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Show How Hun U-Boats Were Discouraged. Two German submarines cut the cable between this country and England Eng-land just outside New York harbor in the spring of 1918, but the break was spliced by a small corps of ex- i perts within 12 hours. This fact was made known for the I first time by Col. J. J. Carty, vice pres- ! ident of the American Telephone and Telegraph company, in an address at a luncheon of the New York Electrical ; league. 1 A cable extending from New York to South America was cut at the same time and was repaired as quickly. Ac- cording to Colonel Carty, Germany 1 evidently was discouraged by her failure fail-ure to Interrupt communications and ! the exploit never was repeated. j |