New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-11-03

layer I'm the navy. the San Francisco
| Then, with a glance upstream, she SWUNG
around toward the Manhattan shore just
! below the gunboat Marietta that had
somehow got lost mp in these waters, away
| from her natural fellows.
Bang! snapped the little fighter. and
! bang! again, until she had added her TWEEN
| ty-one guns To the already oft-repeated
| salvos OF her larger neighbors An officer
on the Dolphin smiled an indulgent smile
! "Ahr he said. "the youthful Marietta
adds her voice to the din"
BY this time the Presidents yacht hnd'
/ ing the turn too sharp. was backing ou'
! into the stream to get new start SID
! ing i'm between the Neptune and the San
Francisco to the lane formed by the line
of ships and the eastern shore, she headed
| south again.
| The Dolphin came about to follow and
the yaohtlike gunboat Yankton. trying &c
edge in between her and the Neptune. cut
across her bows. There was tinkle OF
engine bells, the rattle OF a screw thrown
! full speed astern, and the Dolphins head
way was checked just in time to avert a
crash.
excitement Tor Moment
Excitement prevaned for a moment unit
the Dolphin got under way again AS she
came abreast of the Yankton, the com
mander of the smaller craft, Lieutenant
o. w. Fowler, spoke through his mega
phone
Il did not intend to get in your way. sir
he a?ologized
4 motion of the hand from Commander
George Laws and his executive officer OF
( the bridge Of the Dolphin was tie only
/ thing to show that the matter was no
worth mentioning
on down the limo the Mayflower steamed
with her following down to where the
seven submarines lay in the cove at l35tt
street The crews Of even these little mon
sters were out to honor the President
clinslng to what deckroom could be founc
on their scaly backs. The feet OF the luck
lest Of them were not more than two dozer
inches above the level of the river. excep
I'm the case of those few officers whc
J boosted an abbreviated bridge to stand on
And all the thanks they got for their devo
tion was a thorough wetting up to N,
knees when the bow wave Of the May
flower climbed gaylv over their footholds
On attaining Riverside Drive the May
flower picked mp a trail of buses anc
automobiles ashore. several blocks il
length. that followed her. constantly grow
ing, until she was lost behind the piers be
low I'D street
of 23d street the Mayfiower anchored a
123o o'clock. and luncheon was served
There was disappointment In the minds o
some that the picture Of the fleet steamin.
toward the open sea. that the anchorage OF
Bedlow's Island would have offered, wa.
not 20 be had, but the whistle Of the win,
coming off the Jersey shore chilled sym
pathy with most remarks 70 that effect.
The Dolphin dropped down \ beats Length
behind the Mayflower toward o'clocl
and then all was in readiness for the re
view But the schedule hour passed ant
was long gone. and still the Connection
and her consorts pointed their noses mp
stream No message came TO the waitinj
vessels 30 explain The delay whereupoi
many conjectures were put forth by thei
authors as facts.
You see" observed one authority, 9TH
battleships have 70 wait for the turn Of tn
tide for It takes a mile Of sea room &
turn those monsters I'm"
More competent authority soon dispose
OF this explanation by holding that the It'd
had already turned, and that. even If
hadn't. the battleships could turn i'm thei
own lengths. Then some one thought tina
n must he the wind that was keeping then
But II wasn't
! Not long after o'clock the wireless tol
what II was-the loss Of a man from nh
New Jersey, who fell overheard and wa
drowned.