The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1911-12-23
In Southern Morocco and
That's the Reason They
Are Sore Now.

BERLIN, Dec. %. -Ehe bitterness
an disappointment OF the Pan-Ger-
mans over the failure OF Germany, to
acquire a part OF Southern Morocco
THE sus territory in the negotiations
with France may lind some alleyia-
ton in the report OF the scientists o.
the Hamburg on their explorations in
the Sus.
In this report laid before the d.
rectors of the company, it is de-
clared that neither the climate nor
the soil conditions of Southern Mo-
rocco fit 1t for colonization nor even
for agriculture. The existence OF
some beds of iron ore Is reported, but
the investigators are not able to say
definitely whether the ore exists in
workable quantities and qualities.
They are of the opinion, however,
that none OF the concessionaries OF
iron mines in Southern Morocco had
yet discovered deposits OF profitabiy
workable ore.
The company decided, in view of
the report, to make no further efforts
at this time toward the acquisition Of
land In that territory. However. fur
Their investigations into the metallic
resources of the country win be made.
Germany now has in operation sew
enteen dirigible balloons, eleven be-
longing to the army and six to pri-
vate owners. Nine others are being
built or rebuilt and will be in ser
vice by the end Of the year. Many
types are represented, but the Yep
peIin and Parseval predominate.
France has but ten dirigibles. Aus
tria-Hungary four, Russia five and
Spain and italy two each.
In their constant search for means
of increasing the efficiency OF army
balloons in time of war the German
military authorities have equipped the
newest Zeppelin army balloon with
an anchor which is expected to make
IT possible to land on any ground and
under any but the most adverse wind
conditions. The destruction of the
zeppelin II. at WeiIburg followed the
tearing of the balloon loose from its
mornings. The new anchor has been
tried out in wind of twenty to
worked to perfection.
|. 80 .DuF 80
At meeting of the Society of Ger
man Naval 1IlArchitects a new kind OF
screw propeller for ships was de-
scribed. The inventor is DR.. R. Wag-
ner, the chief engineer of the ''Vul-
kan works Of Stettir, which has
Built most of the fast German ocean
liners. The invention consists of
second. propeller. mounted behind the
working propeller, but not self Itself
revolving. Its blades are set in the
reverse direction to those of the real
propeller, and have the function OF
checking the swirling movement OF
the water set in motion by them
which involves considerable loss OF
power. Stated in other words, the
second propeller tends to hold the
water in position so that the revoiy-
ing blades of the working propeller
can act upon it with greater force
DIR. Wagner said that the invention
had been in use for some time on
number OF small vessels and that the
experiments had showed that it AT
ords an average saving of fifteen per
cent in power over the old form of
propeller.
The Reichstag has given the first
reading Of bill appropriating above
s11. OOO,O 900 for completing the Central
Railway of German East Africa 10
UTjiii on Lake Tanganyika. The road
is already in operation to within
eiehty-three miles of Tabora, the CHIEF
trading center of the table-land south
of Lake Victoria Nyanza. and will
reach that town next spring, dis
lance of 525 miles from its starting
point at Dar-es-Ialam on the coast
From Tabora to Viii is another 200
miles. making the total length OF the
road 700 miles. 1t is planned to es-
tablish motor-boat or steamboat
service on Lake Tanganyika after the
road reaches Ujijii and it is believed
that a considerable freight traffic for
it can be built up on this great inland
sea Of 400 miles in length, as there
the various promising agricultural
regions adjacent to it.
Great hopes are also entertained In
:.