America

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXI, Issue 12, 12 August 1916, Page 5

America

PROPOSED MAMMOTH BATTLESHIP. Ptoss Association—Copyright, Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. - New York, August 10. Commander Adger-Moffat, United States naval expert, advocates the building of a mammoth super drearily ught, 60,000 tons, 995 feet ift length. 105 feet beam, with a speed of 36 knots and carrying ton 18-inch, guns. Ho says that such a ship might be called the limit, ns it would result in the scrapping of every other dreadnought in the world, ami would make the United States navy the foremost in the world. PREPARING FOR COMMERCE. SUBMARINES. Press Association—Copyright, Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. New York, August 10. The Eastern Forwarding Company, the New London agents for the German undersea boats, have leased, a pier, and are hurriedly . erecting a warehouse. It is believed the Bremen will laud there in a few days.

(Now London is a city in Connecticut, at the mouth of the Thame* river, forty-five miles east of 'V»t Haven. Its harbor is one of the best on the New England coast.) MUNITIONS EXPORT EMBARGO LIFTED. New York, August 10. The embargo which was placed on munitions’ shipments consequent on the explosion, the particulars of which wore cabled on July 30, has been lifted by the court, as the result rtf the suit by the Canadian Car Foundry Company. Erling Iverson and Exel Larsen (Norwegians), were held to be suspects in connection with the explosion, as they had suspicious papers, ion, as they had suspicious papers.