The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-10-15

Ike watch wont in an elevator
with the chief engineer Wu,ff. down
through story aftor story uf the
morv'uua machinery md rut my
hands ON tho steel wheel that COM
trolls the miEhiy furro that speeds
the MnlosNc THROUGH tho waves
iu1tor thHu % race horse can trut
We are making 90 miles uu hour
as ! write, ana our pusrIhi, .ppUu u
thirty or more. sun. with "a t,yI IL
ot the wrist / could start that great
force to wurk.ng, and with another
twist, make 10 stop. The captain
on tho bridge has "a thought. and q
press of button viii turn this ma
chlncry az he directs.
Raising the Ghos; OF Columbus.
Werc / the witch of Eudur
would ral9o the spirit Of columbus
as Hho called forth that OF Samuel
for Saul. ana / venture that Comm-
bus. when hc saw tho wonders SUIT
rounding him on this great EMP
would ho more disuuietod than WIS
that old prophet Of Israel. /
should Ike to show Columbus the
force that muycH tho MaJostc. II
Ia a power that was unknown until
almost four hundred years after tho
oil. drawn from tho rocky bowels OF
old Mother Earth. We have eight
thousand tons OF 1t aboard, and arc
burning more than thirty tons every
hour, or a halr ton a minute. The
oil is sprayed into tho furnaces. ana
tho turning of "A so,ow starts the
flow. II the ship wNe moved Ike
the ordinary twentieth century
steamer it would need fiyo hundred
additional men 20 shovel IN tho coal
ana dump out the ashes. Fuel oil ~
now used. on all the great liners. II
prOpels ships OF our navy from sub
marine to Bupcrdroadnought ana 1t
is tho need OF such oil that Ia caus-
inE the struggle between Uncle Sam
and John tuli for the control OF tho
petroleum bods OF the world.
l should like to see tho ghost OF
Columbus looking at the magic
lights on this steamer. We have
1900 lucaudescent bulbs that
that shine every night. and there are
great golden globes set into tho cell
ings OF tho palm court, the ballroom,
and the dining room. \ city OF forty
thuuGand people could ho supplied
with lights by our dynamos and al
most every one OF these golden golf
balls. or electric bulbs, gives out
more light ruya than all the grease
pots or Tampa of fish oil which tried
yainly 10 conquer tho darkness OF
the Santa Maria
Electricity IL tho slave OF tho lamp
on the Majestic. IL makes tho auu
ahlne Mt midnight, 1t does also the
cooking and heating. II runs the
elevators from deck TO deck. and Il
will drop tho lifeboats down 20 the
sea In case we strike an iceberg or
collide with another ship. 10 will
close, I'm an instant. tho many water
tight doors OF the vessel. This cleo
tricity even penetratcs the waters OF
the swimming tank, turning their
emerald green into the richest Of
gold, ana making the pretty glrl
hatrors look like so many ivory mer-
maids, ns they play about in its rays.
\ Floating Hotel IN "a steel Shell,
Indeed there Is hardly "a thing
aboard this vessel, excepting the
litoboats, thot suggests the ships OF
Columbus. The hugo monster is
made Of steel and its armor IS a
steel she'll about az thick az your
thumb that keeps out the water AZ
the level OF the yea and below, this
shell is double. with an air space be
tween 30 large that a big dog could
crawl throuNh A. but higher mp
thcro Is only the single steel akin in
Clo0ing the vast complication Of
machinery and furnishlncF,
There Us nothing ON tho steamer
that recalls the hlutt old skipper ana
sailors OF the DAYS OF John and So-
hust8iu cabot ana Amcricus YES
JuCius. Tho captain OF this ship i7
"a retired commodore Of the British
navy. who has been knlghtcd boy his
king. His title IL Sir Bcrtram
Hayes. *. G.. NJ. O.. u :. -. r. n.
and that notwithstaudiug he i7 more
simple and uupvCtputinus than John
Ackcr. the steward who takes caro-
Of my room. / have chattcd with
Sir Bortram on the bridge and io
the ch0r'room, and he has no more
fuss ana feathers than any of thJ
other efficient captains / have met
in "a lifetime Of travel
And now lot us look az the enter
talnmont part OF this ship. when
ono walks up the glngwav of the
modern liner he comes into a float
ing hotel. with elevators that glide
noiselessly up and down, with walls
OF Ivory whltoncsS. and with fire.
scoed aud decorated ceilings upheld
by great column like marble. We
have on B deck, eight stories above
the steel keel, three great rooms the
width OF the steamer, that cover the
length OF a short city block, They
are walled with plate glass windows
looking out on the ocean, or rather
upon the wide promenades that run
along high over the sea, These
rooms are from 20 20 80
feet hlgh, and they are fitted out
with furniture worth kings ran
som At one end is the palm court