one which throws winged torpodo shells Is tho Invention of a French officer. Tho shell is fastened to a wooden devlco with a metal spring which when pulled back and suddenly released sends tho shell through tho air, tho wings of tho shell causing It to keep a straight course. Another curious apparatus used by tho French is known as a flare rocket, and In appearance ap-pearance It resembles a common American Fourth of July sky-rockot. However, tho rocket Is filled with a high explosive which docs deadly work when It falls In tho enemy's camp. Thero Is also a bracelet grenade gren-ade a shell attached to a bracelet worn by tho thrower. "By a twist of the wrist" tho shell leaves tho bracelet and explodes wherever It lights. Tho racket gronado, shaped like a tennis racquet. Is perhaps tho easiest to handle. These are thrown from the trenches and their effect watched through tho porlscopo, that famous instrument which has played such an Important part In the presont war. Tho bombs dropped from Zeppelins Zep-pelins and aeroplanes aro of tho samo typo except as to their weight. Tho French frequently uso their eight-Inch eight-Inch shells as aeroplane bombs. Some Ingenious Inventor has fixed wings at tho large end of tho projectllo to keep It true to Its courso A percussion cap takes the placo of tho fuse. It Is easy to picturo tho result whon ono of theso" hugo shells lands In tho enemy's en-emy's camp. Tho Zeppollns In their raids over England used a boll shaped bomb. Tolsonous gas and liquid fire Poisonous gas is an lnvontlon of tho present war and Its effects aro most horrlblo of all for Its victims literally dlo of suffocation, sometimes lingering a day or two sufforlng untold agony. "Men who dlo from gas poisoning suffer suf-fer beyond description," said a physician physi-cian who has Just returned from France. Sometimes tho gas is pumped Into tho enemy's trenches and on ono occasion not very long ago whon tho Germans wcro about to pump gas Into tho French trenches a French shell foil on the cylinder with tho result that tho Germans received tho full power of tho gas Intended for tho enemy. Balloons filled with poisonous poison-ous pas aro now being used by tho Germans in attacking forts. Each balloon Is filled with enough Illuminating Illumi-nating gas to mako It float, whllo In tho bottom compartment Is a quantity quan-tity of poisonous gas. The balloon Is set adrift on a favorablo wind and when they aro directly over tho forts tho German sharp shooters puncture tho balloons with rlfio shot and tho poisonous gas, being heavier than the air, settles Into tho fort. Tho latest Invention, known as the "flame projector," is an Instrument which spits a liquid firo It has been used by tho Germans on tho British trenches In Northern Franco. Only a few of theso creations used In the present "civilized warfaro" can bo mentioned In tho short space of a newspaper article although tho man killing devices run Into the hundreds. Detectors. Whllo tho Inventor Is thinking out these devices of destruction other men with equally creatlvo minds aro Inventing In-venting things for protection against the deadly weapons. One of the most curious of these Is tho work of a Frenchman and Is known as a "detector." "de-tector." It Is used to catch tho sound of an approuchlng aeroplane before It comes tin sight. This gives tho men who man tho aircraft guns a chance to bo ready when tho machlno arrives. ar-rives. The devlco consists of four megaphones connected with a micro-phono micro-phono and equipped with receivers. It can bo used both day and night. A now kind of portable shield made of bullet-proof steel Is ono of the newest new-est Russian Inventions. It Is portable and can be taken to pieces and carried car-ried on a motor truck. Tho shield, which Is also being used by tho French, makes an admlrablo sholter for five or six riflemen who protect their trench digging comrades. Gns masks and steel helmets. When tho campaign of poisonous gases began Inventors in both France and England set about to find somo way of protecting tho men and a dozen or moro types of gas masks appeared upon tho market. The French army now go Into tho trenches wearing hugo tight-fitting goggles which aro connected with a mouth and nos-o pad such as Is worn by a surgeon In tho operating room. Tho British army prefer a different type of gas mask one which gives tho wearer tho appearance of a member of the old Kuklux Klans of tho reconstruction recon-struction period of tho South. During the early part of tho war tho men suffered from horrlblo head wounds caused by the rain of shrapnel shrap-nel ovor the trenches. This led to tho Invention of steel helmets to protect tho soldlors from tho deadly bullets. Tho Germans now wear a heavy metal bullet proof cloth-covered helmet. The famous spike at the top no longer appears as It frequently called attention atten-tion of tho sharpshooter who by aiming aim-ing just a little lower got his man In tho heitl The French weir what Is known as tho "Adrian helmet" a head covering which has practically shut out head wounds.. This cap was designed by a Frenchman who succeeded suc-ceeded In making a light weight bul-lot bul-lot proof helmot only after many tests. Tho British army wears a head covering cov-ering similar in construction but of a little different shapo. Tho Italians aro now adding breast-plates and shoulder pieces as well; so, after awhile wo will probably And tho soldier sol-dier of Europe oqulppcd In armor as In the days of old. Tho inventive genius of tho present ago has lightened light-ened tho weight of this armor without reducing Its protective qualities so that tho weight does not impede tho movement of tho soldier. At present tho invontors aro at work on something which Is expected to protect tho eyes. It 13 said that already there are more than ono hundred hun-dred thousand blind men scattered over tho European dontlncnt as a result re-sult of tho high explosives UEed. Huge steel magnets aro to bo found In every field hospital on tho continent, and with the aid of theso fragments of shells and bullets aro drawn to the front of tho eye and a smaller magnet Is then used to extract them. When Napoleon declared that an army travelled on Its stomach he, of courso, rcforred to the feeding, but had he lived until today ho would havo discovered that many of tho British infantrymen do actually travel on their stomach, for a British In-vontor In-vontor has perfected a sort of torpedo tor-pedo shell on wheols which permits a ' man to Ho on his stomach insldo tho shield with his rifle stuck through a . IKS hole in the front and roll himself dl- I'HHI rectly up to the enemy protected from ifll both rlfio shot and shrapnel. The do- HH vlco is propelled by pushing against HH the ground with ono foot. iHH Luminous balls. jH In order that the enemy may not suiv ) H prise them at night a Frenchman has j invented a special gun for dlscharg- Ing luminous balls which arc employed , to light tho battlefield at night As j much of tho actual fighting occurs aft- ' H er dark, a number of contrivances are in uso for illuminating tho theatre H of war. Searchlights of every variety from the ponderous electric light J which sheds Its light for miles to the H small portable searchlights which are 1 carried on the hacks of the men are IBI In use. A young German recently WH turned out a compact telephone equip- HHH ment which can bo carried by ono IHI man. A. short tlmo later a French flraH Inventor offered a completo telephone SnEI equipment to tho French signal corps 081 which could b carried about a man's 1 SSH waist, each artlclo required being fit' f KB ted lnt6 a belt. 1 flnifl Inventive genius Is at work on a I B'j contrlvanco whorcby information con- HeI corning tho enemy may be obtained, j IH such as tho equipping of carrier pig- HH eons with cameras which aro set to lH tako photographs at ccrtalr points. A clever French device for photograph- H lng Gorman positions co lslsts of a flH camera attached to a kite. When tho ' kite reaches a given height tho pho- iBI tographs aro taken automatically. Rl Frequently tho kite Is sent up from fel an automobile and In this way various kj views of tho enemy's troops aro takon. H The Inventors havo not confined H themselves to the land forces, but H havo worked on invention . for the jJ navy as well. The nets to catch the H submarines off the English coast are tho result of an Englishman's crea- lJ tlvo genius. Now comes what is H known as a "submarine chaser" a H high power launch capable of mount- I "1 lng guns of three-Inch calibre. They arc about forty feet In length and H have a steering gear like an automo- j bllo. These boats are now guarding 'HH tho British coast against submarines. SH The creatlvo genius of half the -VPII world has been concentrated In an of- tp t jH fort to make war more terrible on the Tvll one hand and safer on tho other. irif-B Each of tho belligerent nations has tTliH given startling Illustrations of tho ver- Bl satillty and resourcefulness of tho in- H stlnct of sclf-dcfenso and self-preser- jH vatlon when under dire necessity. Il |