The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1907-09-16

Fulton safely stored away on board.
That was the beginning of the cap
tain's little adventure. Later he sailed
for Berlin from New York, and ere his
passage had we'll begun across the
ocean one of his friends aboard ship
gently informed him that he was be-
ing Swallowed by a Japanese spy BY
a little clever lodging Captain Cable
gave his shadower the slip I'm Berlin
and proceeded to st. Petersburg, where
later he fitted the Fultin and ran the
trials for the Russians and trained the
foreign crew. after which the sub
marine was shipped to Vladivostok,
where it proved the only efficient Rus
sian boat of its kind during the war.
Later in 1905, the captain again
sailed from San Francisco to Japan,
where he was to set UP a new sub
marine for the Japs which had been
built by the Electrical Boat Company
and shipped to the East in a knocked
down condition.
On his way across the Pacific he
stopped over a week at Honolulu, and
just at this time the cables advanced
the information that the Baltic fleet
were en- route to the east and that
it was possible that steamers sailing
from Honolulu to Japan might run
into difficulties if they came up with
the feet.
The captain of the steamer upon
which Captain Cable set sail, having a
few contraband articles of commerce
in the hold, had hoisted anchor from
the islands with his heart throbbing
with trepidation. AS the steamer ap-
preached nearer and nearer to the Jap
islands, Captain Gable was among
those who witnessed modern illus
tration of the old-fashioned blockade
running
At night the lights aboard The YES
sci were not allowed to be lighted,
during the daytime an anxious watch
was constantly maintained at the
masthead, and the commander of the
steamer tramped back and forth on
the quarterback day after day, con-
fiding in Captain Cable that cit was
awful risky biz" However Captain
Gable reached Yokohama without hav-
ing fallen into the hands of the Rus
slams, and his American-made sub
marine was introduced to the Japanese
who marvelled much at its possibilities
and the daring of its maker
Recently Captain Cable and Captain
L. Y. Spear, who is the general man
ager and vice-president of the Elec-
trical Boat Company, under Captain
Gable, have again come into promin-
ence by the numerous mysterious un-
der-water trips of the Octopus, which
they have navigated.
For several months preceding the
government tests which have just
been made off Newport, Captain Gable
spent several hours of each week run
ming under the harbor of Boston and
in Quincy Bay with his little crews of
underwater experts
Among his men, Captain Cable is re,
garded as one of the most daring sub
marine masters in the world.
During the past 40 years he has
planned, built and equipped the great
er part of the efficient submarines in
the world.
England has 40 of these little fight.
ing machines which have been built
by the Electrical Boat Company. The
Japanese fleet of five were built al
Fore River Russia is now drawing
her supply from the same source.
Captain Cable is stole. He smokes
a great many fat cigars, always APP
pears in a rough tweed suit of the
ready-made sort, says little and does
a great deal.
He is thin and gaunt in appearance
with rather dep-set dark eyes and
hair that is growing vastly scattering
on top.
He speaks in monotone, never tells
more than is absolutely essential and
was never known to get ratified in all
his long career under water or or
shore.
He has a beautiful home at 10;
Grand View avenue, Wollaston, wher,
he lives with his wife. He also owns
motor car which affords him his only
diversion outside of his profession
which has, he declares, always been
, diversion to him.
Once he used to go shooting-bu
that was before he became master O
: the biggest submarine business in thu
world. He declares that he still has
passion for farming, the first occupa
, ton which he learned, but just at tn,
present time he is not looking forward
to going into the agricultural business
To hear him talk of his little trip
down under the sea-well, it is mucl
like discussing the way to make frost
, ed pudding with an expert cook. H,
declares that he has still to learn O
the wild and weird alarms that occu
under the water.
Nothing in it," says the captain