The Alaska daily empire., 1915-10-19
U. @. lN POSSESSION
 OF SUBMARINE SECRET

s. Bond a Wilmington lDell chem ist. is to be accepted ct lts face val. ue And li 50 thc very first funda. mentals Of science has been swept away
 As long as the world has possessed ] thinking minds it has been an accept ed fact that tho human body needed constantly changing fresh air to sustain life, just as Q fish needs water for its exisience.
 But this rule has been absolutely disreearded by Bond who lived. dined and read magazines in sealed chest at the bottom oi @ body of water for seven hours. With the aid of Q chem l lcal discovery credited to bis efforts Bond says that he could have remain. ed in the air-tight box Indefinitely l Statements of army officers and the scientists who watched the experiment indicate that bodily fatigue rather than lack of alr alone caused him Co come to the surface
 The results of this discovery. ii ap-' piled Go modern warfare. would be 30 far.reaching that United States army officials who are In possession of the facts hesitate to predict les possible use. An questions of the ability of submarine to cross the Atlantic. or even circumnavigate the globe would be removed if machinery for providing fresh air for the crew were invented.
 The destruction that could be then wrought by Q submarine SO equipped in the present conflict at the Dar- danelles. for instance is unlimited
 cone hardly dares imagine what submersiblo 80 equipped could do ifl 1t sank beneath the protecting nets at the Dardanelles, entered the Sea of Marmora and laid at the bottom of the ocean until the opportune mo- ment for arising came" said one of Che army officers who watched the experiment made by Bond "The one great obstacle to extensive operations ! below water of course is the limita ton of the air-supplying equipment ! With that obstacle removed the pres ent submarine war game would be revolutlonlzed
 It is easy Go see how valuable this discovery would be to any of Che bel- ligerents in the present world war. ] consider 10 almost provldentlal that it has fallen into the hands of the United States government for its own use rather than a possible enemy. | There is little doubt that it win be taken over by the government and SO guarded as to prevent its general use' !
 Whether the government immediate ly adopts the plan or not there is no doubt that the plan Is being carefully ! guarded. Nobody but Bond the dis covorer. and one or two chemists com nected with the War Department know ! what the method of purifying thor oughly deyiated air is. There is lit- tle lkllhood that these men will di- ! vulge it
 "I am under an agreement to keep ! the secret. and it shall keep" said ! Bond Immediately after he came to the surface. flushed with triumph atf the successful conclusion of the eX. pertinent
 Although Bond had beon working for years in an effort to learn the | secret of life without air it was not until recently that he was sufficient ly sure of success to make public demonstration of the discovery Then, under carefully arranged program that made even the possibility of fok- ing out of the question. the chemist proved the truth of his assertions in Philadelphia.
 First.-an air-tight chamber that had been constructed for the experiment was brought forth 1t was of wood and steel six feet high four feet long and three feet wide Its top was of glass in order to make it possible that its occupant might be watched during the entire period of the ex- pertinent
 In one side of the chest was iele- phone apparatus and stool for the use of the young chemist. Then a box of edibles and a bundle of magazines were lowered into the box, and finally Bond himself Bond carried with him little hand sochel that contained the secret of the lfe-saving ozone
 Just as the chemist was stepping into the box an assistant was prepar- ing to Iasten the glas in place an of ficial who was to remain upon the surface spoke to him
 Tf there is the slightest delay In obtaining answere over the telephone we will pull you up immediately" he ! said.
 "Youd better do nothing of the kind" warmly replied Bond Tll be ! safer down there than you will be up here. But J won't take any chances ] of being pulled out. ] will answer ! the telephone the instant 1t tinkles"
 So the chest was lowered into a ! second and larger one. This other ! chest also was provided with glass covering. permitting the watchers re- maining above to see his every move ment. Then the cables were released ] and the whole was slowly lowered in-l to the water.
 Those above who watched the re- ] suit with bated breath. The man be- low appeared to take no interest iu matter whatever He adjusted him- self on the stool placed the telephone ! receiver over his head-'hello girl' ! fashion-selected a magazine and ! cooked his feet aginst the opposite ! wall of his narrow chamber
 Flow do you feell' asked the man 1 at the other end of the wire after a l few minutes of anxious waiting.