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Show 'l 00 CAN THE SUBMARINE ! BE CONTROLLED? H "How will the United States cope H with the submarine?" H This question was asked a dis-H dis-H tlnguished Now Yorker "who was In H J Ogden yesterday, and was prompted H by the man's statement that Gcr-H Gcr-H ! manys defeat is In sight. H i English are employing?" he inquired. m Our reply, of course, was yes, but the B , nets he had in mind and those we HI had heard of were not one and the I1 same. Then he went on to state: "I met former President Taft in i Now York City. He had been talking M I ' j with General Hughes of Canada who H informed him 200 submarines had ' been caught sinco the ruthless war- H ' fare started. The British are omploy- H ing American 'chasers.' Each boat H naa great speed and carries a net H made of piano wire, of 10-foot mesh, H 100 feet by 300 feet. The submarines, oven at a depth of 100 feet, cause a H disturbance of the surface as the air H bubbles are driven off. Hydroplanes, H ' hovering near, follow the 'wake.' From I I EBBSBII IIIIIIJ1 1 I I'lBtPBa IIIM't'Bg a height, the aviators can seo deep down Into the ocean. They signal the 'chasers' and guide them as tho boatmen throw over the nets and surround sur-round the undersea vessels. Tho submarines sub-marines become Involved in tho labyrinth of resilient wire, and the commanders, knowing they are trapped, trap-ped, come to tho surface and almost invariably surrender without further resistance. The top of tho submarines open and the Germans pop their heads out in a token of defeat." This explains tho purchase last woek of $182,000 of wire netting by the United States navy. oo |
