The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-05-23


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Workings of SubmersIbles De-
scribed ina Very inter
estIHg Manner.
Somewhere on the route cute s Q, ma
I131e rakes its stand. says the ~
90 zrs+rrStar It lies submerged. OF
-.. s - the two slender steet4
1900 the periscope. SIX lncnss IL ~
<ifameter. are the only sisns OF ~
S-esence a mile away the SHAPES
eve viii distinguish tnea them onis " -
: $3.50 n the submarine IS moving
e..;,;,e WAKE caused by the rush
t.tn- -,ssfs through the water viii
- 70 the alert lookout a nile
farther away
Inside the submarine every sman
stands ready at his statton-elec--
trtcians by their dynamos and mo-
tors. Torpedo men by their tubes and
engineers by their machinery The
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the onlymen aboard who know any
thing Of the events passing On the
surface
Theswait may be hours or days. a
constant-watch Is kept with the peg
iscopes. One is immovable, pointing
always to- the direction from which
the victim ship is approaching. The
other turns continually on swivel,
an all seeing eye that sweeps every
point Of the compass every minute
or SO.
To the men below 1T IS a dreary
wait, with never an indication Of the
possible time OF work Their tor
pedoes are Graded beside the tubes
and there they must wait for the
word that means destruction to some
thing
Prey is Sighted
At last 1t comes The command
on the horizon. He estimates the
speed and distance the object ship Is
making. An order IS sent down the
speaking tubes, The submarines en-
gines begin to churn the water be-
hind The sleeping wasp has come to
life and starts on its stealthy trip TO
sting an unsuspecting victim
The submarine is headed the prop
er direction. "A jingle of bells brings
comes an exacting part of the sub;
marines game If 1t cannot ap-
proach within torpedo range, about
5000 yards at the maximum. with
out being detected the object snip
Will elude it by speed, or attemptlto
sink tsbysgun fire.
stand by comes an order down
the speaking. tubes or telephones. Ey-
evrything is made ready for the shot.
The commander watches his speed
indicator and his chronometer The
course of the object ship, judging
from speed and direction when the
submarine sank, is charted carefully
The. time cones-for the shot The
submarine hobs up until the com
mandeF- can use his periscope again
He takes a quick glance to see that
all calculations are correct he
finds themso.
Submarines Hard to Detect
Another order comes down the
spealdnE tubes. ZThe torpedo. al
ready IN a cradle at the mouth Of
the tube, Is showed home The COM
pressed air locks are set. A spring
Is released. There Is a Kissing rush
Of air and a soft scrape OF metal The
torpedo lunges out. It's engines start
automaticaly and hurry the destruc-
tive charge of explosive toward the
target.
II the submarine or torpedo Is not
detected in time for the object ship
to maneuver out of range the tor
pedo bumps it's war nose" into the
side. The illuminate of mercury
detonates the guncotton and the side
Of the ship is ripped away as easily
as a child upsets. its house of blocks
After the shot Is fred the men of
the crew brace themselves and wait
for the disturbance of the water an
explosion even 1000 yards away viii
make 1t losses the boat as easily
as a river current tosses cork
Should no tossing come, the gunners
know It fsa miss.
For surface running almost all
submarines OF today use oil or gasc-
line engines. But for submerged
work storage batteries must furnish
the motive power. The impossible
i1v of supplying an exhaust IS the rea-
son for that
AS soon as the boat dives the
commander may draw upon his or
one tanks to keep the air Of the boat
fit for breathing. The most dreaded
foe OF the submarine sailor man Is
chlorine gas As time goes on and
the boat remains below the surface.
or sinks deeper. the density of the
air in the cigar shaped hull is in
creased.
When fhessubnnarine dives certain
Woman, Has