South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-05-06
Chairman of Naval Board An
nOunCeS Solution of Under
sea Problem Is Now
at Hand.
new DESTRUCTIVE FORCE
CAN WIPE OUT ARMIES. TOO
Details Kept Secret for Pres
ent-Chief HOnOrS believed
Will Go to Thomas
Edison.

international News Service:
NEW YORK. May - Warfare
will be revolutionized and the
mighty world conflict may be
brought 90 speedy close as the
result of an invention of the naval
consulting board.
Not only will the submarine men
ace be removed but new destructive
forces have been found 20 wipt out
forts and other defensive work
W r.. saunders. chairman OF the
naval consulting board, announced
the solution of these staggering war
problems today.
Edison Believed Behind Work.
While few details were given IL ~
believed that the chief honors for
the solution Of the war menace go
10 Thomas A Edison, president OF
the naval consulting board
Mr.. Edison and his colleagues
have been at work for many months
working with might and main 10
lind a means of solving the big war
problems. and chiefly the submarine
menace
With Yankee ingenuity sweeping
the IL" boats from the seas, Ger
many loses her chief weapon and
the admitted dangers of ENGLAND
and France arising from the ruth
less submarine campaign are re-
moved II may even open up the
way for the invasion Of Germany
we have submitted a plan 20 the
navy department" said Mr. Saun-
ders today
Not Theorcuc Plan.
1T is designed 90 handle the hos
tile submarine craft IL is not a
theoretic plan. but one which Is
based upon actual experiments.
More than this 7 cannot say at this
time"
Fifteen subcommittee Of the
naval consulting board have been
bending am their energies towards
solving the submarine menace and
other big problems for many
months As the menace OF the Ger
man "J-" boats grew the activities
OF the inventors increased.
Clear seas i'm Month.
American naval officers who have
seen experiments made with the i'm
yention have predicted that Euro
pean waters viii Soc generally
cleared OF submarines within
month after the new machinery Of
war is put i'm operation on the 9TH
er side.
Mr Saunders refused TO give any
IF the details of the machinery nor
the explosive, ~ ans, used in con-
necuon with IT,
Nr. saunders further announced
that he was giving out news Of the
perfection Of the invention TO allay
the growing fears over the "U' boat
situation.
Also Useful on Land.
After the statement had been To-
sued Mr.. saunders was questioned
bv reporters Ia reply 90 these in
terrogat0ns he said that the in
Tention could not only be counted
upon % clear the war zone waters
o. submarines. but viii blast whole
armies out ~ existence and rae
fortresses 90 steel and concrete.
II necessary. b. was said. every
steel mill IN the country viii De put
o. work constructive the necessary
machinery for the invention.
Already the machines are being
built IL is believed. for Alr Saun-
ders said that consignment would
5e ready soon.
Chairman saunders ~ The naval
consulting board IS native of CO.
lumbus Ca and has had distin-
euished career as an engineer he
was graduated from the University
OF pennsylvania and has written ex-
teuslveIy on engineering subjects.
For awhile he was in charge Of the
building of docks and the ship chan
rel az Black Tom island where a
Big ammunition explosion occurred
"a year ago