The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1917-03-12

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The Italians have WoGnp1 - r
develop their lest = doG1nno
Gated By e3peEience. 49,
must at all tines moNo 1o61V r
the Mediterranean and II -
must be kept safe for tFan1pog1R =
first pre-Occupatfon Of Itnly = -
its shipping and harboea. 0unun
chasers had to be found. Doonl
moreover, q tool In Offensive Wuno11
has been realized. An extrWa1y -
type of scout cruiser has bo0 80
which it is hoped will prove succonu1u1
in forcing a fight on the wary 49,
TRANS. catching the maraudagB aloon
the Italian coasts before they c.
reach port. These ships closely n.
Semble the larger types Of American
destroyer with difference due 10 tt
work for which they are intended
Against submarines, however, such
ships are less effective than tiny tor
pedO boats. Austrian submarines, e.
pecially the smaller types generally
employed In the Adriatic, cannot ~
main long absent from their basa.
They can remain under water ooly q
few hours. Their speed IL low. So
they can sometimes be traced, follow
ed and forced to fight.
Fight to Destroy Each othoe.
In such case 1t becomes q question
OF head work between the captain of
the submarine and the captain of tho
torpedo boat, the one striving to eludo.
the other to draw near Usually. need,
less to say, the submarine wins. r.
however. the torpedo boat Outguesees
the submarine and foresees the spok
where the latter will emerge, a most
curious conflict ensues.
The submarine" to quote Sig. Gior.
DAM again, disappears, comes into
sight farther away, disappears, reap
pears, seeking convenient spot for
launching the torpedo that will rid Il
OF its OppressOr. The torpedo boat
must follow ii ever more closely,
watching the tOrpe1o's departure and
maneuvering nimbly to avoid it and
cut off the enemy"
HydrOplaneS armed with bombs
which explode 80 or 40 feet under wa 4
n fnr ci.
TOT nghtins submarines. Two or three |
tunes, believe, a submarine ia INNER.
sion has been struck and DESTROYED by
bomb cleverly dropped from an air
plane. Scouting for submarines from
the air is so fruitful that almost every
day squads of aviators fly out over the
sea on regular patrol duty. The Ital.
ians are fortunate in possessing a new
type of fast seaplane, with a dolphin
shaped body. said to be superior In
power. carrying and climbing caDacitv
10 the Austrian Lochner. employed ~
the Italians up till now, and to OuP
own Curtiss, of which the Loehner d
SAD To be an Imitation. The new typa
IN body Identical with the one employ
ed by the French and British, is con-
Ntructed in Italy ana equipped with an
Italian motor
Oiri9ibes as Sea Scouts.
The most useful of all constructions
FOR sea scouting is the diripih,a hal-
i""h- fof inns one purpose the Zeppe-
IN has not proved Il failure. Italy Is
falrly Well equipped with semiricid
balloons similar To the French tyne
ana almost every day one or more Of
mem may be seen gliding over the
sea What they accomplish l do not
know.
'al'iNe balloons are sometimes hoist
"a over the shore for observation mr.
poses.
Sufh are the principal weapons used
" Italy against submarines. How tho
Is progressing whether anne
ioration OF means is counterbalanced
}! improvement in submarine con-
trucuon, only the future, in all like
hoou the immediate future, will tell.
Quay both sides are losing heavily.
sometimes the submarine is its own
hdolng. Despite its terrible offensive
overs the submarine has remained
The words If Luther Bradley. "a deli
ate little thing" More than once dur.
= tiilS war submarine emerging
esld' a ship at night and launching
'Fped". mas been sunk by upheavai in
ie water caused by the explosion
NJ submarine dare not approach too
ear us victim, and for this ra.Snp
IAN. steamers escape. Sometimes in
ie Ozark commanders of submarines
ecofne confused and overestirnate dis
NICE This statement seems thA more
edible II We reflect that in tofpe,lo
riie'lee The United States navy has
una that a single explosion often
MS the fish for 400 or 800 yards On
sides To be sunk by ones own
'ii'-l" seems sad fate, but not IN