Salt Lake Tribune | 1918-04-02 | Page 11 | Super-Cannon is Planned for Allies

SUPtR-ClilJ PLIiOFGl ALLIES WASHINGTON, April 1. Plans for a super-cannon, a great gun of long range, possibly similar to the one with which the Germans have been bombarding Paris, have been submitted to Secretary Daniels by naval ordnance experts after months of experiment. It is understood, however, that the report includes a' statement that the ordnance officers do not believe the military value of such a weapon would compensate for the time and money which must be spent in perfecting and developing develop-ing it. Reports were heard in some quarters today that a range of 10ft miles was expected ex-pected of the gun now under consideration. Secretary Daniels would not discuss the matter in any way. American ordnance officers have been interested In the possibilities of long range guns for the past ten years. The belief , that the "game was not worth the candle" I prevented rapid progress, but experiments 1 were not dropped, and since the entrance j of the United States into the war, a revival re-vival of interest has been evidenced in the navy department.