Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-02-12
By Charles w. Duke.

druths uI ocean between th' kaiser
1. boats and the submarines oi the
United States navy.
Guiding their way uhe' 'i'"e'
through tn. fathoms by the hght oi
.,aut rrticctors that project thei'
uow.Iiul rays through the sIee"iS''
mountains OF sca--Just as the steam
Iuru,uu,I,c follows the SILVER stream
,t Ms headlight along the steel rams
that surfuount the road bed--so VIII
,,,. submarine Uf the near future larc
forth To- explore the depths.
I,I,s \.rnc's dream then VIII have
,.,,,,,. trl,. in realistic fashion. All
,hls Is within the range OF possip'ii's
and vrry likely 10 be developed uur'hs
,h,. next wear, according To naval eN-
pcrlS.
Instead of grOping in the darkness
,n.,, cI,s,s down upon tn" submarine
-, tud;,y ;S II lowers away mo thc
d,p,hs until ia" eyes oi IT'S PERI
s,u,,.S hly" dipped through 'he Ni''
su,;,y into oblivion. the SuDilcrS'p'e
r,..I,ur lis way along with the aid o'
,h, rIro-cuiIpdSS We shall ma IL Soo''
Illuminating the depths ana Operating
,r,r, accurately. more p"trntiy. III
the glow al ITS own iiSht.
u-soats Developed Rapidly.
S,,.ucr tells us that this * hut one
-, ,h,. logical Developments to bc cX-
u,,,,d i'm the evolution uf the SUD
marine. Three, and a half years ago
-, ,b,. beginning of the world war, the
submarine was an experimental W!
,ho, hud vet TO he proved. the u
huut ur l9ll WAS Il mere p!ShE COM
rarcd to the giant submarine CRUISER
Of today. Take. for instance 'he
United states submarine oi the
class that Was lost recently WIN 'S
crew. compare il with the latest Ter
n,.,r submarine cruiser. II IL almost
like placing the aquarium, ao"h III
IN, battery, New York. alongside thr
tallest Broadway skyscraper.
So rapid has been the Development
,r th,. submarine that II has grown III
these last three years into the rlu-
lcssly powerful instrument not SO
long ago depicted only in fiction Inc
Vessel on which Captain Memo eN-
plorcd all the wonders of the uhner-
s.a world through hundreds Of pages
of Twenty Thousand Leagues Under
A6ayfa rs ne the dream almost
completely realized.
Even now American Suhnarlh" en-
rineers are perfecting the .Snns'"
rrawlcr which * to worm ITS way over
IN. h,Itom of the sea under IT'S own
unw.r and guided by its own hsh''
German engineers have announce"
their intention after IN" war 10 uu-
liz. the r-hoat in reclaimmg NUM-
rods of valuable ships and carSorS
sent To the bottom by the conscience
less torpedo.
What more IL expect, then. Mhch
the subniarln, has been raised To 'he
nth mower OF perfection than tha'
submarines will tight submarines III
titanic umdcrsca battles deep down
h,>und the vision Of man steer
whale AGAINST steel whale III hEh'
where IL will bc Il case always oi the
survival of the iittest
Imagine one submarine, It's engines
stillcd. its steel body resting inert III
the fathoms, on guard. It's micro
phone, or dctectaphoncs. are set |"
c,t,h the faintest sound of an ap-
preaching enemy. Through the mass
of water comes eventually the ste;luE
whirr of propeller blades that de-
notes the approach Of another SUD
marine. silently the suhmarin"
guard awaits ITS prey.
Bv the use of the mIcrophon" an"
other delicate nautical instruments
the submarine ON guard is able 10
iudyr accurately the position oil the
,ruroachinp r-boat. At the rsEch"-
logical moment the submarine HASH
,s on it's strongest reilectors the l.
boat is caught full in the glare ol the
pi,rciug RAYS. Il torpedo speeds from
the submarine. and presto. the l.
boat receives ITS death wound.
A Hand to n land Underseas Battle
,,r picture two submarines III Il
great. graphing. hand-to-hand con-
test. a submarine duel. If YOU please
something like the battle between
the Monitor and the Merrimac. MA
neuvcring like NV" giant Swordiish
the two craft try 10 ram each oth,r'
the coming tour OF each 4 Huiner-
nbIe target, the thin skin OF each nun
the snftest tissue before the impact
of a steel nose flashing along At :"
knots an hour or better.
These are not unreasonable things
TO expect when one considers the
marvellous development OF the sub
marine from mere cheeSeboX to u
huge cruiser capable OF carrying
scores of men and tons OF frelgh'.
The longer the war lasts the more
marvellous will be the application "i
SCIENCE tn perfection of those agencies
OF battle now already SO potent.
Since the war began and the SUB
marine proved feasible method OF
navigation there has been much talk
of submarine freighters as a means
of outwitting hlockades and carrying
much-needed food and munition sup
plies to beleaguered nations. But win
the advent OF the electric headrsh'
for the submarine such II plan seems
not so easy. \ submarine cruiser so
illuminated could cut down the un-
derwater freighter and mete out the
same ruthless brand OF spurlos rers-
enkt as il accorded the surface trar-
eler.
At any rate. we are likely soon to
sec the submarine pitted against the
subma rine Although Germany's mer-
chant marine has been swept from
the sea and her fleets are bottled up
I'm the Eiel canal. the United States
is building submarines by the whole
sale. Only short time ago. speaking
In 81. Louis. Chairman Padgett. OF
,ha bonse naval committee said that