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Show RADIO TORPEDO MAY STRIKE I DEATH BLOW TO SUBMARINES By J. H. Duckworth chief of coast artillery of th. United mates army, haa reported to the chief of staff: 'Further experimentation with th Hammond radio torpedo indicate, th. torpedo may be controlled tn its movement, move-ment, from an aeroplane." Thl. communication may officially not. an epoch making dlecovery. An observer In a high-flying seaplane sea-plane haa a big range of vision besides being able to detect a submerged submarine. sub-marine. Practice with torpedoplanes seaplane, sea-plane, from which tnrpedoea are fired haa ahown It I. difficult to Insure the torpedo taking the desired course. If the young American Inventor succeed. suc-ceed. Ill solving th. problem of directing direct-ing a torpedo by wireless from an airplane, air-plane, the antidote for U-boat, mar have been at last discovered. . , chief of coast artillery of th. United JCHWDOCLAJTI VTTH VUbiro mates army, haa reported to the chief -CONTUOL APfAWTOS of .taff: C-jTvf !!Ss i i "Further experimentation with the I III I I I T VrWVi- , Hammond radio torpedo Indicate, th. LJJJII ?T,'7''i'"y torpedo may be controlled tn its move- CL'exr53w jfP.itl I ment. from an aeroplane." (8!"..BTT7wJr-g& t Tn' communication may officially fiu iii iaw a7Jt not. an epoch making dlecovery. . J . An observer In a high-flying sea- plane haa a big range of vision besides wnri iT. being able to detect a submerged sub- ie,.il marina. ACTXHNaJ. . , Practice with torpedoplanes see - v .Jy plane, from which torpedoe. are fired , VV'-J! . ' has shown It I. difficult to ln.ur. the Tri iK torpedo taking the desired course. . yTrW ari i " th young American Inventor uc- ' ' i ii AXS ceed. In solving th. problem of dlrect- Jjr Mrf Jl Uj! V torpedo by wireless from an air-V. air-V. rff fill f (' 1 ( plane, the antidote for U-boat, may i:ri!a ''' viA J, I have been at laat discovered. PATROLS f i-.- I . Diagram tewing hw vi raise ? SOBMAHflE ftCCNO N tarpede would work, en auk- ' ATTACKED BY wieCtS marine having alreedy been f . COstTKfXieVD TOPtOO blown up and another tereed. 1 i I : Diagram .hewing hew wirele. I tarpede would work, en sub- I marine having already keen I blown up and another tereed being guMed toward a second submarine. By 8aeeiat News Sarvle. GIvOUCKWTER. Usee, June t. Among new weapons American ar expected lo add to those developed by the allies in the great fight against the U-boat menace la the Hammond radio torpedo. John Hays Hammond. Jr.. the Inventor, Inven-tor, is working with the war department, depart-ment, perfecting his wtreles. controlled torpedo. This weapon, steered from a atatloe on ahore, haa already been accepted by the government for coast defense. Hammond plan, to control th. torpedo from the air, making It possible to go out over the seek and destroy aubma , rlne. Kx penmen t a are s being made at Freshwater Cove, where the Hammoa workshops are located. Thla terrible weapon, after hern, launched either from a seaplane or a destroyer, ta controlled by wlrelee. making It certain the huge floating hlah explosive shell will find Its tanrec Major General XrWf AC Weaves. Tnmr mrm now osnuiii limitations, i th un of tb tonHoplriB, mm of which probably will b vtrtorae," mmtd Hriminond. A toitMKlo powerful rnoufrl. to alnk ft wortb-whllo TisMtil la fsxc-r1.nly hMvy. mnd aeaplftii biff oBouch tu cmrrr thm mrm mOM mora or loss In the tupcriiMntal stftfo. -Ajaln. In balntv dropped Into th watr the cyrewcopo la llkaly to bm trip pod. and th torpodo tHrown out of lta eooraa. MiUMKnr difficulty with tha torpodo-plana torpodo-plana la that It la nacaaamry to ap-proacli ap-proacli wtthln 10M yaroa or tha tara;et to ba raaooably aura of & hit, and ai thla dlatanea tas aircraft run a tha rlaa of bains daatrayad by anttaircraft ar-tlllary.- Hammoad ta forbkSdan by tha wax dtaj-tmartt to dtacoao tha radio eon trol of txirpadoaa, bat It ta aaay to lm-asta lm-asta th Immanaa paasubllitsaa ot tha InTatitSoit. Aftar po-ttlnir a aubmarfna from a dtatanea tha ana.il ami would daacand to launch lta tonado, tbati ro up again, I tha ubaci f i tn tn maanttma controlling con-trolling tha dlrartlaai of tna deadly j 1 miaali until It atrucit ita aaark, $ |