Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-08-26
ROOSEVELT HAS
NOVEL EXPERIENCE
Takes a Trip on the Submarine
Torpedo Boat PIunger and is
submerged for Fifty Minutes
NAVAL MEN ARE DELIGHTED
Some Remarkable Naueuyers We're
Performed While Down In the
Depths of the Ocean,

o..,,r Raw. Aug. 25-President
p..-eyeIt late this afternoon made
1....n, I'm Long Island sound on board
,.. submarine torpedoboat Plunger lie
,... aboard the vessel about three
ragrs At one time the little boat was
..Irrarged for 30 minutcs and In that
,.,,s Was nut through all Of the sub
MARINE feats Of which she ~ capable
rts n.osldent expressed tonight his de-
#grt 40 the novel experience and said
chat mo- WAS immensely impressed with
tHa boat and with the manner IN which
She WAS handled, I'm thus Drawing the
dangers of submarine maneuyerIng. tho
rre,Hant has endoared himself TO ma
,aI officers and men the world over,
and made Lieut. Charles II, Nelson,
commander of the Plunger the proud
est and happicst man In the United
states navy
Tho Presidents intention not only to
make personal inspection OF the tiny
vessel likely TO prove 80 deadly IN ma
val warfare but TO make A submarine
descent Jon It, was reached after con-
far.n.e with Lieut. Nelson. The Plum
GERS commander explained to Presi-
dent Roosevelt the operations Of the
tost and assured him that a trip ON
hD and descent into the depths Of
Long Island sound would be- as devoid
of danger as would be a trip ON % New
York subway express train.
The president long has deeired to
watch the operations Of a submarine
toru.i0h0Ht at close range. and before
This would have made a trip I'm one,
had DC n0, been deferred from taking
the risk by the advice Of his friends
and official associates. Convinced by
me 'ogiu Of Lieut. Nelson, he arranged
10 take % trim ON the Plungcr and TO
have me little vessel perform an her
wonderful to3ts while he was on board.
Tho special trial Of the boat with the
president ON board took place between
and @ o'clock this afternoon, I'm Long
Island sound just m the entrance 10
Oysur Bay Shortly after o'clock
The president Went aboard the Pmngcr
IN one of the launches OF the naval
Yacht Sylph which he boarded at tho
j. Yves. Roosevelt pier
As soon as the president had de-
srendDl into the boat. the manholos
were closed. and, conveyed by the ma
,,r t,. so,,d' ", I'LL, LlullEet started
,swrt.5 un,u to , ,''"',I" , a'ia wee H'-
,ari uIo ontr,noo n, Var we" n,.
,,-,i.,.,s, 49, ~ lhe Day sum
l,,Irs sio,, i.',' Mu''n n'u heeh
ts,,, g,, r thn .,Eu| N.,Nru up
FER bobaved bo,n, JSI' ou' me ,n' run
fsnt a..r Co.,. LIN. ,poN Pay, IS ABOUT W
riut Nsls,, ',''i ,. ,lI lu' opIh'on or
tba ,ses.I A., 5l '' 'l' Nt'INS' 10 ehthle
Alton. th, ,,l..'I .', u'S' WORK soon
asrtb ,r ,,o,., te",n'I ihe necessary
y4rd r,,l si., ',g was greeted down
rfno s,,,.5 ysVy, ON me bottom
h.,,sft ,.as XXI. we unrrh9nlSm or
rr,,fl,,, t.. Npl.H,l nlnulely to the
ansro..r5 ~ 'H,u,, NeIsoh' SO that
m ruj,....',..l, al I'u'eH no dlillculty
,.sro rf.,,,,''.'S ''e maneuNers which
Urh. '.".h
Mo bot,,,,,' . PRESIDENT thus rested on
Eo., WI me SOUND IN "a submarine
r,qir, ,,,. ,'' ,il w lnet above him was
IN ,ar,,, ,,..'.u'l''u me rain descended
Ne sn-r.,.. ''.u I1e Northeastern whipped
lsry. hn, ~, 'he water INTO big roll
mi p.h.-, IN was az quiet and peace
r5rio- .'y ,,.. ln' president sat as an easy
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