Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 138, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 June 1915 — Differentiating Dirigibles. [ARTICLE]

Differentiating Dirigibles.

The London crowd which gapes cheerfully at the army airship maneuvering over the city always asks Itself whether it is looking at a friendly vessel or a Zeppelin. It is apparently ignorant of the difference of design, and so free from "nerves” that the doubt does not disturb it Probably if a Zeppelin really did come the average Londoner would crowd up for a good place to see the bomb dropping. The instinct for a front seat seems to be stronger than that of self-preserva-tion. The Schutte-Lanz airship Is not unlike an ordinary nonrlgld airship In the shape of the balloon. It is not cylindrical, but whale shaped, like a submarine. But In construction ft is like a Zeppelin, with a rigid aluminum framework. It Is evidently considered, a successful type, for Germany has been building as many of the SchutteLanz type as of the Zeppelin. The name Is a compound of the names of designer and builder. The inventor was Schutte, and Lanz is the name of the firm that constructs them.