The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1901-05-12


them 10 the last extremity and warned
him % keep al boats away from the
immediat, vicinity or they might come
10 grief A. the same time ! notified
him that would allow only boats from
men-of f-War showing the Chilean daa
% come alongside the Yorktown. 81
that in case anything unpleasant hap
pened ] should know whom 20 bold re
sp0usible After this there was uo
more trouble. but / was constantly on
the lookout and prepared for H.
About Jan. ~ received 'elegraphic
orders permitting mo 20 land my pas
srugors or Caliao. Peru. at my di.cre.
ton. 10 once notified the Chilean au-
thoritics That would leave Valparaiso
ln six hours. also visited the British
ndmiu, and gave Dim the same iufor.
nation. lic called my attention to the
fact that four OF the chilean ships had
steam up aud the further fact that IL
had been announced iu the Valparaiso
paper. that wucn { went TO sea their
ships would go after me 10 see that
did not land the refugees aud get up
another revolution ! told the admiral
very plainly that 10 any ship or mum
hnr OF ships followed me 20 sea aud
undertook 10 follow my motions
/ would regard 10 as an act OF gross dis
| courtesy and would resent II on the
| spot never learned whether DE COM
municatcd with the Chiicaus on the
/ subject or not. but when I got under
/ way 40 the time ! had liked nobody fol.
lowed the or attempted 20 do so. The
| condition in Valparaiso had become al
most unbcaruble, and II was with a
sense Of great relief that I found my.
| self M sca.
During the early part of the hrst
| night out. while running at very
| high rate Of speed. suspicious noise
was heard In the high pressure cyllu.
! der of one Of the engines when the
| cylinder head was taken on, found
two hardened steel wedges. which had
| been placed in the valve chest no
! doubt when we first arrived at Yalpa-
raiso- by some cvIlly disposed person,
| with the intention Of sending rs all 10
| the bottom. II could easily have been
| done when we first arrived and before
we knew what kind OF people we had
| 10 deal with. II was simply miracle
that escaped a serious disaster. for II
| the cylinder head had been knocked
out with the high pressure Of steam /
was carrying the side Of the ship would
have gone with IT,"
The Chilcans showed their anlmoslty
IN all sorts Of petty ways one Of
their favorite tricks was TO run their
torpedo boats about the ship, using her
apparently as a target At last one OF
the boats missed his stern by less than
six feet. The following entry from lis
journal shows his feelings at the time:
81 then saw the officer In charge OF
the drills and told him that he certainly
had great confidence in the steering
gear Of his torpedo boats; that II any
thing iammcd so that one OF them
struck me would blow her bottom
out. lie replied that the water of the
harbor belonged TO his government and
that he proposed to use il for the pur-
pose OF drilling his boats ! answered
that was fully aware OF the owner
ship Of which he had spoken. but that
the Yorktown and the paint on her he
longed to the United States and that
neither must be defaced by his tor.
pedo boats. After this incident they
did not run NJ us so much, though the
papers encouraged them TO do So"
When Captain Evans went TO the
opening OF the Klcl canal as command
or Of the New York. he hobnobbcd with
royal and imperial personages His
| 81. 4 Is.s, V
the New York from which the German
emperor rose at o'clock In the morn
ing TO have the watertight bulkheadS
closed and the crew sent to quarters !;
as follows:
The dinner was one OF the most do
lightiul | have ever seen. perfect
success ana George, my steward. who
bOssed the affair. Is as proud as n pea
cock. At | "A. m. the emperor express
ed n desire To visit and inspect the en-
ginc room. aud we did so. lie looked
into every hole and corner and evcI
had US discunuect one OF the engines
marking time on us himself Then W.
went through the gun deck and out OF
10 the forccastlc, where he asked how
, long It would take to close all tn,
wntertight compartment doors. re
I piled that In the daytime we could dc
, II In 30 seconds. but at night II nigh
: require two minutes Much to my sur
prise he asked II would mind donl
. It for him. or course had TO say yes
, aud when tried to blow the siren, th
/ signal 10 close the wntertlght doors
= there was not steam enough. aud tn
+ blessed thing would not blow. Tn
. emperor thought he had me and said
n Now, you see. captain, that you can
CLOSE your bulkhcads.' But he did no
q know everything. 'Nou Will see In
i minute. sir. and ! touched one Of IN
- general alarm buttons which calls al
!. hands TO quarters. and In a fcw SEE
.r onds the men were swarmlng up lik
:. rats. The emperor took time himself
q and In one minute and "a bali the entir
1 ship was ready for action, with all th
Nd, NutprtIrht doOry closed II was . a. IN