The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-11-19

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The practical value of an invention
for preventing the rolling of vessels in
however rough a sea was tested a few
days ago in the estuary of the Elbe,
says Fairplay. Herr Otto Schlick,
manager of the Germanischer Lloyd. is
the inventor of the apparatus, which
he calls a Schiffskreisel." and the OBJ
ject of which IS 10 prevent ship from
rolling from side to side. A chiId's
toy c'kreisel." which means spinning
top) is taken as a model for the APP
paratus, and when fitted to the ships
Keel its rapid revolution prevents roll
ing That is what is claimed, and it
appears TO have been proved in the
recent trial, judging from an account
OF the same given in the Weser lei
tung, The apparatus was attached
to an old torpedo boat, the Seebar,
which was taken out in the face of a
stiff northwest breeze. No close in
spection of the "kreisel,' it appears,
was allowed; all that was visible was
a steel case about three feet in diam
eter, in the. shape of punch bowl
into which steam was injected-a steam
turbine is the motive power What
was inside the steel case remained
secret. AS soon as it was set in mo-
ton its effect was immediate. The
Seebar was put purposely in the trough
OF the sea, and she rolled as much as
eight to ten degrees, but as soon as
the ''kreiser' was put in motion at
thousand revolutions per minute, the
rolling motion of the boat first dimin-
isned to four degrees, then to two, and
finally to one degree, and sat quite still
among the waves. The apparatus,
however, has no effect whatever on
the pitching motion of vessel, but
after this trial it is claimed that the
problem of the prevention of rolling"
is solved. 1t is stated that the German
Admiralty and the Hamburg
Line intend to make use of the ''krei-
SELL
LOGAN THIEF DISMISSED.
SAN FRANCISCO, October 24.-Chief
officer J. T. McLees of the United
States army transport Logan has been
dismissed from the government ser
vice because he stands accused of loot
ing the rooms of passengers on the
while on the recent trip from
Manila The dismissal of the officer
came two days ago, shortly after the
discovery of alleged stolen goods in his
room Official investigation by the
transport officials resulted in a demand
that McLees tender his resignation.
The demand was complied with. Now
the army authorities are attempting to
aush the matter up. ~
A mad desire-his brother officers
say kleptomania-impel Chief officer
McLees to take the property of others.
BY day, they say the man was an eff
,ient, painstaking seaman. At night
he was a proving marauder, hiding
n shadows on the deck and watching
:or an opportunity to fitch the belong
ngs of those he was charged to look
after and protect. In the room of the
officer were found clocks, shoes and
articles OF wearing apparel. They had
)een taken from staterooms of passen-
sers. The officer confessed to the
hefts when confronted with the evil
!ence.
The Logan is commanded by Captain
frank c. Jewell, quartermaster cap
ain, and Captain Stinson, sailing mas
err McLees ranked second to the
-,
captains papers and is one of the
est known marines on the Coast. He
vas formerly on the transport Dix and
vas transferred from that vessel to
he Logan.
ALDEN BESSE FOR SALE.
Japanese naval training ship Alden
Jesse. which attracted much attention
1hen she arrived in Puget Sound for
he first time two weeks ago, will sail
s training ship no more The wood
ark is now for sale. The Besse has
1irty navy cadets aboard. The cadets
ave been taking a course of practical
aiming for the past three years.
She has been placed in the hands of
AZ I4cUe Navigation SoIipdhy, VIII
ill dispose of her for the sum of
{. 900
The Besse was built in 1871 at Bath,
e. She is 165 feet in length, has
cam of thirty-f1ve feet and q depth
twenty feet. For many years she
as used in the China trade and net
d her owners hundreds of thousands
dollars before steam navigation rel
rated wood barks to the scrap heap.
If the ship bark is disposed of here,
will be necessary to deport the Jap
lese cadets.
SHIPPING COMPANIES.
Shipping companies are profitable IN
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