The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1905-09-09
NOVELIST'S INVENTION MAY
REvOLUTTONIZE NAVAL WAR

marine searcnngnf TO the HOllan
Submarine Boat company, and no,
has been employed by that company t
ievelop other ideas Of subnilrine wal
fare
The basis Of the story, "The Sui
marine Destroyer" is a hypothetica
war between Japan and the Unite
States, brought on by the latter cour
try deporting all Chinese from AmerI
ca TO their native land Japan notfiel
he United States that ii The trans
ports carrying the deported oriental
approached within the three mile lini
Of the Chinese coast she would construi
i as an act Of war. The United States
delayed response. Japan recalled hei
ambassador while the transports were
stlll in midocean The United States
mustered seventeen submarlnes-the
only kind Of warships in use, all the
powers having sent their battleships
and cruisers to the junk yards-to
protect the transports. Lieut.. Ross U.
S. ~, was in command of the hotilla.
AS the transports and the lotilla
neared the mouth of the Yangtse river
''The Submarine Destroyer" was dis
covered. The story goes on:
Ross saw round, glls-
tening steel hull, capped by a slant
sided coming tower. II seemed like a
huge globe, its curvature indicating
diameter of at least eighty feet, but it
moved ON course to intercept the
Vaquero (Ross' flagship) at a speed
almost incredible in ball Snapped
hull. There was nothing to betray its
nationality. The stranger
stopped with unusual suddenness, and
a head and shoulders rose out Of the
coming tower--those of yuungish
man, with an alert boyish face. and
fine white teeth, much in evidence
when he smiled.
Hello there, lieutenant" he called
when the Vaquero had crept up to
him. Got any oil-more than you
need this trip?7
Plenty Of medium grade, if that
will do answered Ross doubtfully
But who are you, and what have you
there-a submarine?'
!" Wei, it's periscope. as you see.
and for the rest, it's a centrifugal
pump and high speed rotary. My
OILS too thick and it heats up. That's
about all | can tell you now.
Hardly enough, considering the
situation. What's your nationality?'
I'm an American.
But your boat?' asked Ross, impa-
tiently.
Depends upon what it can do to-
morrow and which country buys me
out
Are you an armed craft? Then
you are pirate if you NEEDLE with
the affairs of nations
Il am not armed or armored and
the affairs NEEDLE with will go to the
bottom. The other side won't care.
Don't quibble with me. | am a
officer with tube trained /
upon you now
You couldn't hit me with every
torpedo you've got lieutenant, said
the stranger, smiling again. You'd I
have to strike horizontal knife edge
with the firing pin Of your torpedo,
and it's one chance in a million. You
can't aim in vertical plane
Ross puzzled over the statement,
and the stranger went on:
I've neither rudder nor screw to
catch torpedo. can get thirty-five
knots in five seconds. can stop as
quickly | might n though I'm not
away from a torpedo.
Nonsense, said Ross. It's be-
Yond the power Of machinery.
For an answer the stranger ducked
nto the coming tower, closed the di-
fided hatch then, throwing a spoon
shaped sheet Of water high overhead,
he curved object darted about 100
'ards 10 starboard. stopped almost in
itantly. and darted back TO its former
position. Ross eyes opened at the ex-
libition. and when the stranger again
'ose out Of the hatch. he cried:
What in the name OF heaven have
'ou got? How do You get that speed
n ball2 should say # was forty
,nots an hour.
No, thirty-fye. or a little less.
t's twenty under water. can eaten
nd destroy any submersible aiioat or
If you arc unarmed. how can you
estroy anything, even though, as ycu
lain, you are invulncrable to attack
Watch out tomorrow Keep your
olors hoisted. even when submerged.
want TO make no mistakes ! have
iuorescent searchlight, but Il Is
one Of the best.
You are not benefactor OF hu.
lanity. said Ross. with a slight shud-
or.
But. Il your oil Is any good, and !
~ engine don't heat up. III prevent {
he drowning OF several thousand peo
le tomorrow. Il all depends upon ]
ie oil. Now, let's have it, lieutenant {
nd III credit the government when ,
III out.
The stranger got the oil he wanted j
nj his mysterious craft disappeared I
aueath the waves. The story. con 4
nuing. describes the attack Of twen-
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