Medford mail tribune., May 14, 1917, Page 3, Image 3

PATJE THREE
GIAN
T
u VERS
AS PRE GHTERSTO
BEAI U-BOATS
Underwater Craft, Blind to Other
Ships. Below Surface, Could be
Evaded or Conquered by Monster
New Tpye, Declares an Inventor
Hailed as Successor of Edison.
Editor's Note It is significant that
people who know tiike no stock in. the
strange tale of V. L. Sanders of the
naval consulting hoard that a way to
fuht the suhmarine effectively has
hcen discovered. This interview with
John Hays Hammond, Jr., who is De
taining to he hailed as the successor
to Tom Edison, was given to the Had
Tribune after Sanders' unauthorized
and probably unfounded announce
ment.
(Stuff Special.)
BY J. IT. DUCKWORTH.
GLOUCESTER, Mass.,' May 14.
Great freighters, traveling tinder wn
ter, invisible to German U-boats be
cause U-boats cannot see each other
under water may be the solution of
the problem of getting food to Ameri
ca's allies.
This is' the opinion of John Hays
Hammond, Jr., who discussed the sub
marine summon louay in 111s rutuo
research laboratory overlooking Fresh
Water cove. Hammond is the man
who invented a torpedo that can be
directed from shore by wireless.
Here the young millionaire, who has
the lagest private wireless plant in
the world, is working on anti-submarine
devices for the United States
government.
q Surface Submarines.
Hammond says Germany may be
considering building submarines too
big for chasers to handle and big
enough to fight destroyers on the sur
face.
"The U-boat is becoming increas
ingly menacing," said Hammond.
"It is becoming less and less de
pendent on the torpedo as its chief
weapon. It is now a big boat, af
fording a fairly good plntform for a
six-inch gun with which it can attack
anything up to a destroyer. Small,
unprotected patrol boats armed with
small guns arc no match in a race
fight with a modern U-boat. The
submarine is becoming more and more
self-protecting. Pform a technical
standpoint there is no reason why
they should not go on increasing in
size. The greater the dcsplaccment
the more guns they could carry.
Ilnttlo on Surface.
"The day is coming when the
U-boat will bo able to challenge the
destroyer on the surface. They wi
then be able to break through the
greens of destroyers and directly at
tack capital ships of a licet.
"If our present tactics of hunting
down submarines with chasers should
prove ineffectual then wo shall have
a big problem to deal with. Wire nets
hnvo nlrcady been abandoned by the
United States navy as n protection
for warships. They cannot withstand
heavy weather and they slow down
the speed of our ships.
"There is n possibility that ships
may be built to withstand the explos
ion of a torpedo. Modern buttle
ships have now Inrgo cellular spaces
on the bottoms and sides. Shocks
are taken up by these watertight
spacings, leaving the body of the
ships uninjured.
"The Marlborough in the Jutland
battle was hit amidships by a German
torpedo, vet she staved in the fight
to the end and then made for her
base nt n speed of 22 knots. This
proves that ships can be made invul
nerable to torpedo attacks.
f Speed Host Protection.
"Cost, of course, would make this
kind of construction for merchant
ships impracticable.
"Sliced is the best protection for
merchant vessels. Shipbuilders must
design for greater speed.
"Peereased cargo carrying space
will he compensated for bv the great
er number of tris made. If the big
cargo carrying vessels carry on their
decks smnll high speed torpedobonts
with guns they could he lowered over
the side when the dancer none is
reached and form n protecting and
form n protecting screen. I suggest
ed this on Feb. 4.
"Americans must not expect too
much from mines. British submarines
themselves went under the mine fields
in the sea of Marmora nnd attacked
Constantinople.
"It is possible that in the latest
German submarines tltcre is a device
invented by Simon Lnkc by which
the crew ill diving suits can get out
through an air chamber when their
craft is submerged and cut away an
chored mines nnd nllow the flotilla
to pass safely through the mine field.
Klectrihv. Detectors.
"Much experimenting has been done
GIVE UNCLE
YOUR TIME
VACATION PERIOD
NEW YORK, May 14 The United
Stntes government will receive the
services of nearly 5,000,000 men and
women, if the "Vacation Service"
movement started here is carried out
according to the plans originated by
Prof. Francis B. Crocker, formerly of
Columbia university nnd n past presi
dent of the American Institute of
Electrical Engineers. The movement
means that the government will re
ceive about 10,000,000 weeks, or more
than 1!)2,'100 years of the time of
these men and women, who will give
their vacations to their country as
their patriotic duty. Prof. Crocker
exiwcts that his plan will be adopted
all over the country.
"Realizaing that there are ninny
who cannot enlist," he said, "nnd
who are unable to participate in the
Liberty loan as heaily as they wish,
this means of national service was
evolved.
"This war is the most serious cri
sis the United States has" ever faced
the work of every man, "woman nnd
child is needed to bring it to a suc
cessful conclusion. Every hour given
to the government is an hour gained
in bringing the war to an early end.
Understanding this, the 'Vacation
Service' movement was started. Ev
eryone in the United States that takes
a vacation, and it is estimated that
there are five million such, can do
his or her bit by giving their two
weeks to government work.
"Thousands, perhaps hundreds of
thousands of these are specialist-; in
their various trades or professions
they can give the services of ex
perts. Others can put in their time
on farms helping to solve the vital
food problem of the world. Think
what it would mean to the farmers
if they were able to avail themselves
of 100,000 years of the time of willing
workers, who worked because they
were patriotic. There are hundreds
of other tasks in which these patriots
could help their country.
"Every person willing to do this
should apply to the nearest govern
ment depot or nrrange to spend their
vacations on the farms. Organiza
tions should be formed in every city
and these should enroll the vacation
workers and assign them to their
tasks."
In this district the lend has been
taken by the Crocker-Wheeler coin
pnny, electrical machinery maiiufnc
hirers of Ampere, N. J., whose engin
eering and clerical force arc enthusi
astic. over this chance to serve their
country. Other large manufacturing
concerns are falling in line nnd it is
expected that thousands of their em
ployes will give their vacations to
Uncle Sam.
L.OVDOX. May 14. For giving a
few crackers to a naif-starved Ger
man child 48 hours In so'.itury con
finement. That is the punishment given a
British soldier during the rule of
Baron Von Tauber, according to Brit
ish soldiers who escaped from the
German prison camp of Ruhleben.
The solldora say von Tauber's se
verity transcended anything ever
known In the history of treatment of
prisoners of war by civilized nations.
His favorite method of punishing
British soldiers was to send thorn to
solitary confinement in a stone, cell
with plank bed and one thin blanket
and on a diet of bread and water.
The case of the unfortunate soldier
who in pity fed a German child from
some of the supplies sent him by rela
tives in England, was the worst, but
there were others' alaiost as extraor
dinary. Here are a few samples:
Forty-eight hours for waving a
handkerchief from a window.
Seventy-two hours for reading an
English newspaper.
Seventy-two hours for smoking In
barracks.
Forty-eight hours for laughing
aloud.
Forty-eight hours for saying of a
snooping German, "there goes Sher
lock Holmes."
Forty-eight hours for dropping
tamper cover with bread into bread
box.
The Germans gave them a so-called
PATENT GRANTED 10
Patents granted to citizens of Ore
gon, May 8, 1917. Reported through
the office of R, G. Park, Jr., solicitor
of patents, nshington, D. C.
Orlcy R. Aubrey, Holbrook, adjust
able logging sling.
Belle F. Bailey, Portland, com
bined baby hnmmocy and swing.
Joseph D. Denburger, Lents, mail
catching and delivering apparatus.
William G. Ellis, Dnllus, jar-holding
device.
Charles Johnson, Scnslde, slieet
sweeper.
Wesley C. Jones, Portland, comput
ing attachment for dinlscalcs.
Henry M. Lnmbert, Portland, as
signor to Lambert Multiplus Co.,
Phoenix, Ariz., cushion tire for ve
hicle wheels.
Floyd E. Land, Medford .clutch
mechanism for transmission gearings.
Hugh W. Nutt, Nainer, clump for
well-polished rod.
John W. Ruben, Portland, soaring
aeroplane.
Thomas Warner, Oregon City, auto
matic means for regulating pulp-stock.
with electrical detectors, delicate in
struments to warn of the approach
of submarines, but without much suc
cess. Owing to the fact that salt
water is a fairly good conductor of
electricity, certain electrical phe
nomena is upset.
"It looks to me as though Ger
many's submarine campaign were
doomed to. failure, unless she puts at
least 1,000 subbmarines into the wa
ter. She cannot nccompli.-h much with
with the number she has been op
erating. "In the event of the l-bnnt growing
to such formidable proportions, how
ever, that overseas surface commerce
in the future could be annihilated, it
would be necessary to build big sub
sea freighters.
"These would foil the U-boat. Ger
many cannot use submersible tramps
lor the simple reason that she now
has no friends with whom she can
trade."
OWNERS SEIZE
WATER SYSTEM
OROV4I.I.E, Calif., May 14. Fifty
landowners, patrons of the Grldlcy
Land & Wlater company, have taken
forcible possession of the water sys
tem to save their crops on two thou
sand acres, it became known today.
The seizure took place yesterday.
A long controversy between the
land owners and representatives of
the water company relative to time of,
payment of Irrigation supply rosulted
in the shutting off of the water.
Crops wero threatened with destruc
tion. Wator users proceeded to open
the flood gates, placed their own
guards in charge. Irrigated the crops
and then notified Superior Judge
Gregory of their drastic action today,
after declaring thoy would submit
peaceably to adjudication of the issue
to the state railroad commission. The
commission had previously fixed June
5 to hear evidence in the case.
Meanwhile the water users declare,
they will remain in charge of tho sys
tem using such water as is necessary
to save their crops.
gravy made without meat. Tills
meant the men were reduced almost
to tho verge of starvation.
They wero kept without heat until
the last of October, when a baby en
gine datod 1877 was rigged up. It
would not work properly. There was
no provision made whereby tho men
might dry their clothes. Many suc
cumbed to illness ana the death rato
among them was on tho increase.
BELGIAN LEADER
PEACE MEETING
COPENHAGEN', May 14. Emlle
Vandorveililo, the Belgian socialist
leader and minister of munitions of
Belgium, is quoted by the Soclal
Demokruten, the Stockholm socialist
newspaper, as declaring that he sup
ports the peace conference to be held
n the Swedish capital by the social
ists. M. Vandervelde yesterday attended
as guest, a meeting of tho Scandinav
ian committee In Stockholm, the So-clal-Doiiiokraten
declares. Other
guests wero Caniille Huysmans, sec
retary of the International Socialist
congress, H. H. Van Kol, socialist
member of the Dutch parliament; M.
Koubanavltch, and a representative
of tho Russian socialist revolutionary
party, and Jephe Borgbjerg, the Dan
ish socialist loader. 1
Rheumatism Should Be Kipped In The Bud
LONDON, May 14. The statement
of tho Stockholm Solcla Demokraton
that Emllo Vandervelde, the Belgian
minister of munitions is supporting
the socialist peace conference at
Stockholm la not In accordance with
his reply with French interviewers at
Copenhagen. In Ills statement to them
he stated that ho refused to partici
pate In the Stockholm conference, as
he considered It would have the effect
of engendering doubt as to the deter
mination of the allien to hold firm
until a durable peace was guaranteed
by victory.
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