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European War Will
Change Naval Plan
WASHINGTON, D. C., July 21.—
The naval program to be presented to
Congress, In the light of the lessons
of the European War, has not been
definitely framed notwithstanding the
fact that Secretary of the Navy Dan
iels and his advisors have had the
subject under consideration continu
ously for months.
The building plans for the coming
year will not be completed until the
last moment, when probably. Presi
dent Wilson will say the final word ns
to the number and type of ships the
navy depatmernt will request. Mean
while Secretary Daniels hopes for
more Information from the war zone
upon which the United States can
build with profit and safety.
So far, little information has been
received to aid the naval constructors.
AH the belligerents are maintaining
the strictest secrecy ns to their plans
or the lessons they have drawn for
themselves from the few sea battles.
American naval attaches at London,
Paris and Berlin, have had little op
portunity to furnish enlightening re
ports and there have been no foreign
observers aboard any of the war fleets
at sea.
It Is said that the American attache
at Berlin has had opportunity to see
considerable of the work going on in
German yards, but if so he has been
under the strictest injunctions not to
reveal what he has observed, even In
official reports during the continuance
of the war.
The greatest question that has come
out of the war is considered by many
American naval officers, to be the
future of the dreadnaught. So far as
Is known not a single capital ship has
been engaged and the value of those
enormously expensive fighting ma
chine is tut ill as problematical as it
was when England launched the first
all-big-gun ship, the dreadnnught.
England's newest super-dreadnaught,
the Queen Elizabeth, has bombarded
the forts at the Dardanelles; but so
far as navy department advices go,
she is the only ship of her class to
have fired a shot so far.
The reason for that, navy officers
say, is the full realization of predic
tions mnde for submarines, when the
first undersea boat was constructed.
Against those small and comparatively
inexpensive weapons, no adequate
means of defense has been found and
the first line ships of the fighting
navies are behind mine field or screens
of torpedo boats and destroyers leav
ing the active work of the war to the
older-pre-dreadnaught battleships, the
battle cruisers and lighter and less
expensive craft.
When the first maneuvers of the
American navy in which submarines
participated took place, some officers
declared the day of the battleship had
passed. In theory every big ship
which approached shore during those
operations was destroyed. Events of
the European war ,so far as they are
known, apparently bear out that as
sumption of the superiority of sub
marines and that Is proving a vexing
problem in deciding what shall be the
future American policy of naval con
struction.
Navy engineers now are deeply en
gaged with experiments looking to
the discovery of some practical de
fense against submarine attack.
Should they find a solution of the
problem, the big ship program will be
vindicated. While nothing has been
revealed of their experiments, it is
assumed that questions of greater sub
division of hulls and stronger bulk
heads, of armor to extend about the
mtdsh'p sections of battleships below
the waterline and capable of resisting
the blow of a modern torpedo, nnd also
the location of submarines at a con
siderable distance nnd their pursuit
by swift, light, easily handled craft
such as destroyers are being con
sidered. The latter defense Is the
only practical one which seems to
huve met with any success abroad, so
far as is known, yet officers here
point out that at best, It Is like search
ing for a needle in a haystack and
that the destroyer defense does not
meet the problem In anything like an
adequate way.
1-ocntlon and destruction of sub
marines by aeroplanes also is con
sidered Impractical In any but special
enses where weather, depth of water
and other conditions make It possible.
Bomb dropping from aeroplanes, even
over far reaching land fortifications
and other easily visible stationary ob
jects has not proven so successful as
to give much promise where a small,
dimly visible shape beneath the sur
face of the water Is the target.
Similarly, submarine against sub
marine is not considered a possible
development of undersea warfare un
less some new and startling device
to give submarine commanders the
power of underwater vision is dis
covered. A submarine is a blind
thing, once its periscope is below the
surface. One of the novel exploits of
the war, however, was the sinking of
an Italian submarine by an Austrian
underwater boat. The reports of the
encounter however were not suffi
ciently complete to Indicate the value
of that sort of warfare.
The result of the development of the
811 bmari fl P with wifloninir Ptintra nf
action, mounting disappearing guns
for surface action, nnd with increas
ing numbers of torpedo tubes as shown
by reports from Europe, has been to
create a school of navy officers here
who are said to be nrglng the aban
donment of dreadnaught building In
favor of n huge submarine fleet. Other
officers declare the backbone of a
navy must always be in first line
battleships and are urging larger nnd
more heavily armed dreadnaughts
than ever. Some place—between
these two schools of theory, it is said,
the course of the department will lie
in its recommendations to Congress.
Officers who advocate the submarine
navy say that it is thoroughly prac
ticable for the United Slates because
the mission of the American navy Is
to defend the United States from in
vasion, not to prepare the way for an
American Invasion of an enemy coun
try. That, they declare, has always
been the theory of the navy depart
ment and accounts for the fact that
no great efforts have been made ic
obtain appropriations for swift battle
cruisers such as those employed by
the British and German navies, track
ing a merchant marine to be protected
nnd being a self-contained nation,
fully able to support itself with the
resources within its own borders, they
argue that battle cruisers have not
been considered a necessity to the
United States navy and the attention
has been concentrated upon getting
the greatest possible number of heavy
battleships, floating fortresses to de»
fend the coasts. That theory, also>
accounts for the lower speed of Am
erican superdreadnaughts it is said,
and the greater concentration of gun
power in ships of American design
compared to similar ships abroad.
With fleets of submarines stationed
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Restoration to Entry of Lands In
National Forest
Lists 6-1496,-1512,-1513,-1541.
Notice is hereby given that the
lands described below, embracing
169.88 acres, within the Chugach Na
tional Forest, Alaska, will be subject
to settlement and entry under the pro
visions of the homestead laws of the
United States and the act of June 11,
19H6 (34 Stat., 233). at the United
States land office at Juneau, Alaska,
on August 16, 1915. Any settler who
was actually and In good fnlth claim
ing any of said lands for agricultural
purposes prior to January 1. 1906. and
has not abandoned qame, has a pref
erence right to make a homestead
entry for the lands actually occupied.
Said lands were listed upon the appli
cations of the persons mentioned
below, who have a preference right
subject to the prior right of any such
settler, provided such settler or appli
cant Is qualified to make homestead
entry and the preference right iB
exercised prior to August 16, 1915, on
which date the lands will be subject
to settlement and entry by any quali
fied person. The lands embrace a
tract of 160 acres, described by metes
and bounds as follows: Beginning at
Comer No. 1, situated on the bench
immediately north of the town of
Ninilchic, east shore of Cook Inlet, a
post marked H-l whence U. S. I,. M.
No. 1, bears 3. 49 deg., 45 min. W*
17.88 chs.; extending thence N. 14 do/.
K., 15.15 chs.; thence meandering east
shore of Cook Inlet 60 feet back from
line of ordinary high tide, N. 41 deg.
E., 7.53 chs.; thence N. 28 deg. E.»
17.27 chs., to Comer No. 3; ttieuce E.
35.17 'chs.; thence s. 35.75 chs.;
thence W. 51.82 cha., to the place of
beginning, listed upon application of
Alex Homan, Homer, Alaska; List
6 1496.
A tract of 153.60 acres, described by
metes and bounds as follows: Boein
mug at corner No. 1 a spruce post set
in ground 60 feet distant from mean
tide line on eust bank of Laida Creek,
east shore of Cook Inlet approxi
mately V6 mile northerly from Apex
of Anchor l’olnt, marked H-l, whence
Forest Service Monument No. 10 at
Grnnross Creek east bank Laida
Creek, bears N. 20 deg. E., 44 cbs.;
extending thence along the east bank
of Laida Creek N. 61 deg. E., 7 chs.;
thence N. 21 deg. E„ 14 chs.; thence
N. 28 deg. E., 4.44 chs., to Corner No.
2; thence E. 66.81 chs.; thence S.
21.40 chs.; thence W. 79.27 chs., to
the place of beginning, listed upon
application of Jacob Petnja, Homer,
Alnska; List 6-1512.
A tract of 86.78 acres, described
by metes and bounds as follows. Be
ginning at Corner No. 1, Forest Ser
vice Monument (hereinafter de
scribed) bears N. 24 deg. W., 90 links;
extending thence along the east shore
of Forberg Bay* 60 feet back front line
of ordinary high tide S. 54 deg. W„
2.90 chs.; S. 43 deg. W„ 6.16 chs.; S.
34 deg. W„ 5.80 chs.; S. 22 deg. VV..
3.33 clia.; S. 60 deg. VV'., 6.88 chB.; S.
46 deg. VV., 6.33 chs., and 40 deg.
VV., 9.60 chs.; to Corner No. 2; thence
S. 24 deg. E. 18.30 chs.; thence N. 58
deg. E., 36.58 chs.; thence N. 24 deg.
W., 29.55 chs., to the place of begin
ning. Forest Service Monument con
sists of a post set in mound of stones ,
on top of bluff 10 feet above high «
tide line on east shore of Forberg Bay, j
marked F. S. M. H. whence Passage j
Point bears N. 7 deg E., and Observa- ]
tlon Point bears N. 48 deg. E. Listed 3
upon application of Peter Forberg, 1
Cordova, Alaska; List 6-1513. j
A tract of 69.50 acres, described by I
metes and bounds as follows; Begin- j
uiug at Corner No. 1 situated on the j
south shore of Boswell Bay a post 3
marked III; extending thence N. j
63 deg. 45 min. E.. 10.59 chs., to Cor- ]
tier No. 2, Identical with Forest Ser- <
vice Monument, whence Northernmost J
point of Boswell Hock, a conspicuous 3
lone rock 80 feet high on mud flat •
near south shore of Boswell Bay,
bears N. 87 deg. 30 min. VV., 36.43 .
chs.; thence N. 45 deg. E., 9:41 chs.; 1
thence E. 24 chs.; thence S. 26 deg
30 min. K„ 20 chs.; thence S. 76 deg.
30 min. VV., 1.59 chs.; thence VV. 49.12
chs.; thence N. 7.15 chs., to the place
of beginning listed upon application of
William Boswell, Cordova, Alaska;
List 6-1541.
C. M. BRUCE,
Assistant Commissioner of the
General Land Office.
Bated April 17, 1916.
BEFORE AND
LONDON .July 21.—One of the
newspapers publishes an epitome of
the news of Whitsun week a year
ago. to contrast the trivial news of
that time with the stirring events of
today. A year ago Mr. Lloyd George
delivered a speech at Criccleth while
Mr. Asquith was playing golf on the
Molly head links. The Derby race had
been run. Two suffragettes were
bound over for attacking the doctor
of Holloway jail v 1th a dog whip, and
another for using a hatchet on the
Bartalozzi sketch, “Love Wounded,"
at the Dore Gallery. At Oxford Uni
versity, the honorary degree of doc
tor of civil law was conferred on
Prince XAchnowsky, the German
ambassador.
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All the Heal News In the Times.
LONDON, July 21.—The dinner set
of 23 pieces used by Horatio Nelson
on the victory of the battle of Tra
falgar has been given to the Navy
League by an anonymous donor to be
sold for the benefit of the Red Cross
and St. John’s Ambulance societies,
conditional on the purchaser’s pre
senting the pieces to the messes of
warships distinguishing themselves in
action. The awards to the Bhips will
be made by u special committee at
the close of the war.
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good dark cross foxes; also some good
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Read the Times, Dally and weekly.
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along both roasts and with navy yards •:
equipped to care for them, those offl- \
cers argue that even the battleships ?
could be spared from the defense line ■:
and that no enemy would dare ap- i
proach with ships and transports a ■'
coast well mined and defended with "
land guns as well as submarines. The
risks would be too great, the chances *
of overwhelming disaster too many. 3
It Is certain that Congress will be
isked to provide liberally in m- ’ --
ships for the present navy, pnrtlcu- :fi
Inriy as to parent ships for sub- <•
marine flotillas. Navy officers are ob- j-i
mining all possible data on Herman
ind Ifritlsh submarine tenders and %
may propose the construction of sev
»ral of those versels so designed as to jrj
l>e able to raise sunken submarines or
?ven to take aboard and transport for i-i
:onslderable distances several of the
Ittle fighting ships. Reports have |
■cached the United States of several f
mch ships in the Kuropean navies. •
It is also probable that a number of r
twin scout cruisers will be recom
mended and that a consistent cruiser
jrogra* will be proposed, designed to
rive the navy an ample fleet of these
'hips within a few years. As yet, how
ever, there is nothing to indicate the
■ecommendation of battle cruisers at
his time. The department, it is inti
mated, prohably will content Itself
with laying before Congress a full pre
sentation of the arguments for and
igainst that type.
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