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Show M NETS TO CATCH SUBMARINES. H British Admiralty Adopts Novel Plan H to Trap Underwater Craft. H London. At bnrbor entrances and H other strntcglo points nround tho Brit- H Ish Isles the admiralty has set miles H of submarine tcaps to catch Gorman MM underwater craft engaged in blocltad- H ing .Engjnnd. H Tho traps set for submarines nro H not unliko gill nets used by Usher- MM men. Malleablo iron frames ten feet Mmt ciquare, thrco frames jointed, aro sunk Mmt to a depth of thirty feet, suspended MU from lmmenso buoys. Tho submarlno H i is a blind thing under water, steoring Mm by chart and compass. Entering one MMl of theso frames, its sides aro caught, MM causing tho lowor framo to buckle H upward, catching tho propeller. Thus H held, tho craft 1b In tho position of a Mmt fish floundering in a net and Its oceu- MM pants aro doomed. |