The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1918-03-21
"u-BoATs ARE DOOMED"
Authority Declares Locaters VIII Safe
guard Allied Transports and Liners
Device Is Scientific = Speech
Follows Dinner.


the submarines
This prophecy, recently made by
Admiral Jellicoe of the British Navy,
was reiterated in Kenosha on Monday
evening when Professor ANGEL st. John
of Lake Forest College presented a
masterful discussion O.. Submarines y
to the members Of the Congregational
Men s Club and their friends assembled
in the parlors of the First Congrega-
tional Church. The address followed
the annual "Bring Your Friend" din
ner of the society and furnished one
of the most brilliant and interesting
offerings IN the history of the Men s
Club
Professor ST. John spoke as one hav-
ing authority. Having spent last sum-
mer in special research work for the
United States Naval Board, he pos
sesses "inside' information on ships
in general and submarines in parti-
cular and consequently brings mes
sage Of scientific accuracy and unques-
tionable authenticity.
"There was a definite basis for Ad-
miral Jellicoe Is PROMISE said Pro
fessor st. John in comment upon the
English sea-lord IS famous statement.
The Allied nations have perfected a
submarine-locater that will seriously
cripple if not completely eliminate
the activities of the German U-Bo2ts.
AS soon as our ships lave been equip
ped with this innocent but effective
apparatus they will be practically sub
marine-proof and sail the seas with
no fear Of Lusitanisy or Tuscania dis
asters.'
"We'v we gone the Germans one bet
ter, he declared. Recently ships
at sea have reported high screeching
shrieks as omens of submarine attacks
and for while The Allied chiefs were
at a. loss as TO their source and pur-
pose. Now they have discovered that
they came from a form of detecter
used by the U-Boats and this principle
they have perfected in making not a
detecter but locator which will work
and work unerriagly."
The apparatus, as described by Pro
fessor st. John, consists of an instru-
ment which sends out sound waves of
pitch SO high as to be beyond the
detection of the thurman ear. These
waves carried by the water are caught
by rejecting surfaces and returned to
the ship where delicate receiving de-
vices make possible a complete CLASH
fication of the rejecting object and
subsequent determination of its exact
location thorIgh the time required for
the reflection of the waves. In this
way the submerged U-boat is discover
ed in sufficient time for the ship to
safeguard itself against torpedoes and
escape unscathed.
When asked how the ship would
know that the rejecting surface was
a submarine the professor replied that
anything else sufficiently near to be
dangerous could be discerned above
the surface Of the water and imme-
diately dismissed from further calcula-
lions.
The speaker was very optimistic in
his comment on the locator. He de-
clared that it was so scientifically con
structed as to insure success and guar
antee immunity from the ttsea-ser-
penis. He asserted that the Ger
mans might learn of the device but
that they could not protect themselves
against its action or in any way in
terfere with its efficiency. He said,
too, that the mechanism might be used
with equal effectiveness by Allied sub
marines which would shortly be scour-
ing the seas in search of conflicts
with the German U-boats.
Further than this Professor st. John
urged Kenoshans to save Pochantas
coal for shipping purposes inasmuch
as it is smokeless and when used by
transports or merchant liners deprives
Fritz-genus, submarine of one very
effective means of discovering his
quarry on the high seas.
The speaker was not only forceful
but also very witty in the presenta-
ton of his subjeet-matter and again
and again won laughter and applause
with his brilliant and eaustic humor.
Miss Madeline Sackrider of Grover
street, was the recipient of a delight