Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 229, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 September 1911 — SOLDIERS AND CIVILIANS MADE NON-SINKABLE [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

SOLDIERS AND CIVILIANS MADE NON-SINKABLE

BERLIN. —A remarkable demonstration was given the other day in the Spree, near here, of a new fabric designed to make clothing so buoyant that it will keep its wearer afloat in the water. The composition of the Invention which brings about this result Is a well-guarded secret. To don a garment llnefi with it ie to become unalnkable. On the occasion mentioned, infantrymen, In full marching kit, clad In uniforms lined with the material, which rendered the clothing neither heavier nor thicker than usual, threw themselves into the water, and not only did not sink, but were able to “march” in the water and to fire. At the same time, coffee was served to a party in the water, waiter and guests being clad In the special fabric. It Is reported that recently the inventor, wearing his suit, Jumped into the water before the Kaiser's steamer to demonstrate the value of his device, and that the police arrested him for impropriety.