Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-12-23
Ne1us and Gossip
From Foreign Lands

the warden In some early day. and no
riparian owner had ever disputed it or
claimed the right to exclusive fishing.
Now the supreme court of the land has
declared that, the right does not exist
and the decision is so sweeping that
II covers all OF the streams and lakes
of the United Kingdom.
The bitterness and disappointment
Of the Pan-Gerrnans over the failure
OF Germany to acquire part of south
ern Morocco fehe~Sus territory in the
negotiations With France may find
some alienation in the report OF the
scientists of the Hamburg Moroccan
Company Of Hamburg on their explor-
ations in the Sus.
In this report, laid before the direc-
tors Of the company, it is declared that
neither the climate nor the soil con-
ditions OF southern Morocco At il 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 concession
aires of iron mines in southern Mo-
rocco had yet discovered deposits OF
profitably workable ore.
The COMPANY decided, in view of the
report to make no further efforts al
the time toward the acquisition OF land
/ in that territory. However. further in
vestigations into the metallic resources
of the country will be made.
Germany now has in operation sew
enteen dirigible balloons. eleven be-
longing to the army and six to private
owners. Nine others are being built ~
rebuilt and will be in service by the
end Of the year. Many types are rep
resented, but the Zeppelin and Parse
val predominant. France mas but ter
dirigfbles. Austria Hungary four, Rus
STA 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 tht
newest Zeppelin army balloon with ar
anchor which is expected to make Il
possible to land on any ground and un
der any but the most adverse wind
conditions The destruction of tht
Zeppelin II. at Weilburg followed thu
| tearing of the balloon loose from III
moorings. The new anchor had beer
! tried out in a wind twenty to twenty
five miles an hour. and it worked t.
| perfection.
! At a meeting Of the society Of Ger
! man naval architects new kind o
! screw propeller for ships was describ.
ed. The inventor is DR.. r. Wagner
the chief engineer of the 'vulcaI
Works" OF Stettin, which has buil
most Of the fast German ocean liners
The invention consists of second pro
peller mounted behind the workin,
propeller. but not itself revolving. IT
blades are set in the reverse direction
to those of the real propeller and hav,
the function OF checking the swirlinl
movement Of the water set In motiol
by them, which involves considerable
loss Of power. Stated in other words
the second propeller tends to hold th'
water !. position SO .!:a. the reyetv.n
blades Of the working propeller can &C
upon 1t with greater force.
i Dr.. Wagner said that the inveHtso,
J had been in use for some time on
number on small vessels and tts:ss. =:
experiments had showed that It afford
an average saving OILS per cent i
} power over the old form Of propeller.