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Show SEES IDE USE OF DIRIGIBLES I BELLEVILLE, III.. Oct. 2. One-I One-I third of the population of the United StaU-s will be flying in dirigibles in I th" mar future, according to a prediction pre-diction of A. Leo Ste ens, ehief in j structor of aeronautics for the Knit'- 1 I States army at Scott Field, near her.-. ' Mr. Stevena. in 1902. made the first i dirlgiLle fliKht In this country. The dirigibles Mr. Stevens said, wiil rniiLre In aize from the small "veit pocket" type to mammoth machines carrying from 10 to 20 motors. "The dirigibles of the future will I havo pontoons," he asserted, "and the water will be helpful for lauding i I places. The machines of the future vi l carry from 10 to 20 motors. The compartments in the large airships will be equipped with safety berth"!. The touching of a button by the com- j Blander will cause every passenger to descend towards earth at the sanv time. ESacn berth will have all necessary neces-sary equipment for landing and floating float-ing its passengers to safety. "The army of the future will travel through the air and it will be nothlm,' to see a thousand or more men trans-lorl"J trans-lorl"J ;:t one time in one machine. I believe it la only a matter of a short time when one-third of the population popula-tion of this country will be flying all sorts of aerial contrivances and vt-will vt-will have a ' est-podket' size dirigible for those who don't care to own a large craft." oo |