The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-05-07

pose Is to get the hornets in their
nest. to xiii the rats in their holes.
When your hons" is infested with
rats you don't run around every
room killing rats when yen can.
You lind out where In" rats holes
ar" and go after them there. THAT'S
the only WY 10 g''t rtd "f rats. and
It's the only. way To got rid Of sub
marines.
Seek to Auay Fears.
Asked why Ii" ha! made public an
nOunrcmcnt OF the plan at This iiiuC.
Mr. Saunders said that h" thought il
n public Serv!C" to allay til" fear Of
submarines which had diSiurhrd this
country. He said the beard had suiil'
ricnt faith in it's plan 10 feel war
lflntcd in announcing that The solution
of the submarine problem might b. ''N-
posted. He thought the ann"unr"m"i
rncnt would HAY" Il good effect upon tn"
country and 50 Justified 1t.
Outlining how the hnli-Snhmarin"
nIan was worked out Mr.. saunders said:
For the last three months the Naval
Consulting Hoard has been receiving
suggest ions and descriptions OF mv"n-
iiunS and descriptions of inventions ~
the rate Of 3J 4 day: We HAY" gone oyer
all of lhcS: carefully. and. Of c"ur"-.
have found NEST If them imprartlrie.
None at W. cares Il rap about theory
We don't give Il cent how good Il ihihs
looks on paper w" want /" lr! IL our
in actual experience before saying
whether IL Is amy good or not.
Inventions Tested Ont,
with that IDEA the subcommittee
! have been working for months. W"
have several experimental stations ON
IA. Atlantic coast and every single IN
ventiun and apparatus which tn" boar!
| has recommended has been tested and
proven under ronditf'nS at real expert
! rnrr. That's why W" hcii"v" that our
recommends ions Will be Succ"SSlul IT
put into operation.
The board has concentrated its action
upon two things: The destruction Of
submarines and tn" destruction Of land
| establishments and our plans aim AT
| these ends. The plans are III" sum -
Americas inventive mind. They repre-
sent the thought ana genius ana work
OF hundreds Of men.
I'VE were inspired To our task by con-
lidcnrc in The ability Of America TO pro-
! ducc new weapons in IN" w;,r. THIS
country has already pr"IlurCu tn" thr""
principal inventions which have bc'f
employed extensively in his war--alr-
planes. submarines and hnwilZrrS. Other
nations have taken our inventions and
have used them better than we. but thu
board believed that Americans could
produce still other inventions and that
the country would use them exclusively
in The present crisis
Some members at III" board hrSitaicd
to try out one ;HrrntiUn in particular.
because they feared that Germany would
learn OF 1t and uSr il against us before
We go it going against Germany. TIL"
board decided. however. that We could
test H. The inv"ntiQn did everything
expected OF il. and We arc going Ia use
, it before In" GrrnaIi$ get Il chancc."
Not Optimistic.
NEW YORK. May i.--ENrrcsS
from several prominent members Il
Tia. naval consulting hoard were not So
optimistic as Ia tho solution Of the L.
boat problem. As official spokesman I'll
| tn" hoard. Thomas Robbins AT the En-
EImrrrS' club gave out this statements:
If Mr.. SAUNDERS is correctly quoted
as saying that som" American genius
has perfected an invention which Will
clear Tn" waters of submarines. he must
har" llu"wlCdcr al S"mI invention
which is not known tn me nor The othrr
members Of the board. We arc still
searching for exactly that kind If IN
vcntinn."
Frank i. Srragu". chairman "l the
committee Of electricity and ShirnrIild-
ing. also n member Of III" committee
on submarines and former pres id"nt
of 'hc American Institute Of Electrical
Engineers. said that the was frankly
cynical" as 10 tho correctness of the
reported remarks Of Mr.. Saunders,
chairman Of tho naval consulting board.
who announced that the board had
probably found solution Of the Ger
man submarine menace.