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Show DEFENSE AGAINST i SUBMARINE IS GIVEN lUVIf William Wi Lee. stage manager of the Alhambra theatre, invented a contrivance con-trivance which, he claims, will render an attack on a ship by a submarine useless. With no thought of remuneration remune-ration but with a desire that his invention in-vention be of service to his country, he decided to send the plans to the secretary of the navy, waiving patent rights. Before they could be sent away, however, the plans were lost, and, he informed The Standard, he has mailed a description of the hip safety contrivance to Secretary Josephus Daniels, with the following letter: "Ogden, Utah. March 17. 1917. "Mr Josephus Daniels. Secretary' tT. S. Navy, Washington. D. C. "Dear Sir: "Having an idea for submarine de fense, 1 take this opportunity of submitting sub-mitting to you the idea of my unfinished unfin-ished drawings of my ship shield and submarine defy. "Reading of the horrible de- t ruction of life and property, I believe this idea if put Into practical use will absolutely absolute-ly conquer the submarine. Ship Shield and Submarine Defy. "Outriggers made of heavy galvanized galvan-ized Iron pipe are rigged on hinges, on a line above the "Pflmsoll mark." twelve feet or more apart fore and aft from stem to stern, extending twenty feet or more horizontally from the ship's side. Sectional plates hang from each of the outriggers (hinged), each plate being submerged ten feet or more In the sea. Each section has an overlap of six inches. TIip plates are three inches thick, made of steel. When shields are not In use they can be hoisted perpendicular with the ship's side by the aid of a small windlasses fixed on stanchions on ship's rail, These can be worked automatically ' When a torpedo shot from a submarine subma-rine strikes the plate, the volume of water between the ship and shield will add to the resistance of the projectile and It will immediately explode. It one of the plates is shattered, another can be placed in its section. Stays and Braces. Guy chains with snap hook attach-riients attach-riients run alternately to center of each outrigger, each outrigger has a receptacle recep-tacle tor snap hooks. These are for quick action in fastening. These stays run fore and aft. Iron braces hinged at both ends and at center run from (he butt of each outrigger to lower corners of each shield. These are to act as sea brace In case of heavy i i weather. These sea braces slose up like a jack-knife when shields are Btowed or hanging perpendicular. These shields may not retard the ship's speed more than two or three knots an hour, as the forward plates are bow shape. iil "When a submarine or periscope is sighted, shields can be Immediately lowered and if a ship is in the war zone shields can be left shipped until danger Is passed. When in port, outriggers out-riggers and shields can be unshipped and stowed away. Il 'Respectfully yours, for 'safety of those who go down to sea In ships.' Hl (Signed ) W. M. LEE, "Alhambra theatre. Ogden, Utah. "Inventor of rope clamp, patent No. oo |
