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Show NAVAL TORPEDO ' IS NOT A SUCCESS PBOVIKCETOWN, Maaa Aug. ftc-The ftc-The experiments with naval torpedos during tha aaval ma as u vers here have failed to cob vi nee tha experts. Tbe tyea at present la nse. It ia dec la rod. ara too eccentric aad aarellabla for efficient effi-cient service. . The report of eae of tha expert observers ob-servers at tha ma sea vers says: "Tha nicest calculations may be made aad the torpedo appear in faultless fault-less trim. Thea it will either refuse to travel or go skipping, wild. One or two described circles aad hit the ships from which they were sent. It is doubtful doubt-ful if they will ever prove a surreal ia actual warfare. Kit her they will bare to be constructed aloag radically different dif-ferent liars ar a ship tiring them will have to pamp them under full steam aad get clear aa that they will not act as boomerangs as haa beea tha case aat infrequently." , |