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Show HUNS OUTWITTED BY DOUBLE-BOTTOM SHIP British Succeeds iu Conveying Much Needed Oil and Gasoline by Clever Device. By Universal Service. LONDON, March 8. The British outwitted out-witted the U-boals and got oil and gasoline gaso-line to this country when a veritable .cris.s faced the nation and its army contingents con-tingents in those supplies by use of "double-bottom ' ships. An engineering device permitted use and extension of the water-ballast system lor carrying oils. The plan was put into operation July 3, 1317, and when the armistice had been signed 1,014.070 tons of oil and gasoline gaso-line had been conveyed to this country by that means. The U-boat drive against tankers was nullified. In all 7G1 ships, 430 of them British and 331 of the American, were fitted with proper facilities for bringing over a cargo of oil in addition to the regular cargoes. But 15,l!il tons of oil were lost under this plan by enemy action. ac-tion. The device permitted the motor transport trans-port and aerial branches of the armv in France to work at top speed, in addition to maintaining proper supplies for tlie navy and work ir. munition factories. When the plan war "uaugurated supplies were near the dai.r point and couid not be increased by the number of tankers tank-ers plying between America and the British isles. |