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The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-05-16
TIC WILLIAMSON BOHS AND GREGORY GOING DOWN.
GEO. NJ WILLIAMSON on RIGHT, cj.E WILLIAMSON ON LEFT -

tempt a shark within range of the NOV
ing picture machine. This was finally
arranged. however. and, on May so
Ernest wrote in his diary: Feeling
much relieved to know We have horse
for shark halt. Bought lame horse for
shot and We tOwed it out to barge Hope
to finish up shark stuff and get tube on
board freight steamer by Thursday"
With everything ready for this thrilling
trial. the barge and the bait were taken
outside of Nassau Harbor the next
morning and allowed to drift along the
edge of the deep ocean. where sharks
are always lurking. big. vicious fellows
with dark blue backs and white bellies.
The horse had been floating here for
scarcely fifteen minutes when a long.
shadowy form was seen gliding. snake
like. past the side of the barge. This
shark presently went away and in half
an hour came back with another. Then
these two went away and came back
with two othors-and' so the hungry
company grew until dozen sharks We're
circlinS around the horse. But they were
shy. suspicious. no doubt. of the strange
swayinG tube that hung below the ycs-
sell and they would not come up to the
horse. swinging there temptin-ry in
range of the motion picture machine.
All that day and all the next day the
young men watched and waited but the
sharks kept at a distance. their fears
stronger than their hunger. On the third
day. however. at about II in the morn
ing, one of the ravenous crew darted
forward and closed his big jaws on tho
horses flank. Then the other sharks
drew nearer. and for two hours there
were a score of them within striking
distance. The time had come for the
sensational picture!
Meantime. half crouchinE on the deck
oil-smeared body glistening in the sun.
his white teeth shut on a wicked looking
knife. At a word he was ready to dive
into tho sea and take his chances with
one of the brutes below. trusting to hts
quickness and skill to save him. This
man was the best diver in Nassau; II
was said that he had once gone down to
a depth of eighty feet, and he boosted
that he was not afraid of any shark !
that swan.
With fascinated interest the Americans |
watched the native. while he watched |
the sharks The natives job was to time |
his spring so cunningly that he would
shoot down into the sea just in time to |
meet one of those big fellows in his |
hungry rush, at a point within range of |
the moving picture machine. the angle |
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were scarcely used. owing to the wonder
at considerable depths.
The Williamson PARTY remained at Mas
sau through April and MAY. working
daily among the ncichboring islands with
tho Jules Verne and the deep sea tube.
and getting good results from the very
start. So brilliant was the tropical sun
so crystal clear the water that. even at
depths Of eight or ten fathoms the
photographer down in his iron chamber
was able to get marvellous pictures of
this strange submarine region with its
vast silences, its waving sea gardens,
scarlet and purple and old gold, and its
millions of gorgeous colored fish dart
ing among forests of live coral
1T was like an enchantment," said
Ernest Williamson. ito look out from
the observation window over the sea
floor. 1t was like being in spirit land
whore all things were at peace"
water" I inquired.
''On favorable days We could see dis
tinctly for a hundred and fifty or two
hundred feet. Beyond that objects SEEM
ed to fade away into the palcst sapphire
mist 1t was wonderful to look up and
sec the surface waves from below I'M
dulatinSo smoothly with no broken crests.
As the sun fell on them its shafts were
broken into SiIyar min hat
to us like fireworks
1 asked Mr.. Williamson if there was
no danger of their fve-foot observation
window being broken by the water pres
sure. and he explained that there was no !
chance of this because of the funnel !
shaped space inside the window, where
the air pressure is kept equal to the !
water pressure outside by means of an
air pump. An air gauge and a water
gauge near the funnel show at all times
what these pressures are.
'I'll tell you how we did our subma-
rine work." explained Ernest William !
son. My brother George and Carl
Gregory would usually be down in the
chamber, say at depth of fifty feet,
George watching things and Gregory
taking pictures. I would be up on deck.
leaning over the open tube, listening for
orders. It's easy to talk up and down
the tube. it's like talking up and down a
George would cab out: Stand
by. Forward Att Let her swing
Slack on Now hold her or whatever
he wanted to say. Then 1 would repeat
these orders to Joe Bethel on the Maui
titus. which would be towing u.s. II
George said: Raise her. or Lower her,
would give the word tn men at thaI
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chain hOists and they would raise or
let the Jules Verne drift with the tide,
photocraphing what came along
How far off can YOU photograph OBJ
jects through tn" water" 7 asked.
About n hunc ed and fifty feet in IA
vorablc conditions"
Motion pictures"
Yes
In this way the Williamson party got
some extraordinary submarine snap
shots and a great number of submarine
moving pictures, about 10000 feet of 1lm
They took native boys diving for pen
MICS and scrambling for them at the bot
tom. They took a diver George Viii
liamsonD in his diving suit, searching for
treasure near 4 wreck. while a column
of bubbles boiled up from his helmet.
And a naked diver swimming through a
sea forest of palms and ferns. then. seat
ed on the bottom, tanning himself with
purple sea FAM
But in greater depths you would need
artificial light?' | suggested.
Undoubtedly said Mr. williamson
land for pictures taken at night. We
took one submarine motion picture at
night with our Cooper-Hewitt illumina-
ton and got fine result. 1t showed
diver moving among myriads of small
fish that swarmed about him. attracted.
like moths by the electric light We dis
covered. by the way, that tapping
sound on the iron chamber would also
attract fish. We could see them turn and
listen. and then come swimming toward
us
While the Americans were at Nassau.
great interest was shown in their sub
others. and several distinguished persons,
including his excellency. the governor
of the Bahama Islands. and his wife
gratified their curiosity by making a
descent to the observation chamber.
They found the climb down through the
narrow tube rather a close squeeze. but
were more than repaid when they saw
with their own eyes the beauties and
wonders underneath the West Indian
Sea.
The great and eliminating purpose
of the Americans was to take motion
pictures of a shark in some exciting
situation, fighting with a man. IL pos
sible. or with another shark. This was
what they needed to insure the sue
enterprise and give the final punch"
for popular appeal. But there were many
difficulties In the way-to begin with. the
mere matter of securing bait that would
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No attempt was made to take motion
pictures, but a number of excellent sub
marine snap shots were obtained. With
an exposure of one-fiftieth of a second
or less they found it possible to take per-
fectly distinct pictures OF various small
fish-spot fish. croakers. and others-and
when George Williamson divcd down
thirty feet and posed before the observa-
ton window. holding in his hands copy
of a magazine. the under water picture
of him was almost as good as if it had
been taken in the sunshine.
This was in the spring of 1872 and in
the following autumn the Williamsons
exhibited their submarine photogra phs in
New York City at the first International
Motion Picture Exposition. where they
made real sensation and attracted the
attention of scientists from all parts Of
the country. And presently they found
themselves backed by a group of solid
business mon, mostly Southcrners, who
organized a company to develop this
submarine motion picture enterprise and
hamas. whore they were confident the
Williamson apparatus would accomplish
nlarvels.
On the other hand. one of the most
distinguished Photographic experts in
America was of a contrary opinion.
DO you mean to say that you propose
to take motion pictures under the wa
teri" he asked.
We hope to-" said Williamson.
The man raised his shoulders. shook
his head slowly and walked away.
Nothing could daunt the young mems
enthusiasm, however, and in February.
1914, Ernest Williamson set sail for
Nassau. the plan being that he should go
ahead and build a barge, leaving his
brother to come later with the deep sea
tube and its accessories.
The barge took a month in building.
She was forty feet long and sixteen feet |
wide and contained amidships n we'll |
six by ten feet. through which the deep i
sea tube was to be lowered into the sea. |
This well was boarded around with
heavy watcr-tight planEs. When finished
the craft was christened the Jules /
Verne. and to tow her Williamson secur-
ed a big gasoline power boat from
ma tive. Joe Bethel, who happened to be
a great admirer OF the French writer,
and had named his boat the Nautilus.
So here was the enterprise now fairly
started in the real adventurous spirit OF
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the
Sea-"
Toward the end of March George VII
hanson and KeviiIe Glennan. the his
torian of the expedition. and Carl Greg
Dry. a motion picture photographer, ar
rived in Nassau with the apparatus,
which included extra lengths of tube
that could be added in sections as great
er depths were desired. And they brought
two immense glass disks. made in
France, each one five feet in diameter
and one and a half inches thick. for the
observation window. Also a battery of
nine Cooper-Hewitt lights arranged in
a gridiron. each light having 400 can
lie power these to be lowered for extra
submarine illumination, should that be
As q matter of fact, it was
not necessary. and these artificial lights
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y important advance in our
~ knowledge 81 tho sea is prom
Z y iscd through an invention re-
Gently made Ivy n SCotch-Amcri-
can sea captain Charles Williamson. OF
N"rf"lk Va This invention. according
II reports of government experts made
after tests in the Norfolk Navy Yard.
Will allow men to descend hundreds of
feet under water far beyond the utter
most limit Of any diver and remain
there for hours without danger or dis
comfort. exploring and photoSraphins
thu. strange depths Of the ocean and its
t.,nin= life.
It was during p heavy gale off Cane
II -. that tn germ of his present great
i..r. u,i"n came to Capt. Williamson.
This storm had SO strained the ship that
l.r sid" seams near the water line had
"!'rn"d. and the ocean was rushing in
with every roll Williamson realized that
somehow those seams must lie called
Immediately and. in the fury Of tho tenn
post. h" had himself lowered oversize
il Il long canvas bag fitted with legs like
u brooches buoy. and sleeves. and a glass
window for him /" sec through Nothing
like TINS nag haH ever hc"h known on
land or sea, hut 1t answered fairly We'll:
I'll" canvas tube protected Williamson
from inc smash "i IN" waves TN" sleeves
gave his arms freedom Tor the calklnE'
and finally tho job was done.
From this crude canvas bag. after
Years al StrnGSt" and disappointment.
has com" III" Williamson de'p-Sfa TUBE
that IS now III WAY t" accomplish such
wonderful things. This tune has three
SS"mtial features: II - large enough to
let man pass UP or down inside IT. 1t
Is strong enough TO resist tn" pressure
"f IN" sea I" considerable Depth and
IS n"AihIe. AS II hangs underneath
Supporting vessel. tn" present William
lantern fifty or sixty feet long and three
feet in diameter. 1t swaNs and bends
Easily with IN" tld" or with the move
mcnts oil the vessel above. and Its con-
centric IRON rings stretch apart or hat
'"h 'oSether III inc manner ot an &C
'"rnl"n' so mat the tuh" when extended
Is hiuch longer IMAM "h"h II Is squeezed
together. NhhouI TINS heNib'lty the
invention would nave no value, for
ions riSh and very hcaNy tube, dragged |
through the sea ny vessel above would
ihcNi'ahIH he torn away from this YES
SCI ny inc immense leverage oil the op-
posing mass oil water.
This combination of strength and
neHihlity is obtained by the use of over
tapping steel sralcs plates. hundreds
at these. hinged together between an
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important advance in our
~ knowledc" 81 the sea is prom
Z 4 iscd through an invention re-
,.Cufly made Ivy a Scotch imcrl-
The Hayti herald. (Hayti, Mo.) 1908-1922, 1915-08-05

1t is quite a change since we
first knew Caruthersvlille, a little
village on the Mississippi river
twenty eight years ago, with
about three stores, to city
of six thousand population, with
waterwOrlls, electric lights and
many other modern improve
ments. 1t seems odd, remem ber-
ing the once little obscure place
on the river us we do, to read the
addresses of our acquaintanceS
there with street numbers, and
these numbers running up into
the hundreds. Charlottesville
has free mail delivery, and free
mail delivery calls for street
numbers. In looking back over
the past, when there was no
Hayti, no Steele, no Holland, no
Pascola; when Gayoso was a
handsome and thriving little
county seat metropolis, and when
Cotton wood Point was a better
The Hayti herald. (Hayti, Mo.) 1908-1922, 1915-08-05

some; think some; mediate; eat;
and when night comes you'll
rest, and rise with the dawn, re.
freshed. Some people think this
is wasting time. It is not. Peo.
pie should learn that energy is a
great factor in life, and energy
has to be rccuperated. The same
person can accomplish twice as
much when in good trim. Why
not spread life over more years?
We'll do just as much good and
have lots more fun. No use to
run a race to reach the grave.
Well get there soon enough with.
out pushing up the speed. Re-
member, we pass this way but
once. ard we will be a long time
dead.
The Hayti herald. (Hayti, Mo.) 1908-1922, 1915-08-05

town than Caruthersville was
then, it is hard to realize that so
few years have seen Gayoso be.
come extinct and Charlottesville
become the metropolis of the
county, while Hayti, next to Ca
ruthersville, twenty years ago
was in farms, without a post.
office, church, blacksmith shop
or store. And this is only the
beginning.
The Hayti herald. (Hayti, Mo.) 1908-1922, 1915-08-05
CALOMEL DYNAM|TES YOUR LIVER!
MAKES YOU SICK AND SAL|vATES

Tone tonight. Your druggist or dealer
sells You so cent bottle of Dods- n 3
Liver Tone under my personal money
back guarantee that each spoonful will
clean your sluggish liver better than a
dose of nasty calomel and that it won't
make you sick.
Dodson's Liver Tone is real liver
medicine. You'll know it next morning
because you will wake up feeling fine.
Your liver will be- working; headache
and dizziness gone stomach will be-
sweet and bowels regular.
Dodson's Liver Tone is entirely vcgr-
table, therefore harmless and can not
salivate. Give it to your children
Millions of people are using Dod>on's
Liver Tone instead of dangerous, caloncl
now. Your druggist will tell you that
the sale OF Calomel is almost stopped
entirely here.
The Hayti herald. (Hayti, Mo.) 1908-1922, 1915-08-05

1t has been a long time since
we had a vacation, and if we are
ever to have another the time is
too far off for us to see now. We
believe vacations are a good
thing, although we do not speak
from experience. Rightly used,
vacations should add length of
days to this fieeting span of life.
We would give this advice: Don't
rest too hard. Don't study too
much. A change of scene, a
change from the ordinary mode
of life sets the current ebbing
and flowing in new channels.
Take to the green woods. Swing
in hammock; 5ask in the sun
light; sniff the odor of the wild,
fragrant summer flowers; take
plentiful doses of swimming; dig
some bait and cast your line into
the ripping, singing waters;
read-but there's the danger!
Be careful. Don't read about the
war, don't talk war. Forget it..
Don't read Roosevelt's dog days
fulminations! All he talks is
fight! fight. What he says will
wither the flowers of your vaca.
tion like the fall of fiery rain!
What you want is ice cold lemon.
ade. Cool off. You don't have
to crawl in the shade. lie down
and go to sleep. The way to have
a good time is to keep stirring
around. Read the Herald. 1t
will keep you awake. Study
The Hayti herald. (Hayti, Mo.) 1908-1922, 1915-08-05
"Dodson's Liver Tone" Starts Your LiveI
Better Than CaIomeI and You Don't
Lose a Days Work

Liven nr your sluggish liver! Feel
fine and cheerful: make your work Il
pleasure; he vigorous and full of ambi-
ton. But take no nasty. dangerous
calomcl because it makes you sick and
you may lose days work.
Calonel is mercury or quicksilver
which causes necrosis OF the bones.
Calome crashes into sour bile like
dynamite, breaking it up. That's when
you feel that awful nausea and cramping.
Listen To me. II you want to enjoy
the incest, gcntlest liver and bowel
cleansing you ever experienced Just take
The Hayti herald. (Hayti, Mo.) 1908-1922, 1915-08-05

Fred Larson left Monday for q visit
to his old home at Kewanee, Ill.
The Hayti herald. (Hayti, Mo.) 1908-1922, 1915-08-05

felt her friendship. Unfriendly
relations will be forced upon us
to our regret, but the RESPONSE
bility will rest with Germany,
and the consequences will be
worse for the Germans than for
US. Germany needs American
friendship now and will need it
more in the future.-Post.Dis.
patch.
The Hayti herald. (Hayti, Mo.) 1908-1922, 1915-08-05
Catarrh Cannot Be Cured

with LOCAL. APPLICATIONS. as thry
cannot reach tn" seat Of the disease. Ca
tarrh Is a blood or constitutional disease.
and in order to cure II you must take in
ternal remedies. Halls Catarrh Cure is
taken internally, and acts directly upon
the blood and mucous surface. Halls
Catarrh Cure is not a Uunck medicine. 1t
was prescribed by one of the best ply
sicians in this country for years and is
regular prescription. II is composed Of
the hest tonirs known. combined with the
best blood purifiers. acting directly on tho
mucous surfaces. The perfect combina-
sion Of the two ingredients Is what pro-
duces such wonderful results In curing
cntarrh. Send for testimonials. free.
+. 7. CHENEY E. CO. Props, Toledo. o.
Sold by Druggists price 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
The Hayti herald. (Hayti, Mo.) 1908-1922, 1915-08-05

We don't know what we would
do were it not for Bill Horner's
garden and truck patch. No
matter whether it is winter or
summer, Christmas time or the
Fourth of July, Bill always has
something from the garden for
the table.
The Hayti herald. (Hayti, Mo.) 1908-1922, 1915-08-05
GERMANY'S OBSESSION.

dent Wilson's firm note and re-
sentful of the American attitude
towards the German mode of
submarine warfare on merchant
shipping, which has resulted in
lawless destruction of American
lives and ships. He reports the
German conviction that America
is siding with the allies because
we have not forbidden the sale of
arms and ammunition to the
allies, and have not taken sharp
measures against Great Britain
for her infractiou of the inter
national law.
There is fatal flaw in the
German reasoning. The Ger
mans cannot see anything but
their own so.called military ne.
cessity, which they hold to be
predominant over the rights and
interests of all others; nothing
but their war with Great Britain
and their duty to injure the En-.
glish regardless of consequences
to any and all others. German
success is placed above all con
siderations of friendship, law,
ethics, humanity and neutral
rights-even neutra! and uncOn-
combatant lives.
Because we do not stop the ad
mitted neutral legal right Of
Americans to sell munitions
abroad, and thus by an unneutral
and unfriendly course to other
belligerents make Germany's
enemies our enemies, we are
hostile to Germany. We are &C.
cused of willfully numbering
Germans.
Because we DO not force Great
Britain to lift the embargo On
German sea trade, at any cost to
ourselves, and thus make war on
Great Britain for Germany's
benefit, we are hostile to Ger.
many. We are asked to do the
work of the German navy while
it rides safe in protected harbor.
Because we do not patiently
submit to the lawless killing of
Americans and lawless attacks
on American ships while Ger
many is retaliating on Great
Britain, we are hostile to Ger
many. What difference does the
destruction of Americans make
when German interests are at
stake?
There is q difference between
our controversy with Great
Britain and our controversy with
Germany. Great Britain rigidly
adheres to the forms of law. She
has sunk no American ships and
killed no Americans-there is
no blood between us. Adhering
to legal forms and modes, she
offers defense of her course in
legal argument and full repara-
tion for acts that prove to be H.
legal.
Germany admits that her at.
tacks on American ships and her
destruction of American lives are
lawless. She throws principles,
law, legal forms and obligations
to the wind and pleads military
necessity and her will to retaliate
on England as excuses for in.
Jurlng us.
The German attitude is puerile.
The German protests and pleas
are prompted by an obsessiOn of
paramountcy of German inter,
ests, which blinds the Germans
not only to the interests, but the
vital rights and the honor of
America.
Whatever we may do to en-
force our rights against British
invasion, we cannot enforce Ger.
many's will upon England. We
cannot go TO war with Germany's
enemies for Germany's benefit.
We cannot submit to the lawless
destruction of American lives
and property to hold the Ger.
,,,a, f.;an Il hin
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1915-03-25
rsUMnoeM

M. H L.H-
In - ptstrss1 cssst os ths fssrth
Jptlelal Dtsessst = ths asnts q Ne
SNdAe In 40 Ser - County q Eike.
MANUEL AoUMRH Plaintiff. ".
ISABEL AaUIRRR. Defendant
Action brought in the District Court
Of the Fourth Judicial District OF the
State Of NevadA. In and for the Coup.
II Of Elko. and the complaint fled In
the office Of the clerk OF said District
Court.
The state Of Nevada sends Greetings
20 Said Defendant:
You are hereby summoned to ap-
pear within ten days after the service
upon you OF this summons II served
In said County. or within twenty days
II served out Of said County, but with.
In said Judicial District, and In all
other cases within forty days-ex.
elusive Of the day OF service-and de
fend the above entitled action This
action is brought to dissolve the bonds
OF matrimony existing between plain,
tin and defendant. and for the award
Ing the custody Of the minor children
to Plaintiff.
Dated, January 4 1915.
ROBERT B. HUNTER,
Clerk OF Said Court
II. c. SPRoULE,
tsEAL) Deputy Clerk
March s-A24