The Little River news., 1920-12-08
Edison Has 1nvent tEd Many =. s'"'T'1V 1Vesrsx Uijsssfal Uij Tesiees
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publishes the following dispatch from Washington; od ad4 ot nwob +nep 3 The paEt American ingenuity playeu Iinowihnings theo wardis disclosed in "a Ithistory of the NavaleC Consulting board
 Of the eTUnited States made pubic Fby
 Secretary Daniels today. 's417' 'sas: s-sss: F sThe volume reveals achievements !whieh.,i #, protected a decade oago, pro bablN, would have been rfdientled as (tHyiaiunaTy,s Chief among stheseawa as a ideNiuasby zwhich fthe launchingt of sza. torpedo could be .7feafd on ship board 1000 syaras away yaor" further than a 1t6rppsa9 eaa3 n H De effeetfgek 4aancned from as si b9ma 9mfa lr,iilpss%nds rilpss% qo VIII em ''- F tfIhisi iATentionf was but oneT of a Iseorss or more contributed ebyr Thomas Ald Edisone1p ofethea board. -'eo MT. Edison appears tohhavesbeen the
 moving spirit Of the poardef fl Forsaking
 his 1aborat6ries at the oodtbreaR7' 7'of the Eyiar, hhIe he practically became ilf5 maya lsofs Ificer. He spent most, of his time in the Navy, Depar rtment fhere, and took long tdeGpdsea seaddruises1thatth he nmight be in closer touch with the problems to be sofjvnaaAv tsss F9vf1 ii GwOh 92st2
 'ha sau, r Hiss Listening Device.
 Because of the German submarine,
 menacadship proteetiondc claimed most fof the eattentionsof fftheoboard!ooTo this problem Mr. Edison devoted his tradi5
 tlonA twenty fond four flo1r Working days,
 and after overcoming many obstacles ! finally perfected his his listspiing dd vice.i boz This1cOntrivanee vas in the sfOrtAoof |an outrigger itsuspeHdedofronf flae bow spfrftt of ea3 vesssln and o0onaaining san immense phonographi daa pnsam. ny ,a means seas3as2 of tceoApsnsaeofg, the noise of
 the vessels engines eWapss,,{o VAS {obdliEtfera dlEf ateds
 thus smak king it possihle for the deu1eo
 to work perfectly even when the snip
 was1 plcwmg'qat fulloospeedr through the roughest seas. odi 1syo qp p9.a. .'. E|ar With this & devqitse vqits; boats moving a.70o syhEaas waXlaeoYlA be 1eadilXs heard
 while the vessel was going fNA speedt Al s,1bmariae sAsll s1fiye and one -hfalf
 nnles sway ayaeoelaualss,DssAsar tlRi4s lP3!l,, d big stoefnm was 1ni pf6gfgsS fsn4 stha,
 boat s aissYs' iss'sp sppsoee ggd1ing a fdtf speeazia, |ud MH Edison Eaisosp talloHsa tthisI sIIf IfInyeption, fwith1aedevieH forsthaa qu1ak tuEnirs ef' \ |aaovsssAs sAssehsneyersthe deleeaor IipdiS dii: |Sated sthateca s6rpsd6a aqwas coming fin. |Ybes svssseassdtfeeatss65 eatss65fnssi 4ft dsa' 'thisbbs
 messass ges F s 9ts k stfang sl|@ s4na|Ssf os ssayas b1healaHaenhGlbaeseand; sOlialiNFope, sll
 a slip mt, ,s46 tse Atsfinb AaiA 9hI , fo Nnsh 1astsqas5s theoseasahe mouth, oapoemneds. iftfipg ths. baa With water apdss thus thus acting :sa'i as drag. By puliinE Enths tIis5ssr lops thsg snfan end r esfM [ 'aass Y
 was opened. This let thes sfate1 vdtt
 inAtantly relieving the resisthnfh. IFpnE
 jf fithese bags cast from hsrside ct ; 5;eoo ton vesselA AAAwith t.p90 teRs
 of coal causea nine% degrees tfren-h her s61s ip two minutes, with
 an hdvaacei iss( (y 6l Aeoo ieetsS @0o4 .ght stuf f}pa next attractteei accted lEis f4tdnl Horting day fatnrdd and n4k bvM Shs sassds Of spbniarlpc EsiinS ags hs disspysred that not mors 1 fh i {. z z Der cent, q the sipkings took 4Ys Yss5 ifa 1 -.=x.s~e IoY so,Y ,YssszsST Et4r M EdisSn comm enced yto wyork k fylt, out
 his hans 6of the ship to sail itl and 2 iq9pt5 vt
 of t6sidansett zone at night ;I to for
 sake the old standard Hines of travel
 assnuch as possible to anchor throusn
 the day linII comp lively shallow wat
 CTS and harbbrs where sublma rines
 could mot approach them. steaming
 only et night to other spolnts of an-
 chorage Oh the way to itheir destinau
 tiorss kS-f weH <M Prevented Smkinesr
 MT Edison devoted "a great deal Of i tho1ght to various pIaps fpr prevent nH;1 ling sinkings, and he suggested a nuMlff