The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-05-07
THE STORY
SAUNDERS GAVE OUT
Dscloses Scheme Worked Out That
Will Trap and Run Down
Every Submarine.

NEW YORK May o. William l..
Saunders. chairman of the Naval Con-
SuIting Board. yesterday announced that
the board had forwarded to The govern
ncnt al Washington 4 plan for agGres-
sive operation against submarines
which, III the opinion Of tho board.
! would soon put an end 10 the submarine
menace. He added that Il companion
plan for the obstruction Of German cS-
! Establishments on land. in which the board
lad confidence, ais" had been sent 10
Washington.
Mr. Saunders is president Of The Am
cricnn Instftut" nf Mining Engineers.
IIr Will not rn into full details about
plans. he said as I" do 50 would reveal
information valuablc IT, the enemy: but
II" gave 4 general outline uI what the
/ board contemplated and said that the
board contemplated AMI said that the
measures proposed were not matters of
speculation but had been tested and
proved by - suh-crrnmittccs Of the
naval consulting hOnrd who had been
working OH them ut Atlantic coast ports
, and elsewhere for thrc" months. tie
WAS confident thai III" means for tho "H-
iinctiou OF the submarine had been pro-
vid'd.
Would Close North Sea.
Tho most important Immediate step
proposed. lr. Saunders said. was the
closing of the u|rih END Of the North
ST., 50 that Submarines could not get
through into the Atlantic Dream. and
this could he done. h. iuSiSlrd by the
employment of several new invent lions
in conjunction with the naval forces of
the United States. What tn" now nv"n-
lionS wcr" Mr.. Saunders said L.. could
not reveal. but h" admitted thar hey
involve an extensive uSr of electricity
and had been perfected largely through
The genius and work of Thomas y. f.di-
son. who has hcrn h"NntinE all nf his
tim" ut his laboratory IN Orange. y. j..
and at Il sea r"aS, experimental STATION
L. their development.
Tho Allies Mr.. Saunders said have
successfully closed tn" English Clam
MI To submarines by ia" US" "f high
watch towers on IN" shores Of FrHnrc
! AMI England from which di<iui lmuc"A
| on Ia" SurlaC" of tho water can l'' de-
t"rt"d. ami by tn" employment at n"tS,
dcstr"y"rs. airplan"s. irln"S ana other
implements.
To Overcome Obstacles
Tho comparative uarruwn"S$ ahd Shal
lnwu"SS of the channel haS fnHd'' II pos
sih" for these forces I" l"' .T'"tuHl.
Similar operations At ilr' m"rch"rn exit
al tn" North S'a HAY" been made iInr"s
sihl" by tn" wide. deep ana stormy
waters hn,w"ou Scotland ana Norway.
Mr.. Saunders SAID. huI h" added that
th"s" natural obstacles could b" oyer
rr:nr by Ia" naval forces Of III" United
States. in conjunction with IA" recently
Invented apparatus tested h% III" testing
board.
Discussing Tho general application OF
the plan against submarines, Mr.. Sauno-
''rN sail:
"F:nrland and Franc" hal" all
! along followed h"I.ii~!V" tactics
against submarines. hUi W" hnv"
pr"p"s..h aggressive. operations that
VIII first l"H IN. I-ruuiS up ana
then s"'; lh"ru "u'. The .."iuiin
nf tn" submarine. problem hes Ill
III" ,!"etr,i"rinn If submarines and
not in 30. h'Ii'hiuG 81 ships and
"" h:,r' IL twu M plan ihHt
thInh VIII. destroy ih"m. Our Iur-