Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1917-05-09

Naval Consulting Board is Bending
It's Every Energy.

New York, May 5.-W. L. Saund-
ers, chairman of the naval consulting
board, announced here to-day that
the board had forwarded to Wash
ington llans for dealing with the
submarine problem, which, it was be-
lieved, had solved the problem sue
cessfully.
Mr.. Saunders. who has been chair
man of the naval consulting board
about two months, supplemented his
announcement by saying that while
the submarine problem cannot be
considered in reality to have been
solved until the U-boats have been
destroyed, nevertheless numerous
experiments had been made along the
Atlantic coast with highly encourag-
ing results, which led the board to
feel confident that successful solu-
tion had been reached.
ut looks as though the subma-
rine problem has been solved" Mr.
Saunders said, mot only in theory,
but on the strength of practical tests
on the Atlantic coast"
Five Hundred Inventions.
Mr.. Saunders added that 500 in
ventions for U-boat suppression had
been submitted for consideration of
tho board and experiments with
.many of them justified, he believed,
the assertion that a plan had been
found by which the submarine peril
could be eliminated
Mr.. Saunders was unwilling to go
into further details of the boards ex-
periments, all data on the subject
having been forwarded to Washing
ton, but he said the public had
right to be informed of the progress
made toward multiplying the depreda-
lions OF the German undersea craft.
Announcement Premature.
washington, May 6.-Adyices
from the naval consulting board con-
cerning progress made towards find
ing solution of TIM submarine men
ace, referred to in Nav York yester-
day by Chairman w. l.. Saunders, Of
the board, had not reached the Navy
Department tonight, but were ex-
pected tomorrow. Secretary Daniels
said that while no information would
be made public as to the nature Of
experiments which have been in pro-
gress, he was satisfied that American
ingenuity eventually would check the
undersea boats.
Mr.. Daniels spoke, however, with
out knowledge Of the specific devices
WIN which the members of the con-
snltlhg board have been experiment.
ing and his confidence was based
wholly upon the record for mechani-
cal inventiveness which American
engineers and scientists have main
tanned for years.
a telegram to tho Associated Press
from Lawrence Addicks. Of Eliza
beth, N. j., chairman Of the speCial
naval board, served to clear up some
mlsapprehehsloh concerning Mr..
Saunders statement yesterday. The
message follows:
Quick Progress Made.
81 fear some Of the statements in
the morning papers regarding the
naval consulting board may unw it.
tingly give wrong impressions re-
the submarine menace, and that con-
clusions are likely to be drawn that
the problem has been either fully
solved or given up as hopeless.
"While 1t Is evident that specific
information as to progress made
would be contrary to public policy at
this time, as chairman of the COM
mittee Of the board dealing specifical-
ly with tho marine menace, / feel JUS
tilted in saying that good and salts
factory progress has been made and
that we have now under practical
trial some naval devices Of great
promise.
"This committee was formed at
the time OF the break with Germany
to take over all problems relating to
the detection and destruction Of sub
marines and the defeat Of the tor