The evening world. Newspaper, March 17, 1921, Page 4

“BLD BATTLESHP "TOBE CASSED BY ~ ARMY AIR SERVICE eines ‘Prepared to Show Craft is Helpless Under a Shower i of Bombs. MPLAN TEST IN JUNE. ‘Hope to Use One Hundred , Planes Carrying Missiles 4 Weighing a Ton. WASHINGTON, March 17 the} Bu @rmy Air Service is preparing to gas t nal 4 tie battleship. When the army planes sail over an| === lobsolete battleship next June to Wemonstrate that surface craft is ‘helpless under a shower of bombs ‘Whe Air Setvice also intends to show {that a battleship can be forced into ‘Virtual submission by the use of gas. ‘This was reveals ‘0-day by Brig. fGen. William Mitchell. assistant 41- . Hweetor of the Air Service, and Col. MA. A. Fries, head of the chemical war- are section, who Is co-operating with itobell in the proposed gas attack. * “The possibilities of gas bombs are ‘po astounding as to make one wince,” ‘Col. Fries said to-day. “Any form of gas, varying from the ind that puts men gently asleep to ow poisonous mustard variety and eo tear gas, can be placed in explo- sive shelis and dropped by airplanes jon an enemy ficet below. The gas ‘would permeate a ba:tleship, some Kinds continuing their effect for sev- eral days. The crew of an enemy ship presumably would don gas maske ‘and rubber suits but this would greatly incapacitate them for work ‘board ship and some gases are #0 (powerful as to defy artificial protec- ition.” Liquid gas, Col. Fries explained, ould be showered on a battle fleet by m host of airplanes so that it would @escend in a steady mist. Progress by _the United states in chemical warfare, “Col. Fries said, also has reached the {Point where floating bombs can be dropped in the water, creating a smoke THE EVENING WORLD, THURSDAY, MAROH 17, OPEN SHOP PAPERS IN BINGHAMTON After Bight Days "Publication of Press Is Resumed With glowd both poisonous and obstructive In actual battle, according to the Colonel, one group of planes carrying gas bombs could so cripple a surface fleet that a second air group, armed with explosive bombs, would find its task of destruction greatly lessened. Gen. Mitchell and Col. Fries hope to conduct tests along these lines in con- junction with the coming sea attack. They recognize the difficulty, however, BINGHAMTON, N. Y., Mare Binghamton newspapers resumed pub! cation to-day after a lapse of eight days following the printers’ strike vo! imported | regimental HI te stripe scarfs four-in- hands and parallels of accomplishing full experiments without injury to the men on the ship. The air battle probably will take place the first week in June, Gen. Mitchell plans to employ 100 besa raining bombs aa great as weight upon the pattleahip which will be sacrific ed for the benefit of Press is issuing an eight-page paper, advertising being eliminated and the! space devoted exclusively to news. The! pu pulbtioa tide to-morrow morning. Non- union Hnotype operators and composlt- ‘The strikers assert that they will con- tinue their stand for an increase of wages and a forty-four-hour week and that they have assurances of unlimited funds from the International Unton. he publishers declare that offers of non-unton men are coming in from all rts of the country and they will have Greenburg appeased no difficulty in reorgnizig their plants on an open Baton basi Government; it te unfair to the work- ers” on a elip of uel Li Pasting It Right note of relief for solid color suits work, was chanced with advocating crim-! 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