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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-08-29
COLONIAL


The vaudeville bill as presented at
the Colonial for the first half of this
week would be hard to improve on. 1t
more than comes UP to the expectation
OF the theatre going public of Biz
mingham. and, judging from the APP
plause accorded every act that APP
peared on the bill, those present were
more than satisfied. The theatre,
which has recently been remodeled,
was unusually attractive and the en-
tire performance moved off without
hitch. Five acts each distinct from
the other, and each above par, pleased.
Two matinees daily and two night per-
formances will be the policy of the
colonial.
THE GREEN EYED MONSTER
The Belle theatre, Ensley, presents
a picture of excellence in The Green
Eyed Monster Robert Mantell,
world famous actor of the legitimate
stage, who only recently took up mo-
ing picture work, takes the leading
role Mr.. Mantell's work in this
strong film drama could not be sur
passed by any actor on the American
stage today The plot of the film is
clever and unusual, exemplifying the
ends to which a jealous person will
go to accomplish his desire. The pic
ture is well worth seeing and its
power to entertain is remarkable.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-08-29

the most eXacting film fan.
''THE KID"
Lillian Walker has long been a
film favorite of the type that ap-
peals to all classes of movie fans.
Her work in THE Kid" at the
Rialto today is the personification
of excellent histrionic art. Her
part is a difficult one and her in
depreciation of it is beyond criti-
cisnl. THE Kid" is film that will
grip the attention of the most nom
chalant movie patron. Its scenes
are tense, exciting and true to life.
The climax comes when "The Kid
Gillian Walker) finds that she has
worked up a great story for her
paper and at the same time has
gathered evidence that would send
her father to the penitentiary. or
course, she didn't know it was her
father until the one she was raised
to regard as her parent told her
so. How it all comes out can be
appreciated only by seeing the
film
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-08-29
RACE SUICIDE.

CD ACE SUICIDE" said to be the
IL most sensational film drama Of
Athe year, will be presented at
the Majestic Thursday, Friday and
Saturday Race Suicide is pre-
scented to the public after more than
six months of effort on the part of
the producers. The film is elaborate
and treats with the reproduction OF
the human race from the time of
Adam to the present day. 1t is
severe arraignment of the pleasure
Loving classes who will not sacrifice
their comfort and convenience 10 the
bearing of children. 1t attempts to
prove them unpatriotic and selfish to
the last degree. The picture shows in
graphic form the disaster which fol-
lows such Il course. the manner N
which this film play deals with the
intricate problems of life could not
offend the feelings Of the most deli
cate 1t teens with real action and
thrill and the lesson it breaches is
far-r1aching
THE MARRIAGE OF MOLLY O."
Those who enjoy seeing a really
clever actress in a really clever film
production of the highest type, should
go to the Trianon today and see
dainty Mae Marsh appear before the
camera in her ininitable way THE
Marriage of Molly o" is truly de-
lightful screen play with all the real
ism of life injected into it. Every
element of life enters into the pro-
duction and the dictatorship of the
scenario is exceedingly clever, The
situations are unusual. You can
laugh and cry and enjoy yourself
thoroughly while viewing THE Mar
riage of Molly O."
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mendation to merit the plaudits of
the most eXacting film fan.
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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-07-30

of the under-sea boat at Baltimore mas
been Guessed" at anything from Zoo
and some odd feet TO 300 feet. VI
course as she-no, it-has been re-
built the boat may have been length
ened. TO suit modern ideas. They do
that little thing now and then. 1t was
done over in the Erie Basin only last
month. And in the rebuilding, a su-
perstructure was put on, to better en-
able the commander to navigate the
vessel. As the so-called Deutschland
il a peaceful craft, there is no occasion
for withdrawing every protuberance
into the body of the vessel, so that
smooth and unbroken surface Is at
tained; such a form as was presented
by the Nautilus once or twice during
her memorable voyage, notably when
CAPTAIN Memo sent his boat clean
through the hull of his enemy's ship.
Had Coming Tower.
But the Nautilus had a coming
tower, in place of the present super
structure. The beam of the Nautilus
was 20 feet. That of the boat at Bal
timore is guessed" at something less
than 80 feet The Nautilus was cyln-
drical in shape; the vessel that has
created the sensation during the past
weeks is not quite cylindrical, in that
her topsides are carried up for space
nearly vertical, and then tumble home
with an easy curve; or, at least, 1t IS
so indicated by such photographs as
have come to light. The change was
undoubtedly made in the rebuilding, in
order to increase the carrying capac-
ity; for it is TO be remembered that
the Nautilus was not built TO carry
cargo, and had no great excess OF
buoyancy. The motive power of the
Nautilus was electricity. That of the
vessel from Germany is electricity
when submerged, while for use above
water the Diesel engines supply the
power. That is of no importance as
bearing on the identity of the vessel.
II is a common thing in rebuilding a
ship to make some changes in the pro
polling mechanism.
Many Similar Points.
And there are any number OF other
points of similarity; the lighting plant,
for example. In speaking of the room
in which he and his companions found
themselves when they were taken on
board the Nautilus, Mr.. Aronnax says
that it "was suddenly lighted; that is
10 say, it became filled with luminous
matter, so strong that | could not bear
it at first. After shutting my eyes in
voluntarily, | opened them and saw
that this luminous agent came from
a half globe, unpublished Lground glass
probably placed in the roof of the
cabin; the indirect system of electric
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If Won Don't Believe 1t Read This Comparison OF Captain Memo
100000 Leagues Under the Sea- Boat and the German QUIZ
marine Now In Baltimore Harbor

lighting by incandcscent bulbs, Gov
cred by half globes Of scmi-transpar-
cnt glass. without question, the boat
at Baltimore is lighted by incandescent
electric bulbs, although as the yesse.
is now put to commercial uses rather
than to the qualification Of the wnim
Of a man of great wealth and one idea
the semi-transparent half globes may
have been left at home.
And a searchlight the Nautilus GER
tainly possessed, for in telling the
story of the discovery OF the vessel
Mr.. Aronnax says: "At two cables
length from the Abraham Lincoln, on
the starboard quarter, the sea seemed
to be illuminated all over. 1t was not
a mere phosphoric phenomenon. The
monster Mr. Aronnsx did not think
we'll of the Nautilus at first glance
"the monster emerged some fathoms
from the water, and then threw out
that very intense but inexplicable light
mentioned in the reports of several
captains. This magnificent radiation
must have been produced by an agent
of great shining power. That bright
ness was of an essentially electrical
nature" What a simple matter, after
ALL The Nautilus was only working
her searchlght, to discover the nature
and purpose of the frigate that was
to her-it-so unwelcome a companion
Whether the same searchlight is still
in service on the reincarnated Nautilus
or not. only the men in the shipyard at
Kiel, where the vessel was overhauled
and refitted, can tell; probably new
one has been set up, for a searchlight
is not of as long life as vessel. But
the Nautilus had a searchlight, ana
the same sort of a searchlight as that
row on the vessel And that is an
other item of evidence that the So
called Deutschland and the Nautilus
are one and the same.
Both Fitted in Luxury.
There is still more to come. Both
boats-or, rather, the same boat in the
two periods of her career were-was
-is-ftted up in some degree OF lux
ury. Listen to what Mr.. Aronnax says
about room into which Captain Memo
conducted him:
at was a library High pieces of
furniture supported upon their wide
shelves a great number of books. The
electric light flooded everything. 1t
was shed from four unpublished globes,
half sunk in the ceiling" And again,
in speaking of the saloon, filled with
treasures of art beyond price, Mr.. Aron-
max mentions the organ, of which he
says later in the chronicle: AT that
moment | heard the distant strains Of
the organ, a sad harmony to an indie
Unable chant, the wall of a soul long
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-07-30

"You see, use Bunsen's contriv-
ance. not Ruhmkorfs. Those would
not have been powerful enough. Bun
sen's are fewer in number, but strong
and large, which experience proves TO
be the best. The electricity works by
electro magnets. of great size on sys-
tenn of levers and cogwheels that trans
nit the movement TO the axle of the
screw. This one, the diameter of which
is 10 feet and the thread pitch, in the
vernaculsr of to-day % feet, performs
about a hundred and twenty reyolu-
tions in a second. And we get then a
speed of fifty miles an hour"
Where Verne's Craft Differed.
Right here are the only errors in
the description of the construction OF
the famous vessel. The phrase works
OH a system Of levers and cogwheels'
does not ring true. The electro-mag-
nets mentioned indicate that Mr.. Verne,
the designer of the vessel, was con-
versant with the principles Of the
multi-polar dynamo and motor, but
the "levers and cogwheels" do not fit
into the scheme. The phrase is prob
ably due TO the fact that the translator
of Mr.. Aronnax's log for it should be
remembered that the log was pub
lished originally in French-was a lit
erary man, and not an engineer, and
he was not the first nor the last mar
to get into trouble in trying to trans
late the vernacular of a French engi-
reer into everyday English. A more
serious error is found in the number
of revolutions Of the propeller. Mr..
Verne had designed propeller Of goo
form and efficiency, according to the
best modern practice. A propeller of
n pitch ratio" of % to 10 was re-
markedly suitable one for such a craft
as the Nautilus, but Mr.. Verne never
designed it TO run at a hundred and
twenty revolutions a second; and il he
bad done so, and that propeller speed
had been attained, the boat would in
theory have been able to run, with ali
allowance for slip" of 20 per cent, at
something like 1900 miles an hour;
while the highest speed mentioned by
Captain Memo was fifty miles an hour.
This was undoubtedly an error on the
part of either Mr. Aronnax or the
translator; and it should be remem-
bcred that while Mr.. Aronnax was a
great scientist in his own field, he was
not a mechanical engineer.
Almost of Equal Length.
Set aside the obvious errors in the
log or in the translation, and the de-
scription of the Nautilus might as
readily pass for that of the so-called
Deutschland as any that have been
printed. Look it over in detail. The
Nautilus was 232 feet long; the length
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-07-30

his Cabinet and to the Senators and
REPRESENTATIVES in Congress. whether
they are Democrats or Republicans or
a comminglng of both.
"Only subjects national in charac-
ter arc sent 10 chambers of commerce
and trade organizations for debate and
decision" Mr.. Rhett said to the writer
of this article. "Our referendums
show that the leading men in all
American communities think alike, on
the whole, in matters of nationwide
Importance. The reason that they do
so can be easily explained. They are
men of action, experience, observation
and reflection. We give them a free
means by which to express them
selves, away from politics and all
other relations to which they are
bound by sentiment or long associa-
ton. Consequently they speak clearly
and independently.
Picked Men of the Nation.
"There are chambers of commerce in
large and small cities and trade asso-
Citations among manufacturers and
dealers engaged in similar industries.
All are members of the national body.
The trade associations are made up en-
tirely of business men. Chambers of
commerce are not. Their membership
includes merchants, manufacturers,
bankers, lawyers, physicians, ministers,
engineers, editors, dentists, real estate
brokers, railway officers. and, in many
places, leaders of labor. They are the
picked men, might say, of their COM
runities, and are banded together for
only one purpose-the welfare of the
places in which they reside.
Years ago it was customary among
men such as | have named to organize
chambers of commerce, and by gifts OF
sites or the payment of money
premiums or bonuses to draw factories
and other business enterprises to their
cities. The policy was bad in several
particulars. Furthermore, many con-
Germ in those days made it business
to move around from town to town, and
most Of those that did so with honest
motives were weak financially and in
other respects.
THE object of those oldtime cham
bers Of commerce was good in itself,
but il wasn't worked out wisely. All
of the best men in a city, with no dis
tinction as to their business or pro-
fessions, heartily joined in the effort
to develop their community industri-
ally. They learned by and by, how
ever, that free land or a gift Of money
was not the sensible way of doing it.
Shipping facilities, low rates of trans
portation. clean streets, good houses
for labor and other practical advan-
tages Of like character, they found.
were infinitely more dependable for
the work they had in hand.
But the character of the member
ship Of those now obsolete bodies Of
city builders did not change. They
continued TO be composed of public
spirited and able men in all lines.
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long and its curves prolonged enough
10 allow the water to slide of easily
and oppose no obstacle TO its passage
These two dimensions enable you TO
obtain by simple calculation the sur
face and cubic contents Of the Nautilus
Its area measures 6,032 feet and Its
contents about ! 500 cubic yards; that
is to say, when completely submerged
il displaces $4,000 feet of water, or
weighs 800 tons
OF the Same Gender.
Right here it may be in order to in
terrupt the captain for the purpose OF
calling attention to very interesting
if not very convincing, bit of evidence
that the Deutschland Of to-day is
really the Nautilus of nearly fifty years
ago. Note that Captain Memo always
speaks Of his ship as "it.' He does
not use the familiar she as do sailor
men Of nearly all nations, and especial
" the English, Americans and Frencl.
The boat is ST." of neuter gender.
When this is firmly fixed in mind, real
what a German newspaper of some
consequence says about the use of the
feminine in speaking of ships. at is
deplorsble," it says, Ito read the names
of ships in the feminine gender, even
when the very name of the ship is
masculine. How can German say
die Lion die Tiger and how can he
make shes out of the Butcher, the
Scharnhorst, the Seydlitz or the Room p
The paper goes on to say that a ship
that has a masculine name is mascu-
line, one with feminine name is fem
mime. and ships with names of cities
or towns or countries are neuter. As
the Nautilus-not the boat, but the
creature which furnished the boat with
name-is the only surviving genus
of the tetrabranchiate cephslopods,
form of life with which gender is not
associated in the minds of everyday
people, whatever may be the attitude
of scientists in the matter, undoubted-
ly Captain Memo was quite right in
speaking of his boat as at" Well,
what does that signify? Just this:
that the Germans. well knowing the
so-called Deutschland to be the rein.
carnated Nautilus, are sufficiently sem
timental to insist upon Captain Nemo's
designation of his vessel as "it.'
Construction of the Nautilus.
To go back to the captains descrip-
ton of his boat. He went on to say;
"The Nautilus is composed Of two
hulls. one inside, the other outside,
Joined by T-shaped irons, which rem
der it very strong. Indeed, owing TO
this cellular arrangement il resists
like block, as if it we're solid. Its
sides cannot yield; it coheres spon-
taneously, and not by the closeness Of
its rivets; and the homogeneity of its
construction, due to the perfect union
of the materials, enables it to defy
the toughest seas. These two hulls
are composed of steel plates. The first
is not less than two inches and half
thick pretty heavy plates and weighs
S94 tons. The second envelope. with
the keel, weighs 50 tons, and the en-
CINE, the ballast, the partitions and
bulkheads and the several accessories
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-07-30
IE m TSC7JI AND IS THE RESURRECIED NAOlllOS

ing to break these earthly bonds
listened with every sense, scarcely
breathing; plunged, like Captain Memo
in that musical ecstasy which was
drawing him in spirit to the end o.
life"
The Organ on the Nautilus.
Ono NAV not approve Of Captain
Nemo's taste in music; some Of US
may prefer the run Of mill' mus'r
which one may have with phonogrsph
end selection of records MADE nap
hazard. but he was musical, at. all
events. and had provided himself WIN
means with which TO crafty his taste
aut the organ has given way to a
monograph, or graphophone, with
which the crew of the boat entertainei
,herselves on the way across or under
the Atlantic. And when they were
"full up" on music there was ths
library. with fewer books than that Of
old. but with Shakespeare as founda-
ton of literary satisfaction, and our
own Bret Harte with which to top on
for Captain Koenig says so. The boat
still has it's library and its music; ana
therein lies further evidence that II IS
not new vessel that has come TO u.s.
partly over and partly under the sea.
Still skeptcal? How was the food
of the crew of the Nautilus cooked
Bv electricity. Says Mr.. Aronnax;
"Then a door opened into Kitchen
nine feet long, situated between the
largo storerooms. There electricity,
better than gas itself, did all the cook
ing. The streams under the furnaces
gave out to the sponges of platina
heat which was regularly kept up and
distributed. They also heated dis
tilling apparatus, which by evaporation
furnished excellent drinkable water.
How is the grub" of the crew OF the
so-called Deutschland cooked? BY
electricity. says Captain Koenig, al
though he does not give description
Of the cooking apparatus in anything
Ike az full detail as does Mr.. Aron'
max of that of the Nautilus. The boat
that Captain Koenig commands is fur
nished with all the comforts Of home,
according to the one man who has been
aboard of her in any other than an
official capacity, and who does not con-
slider himself held to secrecy.
Push Buttons on Nautilus.
"She is A little palace, trim, ship
shape, with push buttons to turn on
electric fans, and other conveniences.
Clean? It's a little hotel" Captain
Koenig "has nothing on" Captain Memo
in this little detail. The latter may
not have had electric fans, but ne
might easily have had them, for all
the factors were at his hand. But he
had push buttons, for Mr. Aronnax
SAYS: "The captain pressed an electric
clock three times. The pumps began
TO drive the water from the tanks. The
needle of the manometer marked by a
different pressure the ascent OF the
Nautilus; then it stopped Push but
tons. without doubt, although the
phrase had not been coined. Mr.. Kodak
came later, and Mr.. Aronnax could not
come nearer to the vernscular than to
say, pressed an electric clock
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-07-30

weigh 96l tons. When the Nautilus is
afoat one-tenth is out of the water.
Now, if have made reservoirs OF a
size equal TO this tenth, and If ! MI
them with water, the boat, weighing
then 1907 tons, will be completely I'M
mersed. These reservoirs are in the
lower part of the Nautilus. ! turn on
taps and they fill, and the vessel sinks
also, when / have mind to visit
the depths of the ocean, | make use
of slower but not less infallible means.
To steer this boat to starboard or port,
TO turn, in a word, following horizon
tai plan, use an ordinary rudder fixed
on the back of the sternpost, and with
one wheel and some tackle to steer by.
But | can also make the Nautilus rise
and sink. and sink and rise, by YER
teal movement by means of two IN
clined planes fastened TO its sides, OPP
rosite the centre of fotation, planes
that move in every direction and that
are worked by powerful levers from
the interior. If the planes are kept
rarallel with the boat it moves hori-
zontally. If slanted, the Nautilus, &C
cording 10 this inclination and under
the influence of the screw, either sinks
diagonally or rises diagonally as It
suits me-"
Captain Nemo's Engines.
In the course OF a tour of inspec-
ton around the vessel, Captain Memo
conducted Mr. AronnaX into the engine
room, and discoursed on his source
of power in this fashion:
"My electricity is not everybody's.
You know what sea water is composed
of. In a thousand grams are found
96Ia per cent Of water and about 2-3
per cent of chloride Of sodium. II is
this sodium that l extract from sea
water and Of which | compose my in
gradients. | owe all to the ocean; 1t
produces electricity, and electricity
gives heat, light, motion and, in a
word. life to the Nautilus. could
manufacture the air necessary for my
consumption, but it is useless, because
| 20 up to the surface Of the water
when | please. However, if electricity
does not furnish me with air to breathe,
it at least works the powerful pumps
that store it in spacious reservoirs, and
which enable me to prolong at need.
and as long as ] will, my stay in the
depths of the sea"
It is told in another part of the log
that Captain Memo had discovered, III
the crater of an extinct volcano,
reached by an underwater passage, an
inexhaustible supply of coal, by the use
of which he was able to extract the
sodium from sea water.
In pointing out the application of
electricity, Captain Memo said;