The sun., 1916-09-27
POWER.
A Moro or Less Authentic Report OF
New u~nterseeboat Marvels.

10 fns Epfroa o. Tine suN-Str: From
, time to time since the war began I have
received from an old friend. a classmate
at Gottingen University. who holds a
high position in the German Govern
ment. advance information regarding
military matters. I knew all about the
despatch Of the Deutschland and when
she would probably arrive here. but was
not permitted to divulge the fact; but
now that she has safely completed the
round trip. and It Is a matter OF general
knowledge that she will soon make an
other voyage. I am permitted to tell
about her new method Of propulsion.
power produced by electric cells.
II has been known from the most an
Client times that the Caspian Sea Is the
natural habitat Of this gymnonotous fsh.
and Polybius tells us that when Alexan-
I northern end Of the sea his horses were
attacked by them and thousands Of them
killed. Again. the great traveller Marco
Polo tells us that while visiting Astra-
khan in the thirteenth century he was
especially warned about bathing in the
salt water OF the sea as the eels were
especially fond OF human flesh.
This Caspian Sea eel Is in weight and
size much like the English conger eel.
and IL from fvc to ten feet long. weigh
ing from ten 10 thirty pounds. The
amount OF electric energy given of by
each varies from $50 to $50 kilowatts
Of very high voltage. one horsepower
being equal to about $50 kilowatts.
.x. ..-. - k-a all e.
propel the Deutschland were captured in
the sea near the mouth Of the Aras
River and taken In tank boats through
river and canal to TYebizond on the
Black Sea and thence along It's shore to
Constantinople, where they were trans.
ferred to specially constructed tank cars
and despatched by the celebrated BAL.
kanxug' or NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Ex-
press. and by now must have arrived
safely at Bremen M been installed
aboard the famous submarine. made
ready by the removal Of the old engine
and boiler equipment.
The advantage OF the electric method
will be the great saving In weight ant
In consumption OF coal. oil. compressed
air and oxygen. TIL details OF thu
power attachment. as figured out by ths
great German engineer. Professor Knyp
hansen. are about AZ follows: n coppei
tank will he Installed in which the eel.
will be placed and a copper wire will
he fastened around tie neck Of each fish
just behind the ears. which viii he con.
nec,ed directly with the motor AM
screw. The food of the cells 10 keel
them charged with electricity will b,
the marine alga abundant in the Cas-
plan. which is highly impregnated with
electricity absorbed from the magnets
iron ore about its shores.
Just how the electric energy Is de-
veloped and sustained Is like trying u
IND out how the freely produces iigh
without heat. which, so far. has been tn
despair OF all scientists.
BY the same boats and trains front III,
Caspian comes about a thousand ton
OF animal rubber. which l. sin,pi, til,
end 81 the surgeons nose. a cart.
~laginous substance about the size ~
hens egg. which IL the utilization o
What has been considered "A waste prod
uct. "a the millions OF surgeons IN IN
dig River and Caspian Sea have bee,
caught simply for their roe.
;. Firz MOLE.
NEW YORK. Sep,enber o5