Show V 0 N WEAPON OF WAR imn en e pos ties in ren eng a ne of detric ion on but lut bo h S des are In voled vr me friancis s bov v os es pre predent ident of the fore elvei sub I 1 dl g company re c bently e nt I 1 y chief con tj actor of 01 tl the ie tj n it cc states navy relates a gool story Elio losing Ning the h is side of 0 tb daily life of the head of a aig ship b hilbing concern A perfectly normal looking man re bently cal ca cd ed on mr dowles at his of I 1 flee and explained at kome leng h tint that h vas an in inventor po beb ing an in lention which revolutionize itlo nize n 0 I 1 ern wart re thinking that the ea lest wiy A ay iy to be rid of ill hia im el cl co ae g iet wo m 0 id be to hear hi III ii 11 0 it B r gonles the gentleman to be brief the inventor then proceeded to outline this thir modain engine of war as a tol torpedo whose co arse and speed vere to be arranged dl ill acted and controlled from the filing ship at a distance ui stance of several n lies iles so that spid tor torpedo would naila nal gite tte itself nicely into inlo the middle of an enemy a toina foin a tion on arrival at this point a ke key touched on the firing ship would de tonate bonate the high explosive contained in this new to ca ieng a hole in the sea of feet depth and proper binate diameter into this hole the enemy s fleet wn g to drol acco accommodatingly ca 1 ine ing of the mateis wo mo id 1 I form a m ive of a h adred feet in he v aich would swamp any opi anent so fortun ate as to avoid being dropped 11 the hole the inventor did no antton the effect of said wave on he the home talent anxiously awaiting ta 1 e 0 acon e on the firing shit upon the he lack of a proper show of anth i 1 by mr me howles bowles the iller caller c re him cisal pro bit b it bright er ered ed considerably R as he was abo t tf tr eave a by offering the chief a thirty da 0 alon on his invention |