The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-09-16
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of the Nautilus was &c feet. That of the Deutsch-
land is guessed" at something less than 80 feet.
The Nautilus was cylindrical in shape the YES
sci that has created the sensation during past
weeks Is not quite cylindrical, in that her top
sides are carried up for a 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 capacity; 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 Dlesel
engines supply the power. That is of no i'm
portance as bearing on the identity of the vessel.
1t is n common thing in rebuilding a ship 10
make some changes in the propelling mechanism.
'"There is still more to come. Both boats-or,
rather, the same boat in the two periods of her
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES up in some degree
of luxury. Listen to what Mr.. Aronnax says
about a room into which Captain Memo con-
Quoted him:
att 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1t was shed from four unpublished globes, half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.. Aronnax mentions the organ, of which
he says later in the chronicle: AT that moment
L HedTu the distant strains OF the OTSun' ii Sdu
harmony to an indefinable chant, the wall of a
soul longing to break these earthly bonds"
The Organ on the Nautilus.
zone may not approve of Captain NemO's taste
in music some of us may prefer the run of mill
music which one may have with a phonograph
and a selection of records made haphaZard but
he was musical, at all events, and had provided
himself with means with which to crafty his
taste. But the organ has given way to a phOno-
graph, with which the crew of the boat enter
tanned themselves on the way across or under the
Atlantic. And when they were full up on music
there was the library, with fewer books than that
of old, but with Shakespeare as a foundation of
literary satisfaction.
"Still skeptical? How was the food of the crew
of the Nautilus cooked? By electricity. Says Mr..
Aronnax; Then a door opened into a kitchen nine
feet long, situated between the large storerooms.
There electricity, better than gas itself, did all
the cooking. The streams under the furnaces
gave out to the sponges of platlna a heat which
was regularly kept up and distributed. They
also heated a distilling apparatus, which by evap-
Grafton furnished excellent drinkable water How
was the grub of the crew of the so-called
Deutschland cooked? By electricity, said Captain
Koenlg, although he did not give a description of
the cooking apparatus in anything like as full a
detail as does Mr.. AronnaX of that of the Nau-
titus. The boat that Captain Koenig commanded
was furnished with all the comforts of home, ac-
cording to the one man who was aboard of her
in any other than an official capacity, and who
does not consider himself held to secrecy.
ats n cleur case. In every essential the
Deutschland is the Nautilus. In size and form,
excepting as any vessel may be modified in proc
-ess of overhauling and %reftting, in power plant,
excepting as the Diesel engines take the place
of electric motors for surface propulsion, for
economy's sake; in the intricate electrical equip
ment for lighting, cooking and in the control and
movement of all parts of the ship; in the means
provided for going below the surface of the
water at will, and in returning to the surface at
pleasure; even In the provision for the comfort
and entertainment of the crew, the Deutschland
and the Nautilus are one and the same. Only
In the use made of the craft is there a difference.
The Nautilus was built and operated to satisfy
the whim-let's call it a within and forget the
tragedy of it all-of a man wealthy enough TO
afford it while as to the Deutschland, she crossed
the ocean to bring a few pounds of dyestufs of
which we are in need. 1t is the case of a thor
o~ughbred harnessed to an express wagon In his
old age"