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Uncle ? . rsiEwi vS1 U&MU NC'LR SAM'S newest and ^===i 'ilnost Interesting submami tlonal Interest Just now ? h I 11B and Is hailed on both |h I I 1 n Hides of the Atlantic as ? ' m P J# the most remarkablo Kubniarlno boat In tho *> v^-r?t world. This fame Is due to tho Salmon's rocent record-breaking cruise from the Atlantic coast to Bermuda and return?a deep-sea voyage ^ Buch us lias had no parallel In the history of under-water craft. The crulao to Bermuda was not only tho first cruise by a Bubinarlno to a foreign port or ont of sight of land, but It was the longest virtually continuous run ever attempted by such a vessel. The total distance covered aggregated M nearly 1,700 miles and, as It happened, M the little vessel encountered very (rough weather during a considerable t Ijmrt of the trip. m Not only did this nautical excur- t pivm CDiauiIMI ii iiuw lucuru liir vu?- gB pels of the American navy, but It ?ur- B paused all foreign achievements. Tho gj bent performances previously record- mt""-.-i?m1 by American vessels of this type . Kvas found In the run of the submatrino Viper from Cape Lookout to Ann- jjj >. , apolls, Md., a <IlHt:ince of about 483 knots, and the cruise of a flotilla of I submarines from New York to Annap* - * olis, a distance of 285 knots. Among ^ I' the foreign performances of such veseels tbore stands out^h^d^of^^^^^^^^ Of=- f?fr-COf?D - C/T [ S3 f?f-flK/NCi C/?Utj?r English submarines of about the same size is the Salmon, which made tho coastwise run from Dover to Dundee, a distance of r>12 miles, and tho famous performance of the French submarine I'apin, which on one occasion made a cruise of 1,200 miles. However, this French achievement Is overshadowed by the Salmon's cruise becauso not only was tho distance of tho latter much greater, but it was an open sea performance, !whereas tho Papln cruised along tho coast, and, finally, the French vessel Is much larger than the new American record-breaker, the Papin holing of 550 tons displacement, whereas tho Salmon is of but 320 tons displacement. Tho Salmon, alike to most of tho submarines i which havo lately been added to tho United 'states navy, Is a development of tho original Holland type of submarine which first gave tho Americans tho lead In this class of shipbuilding. The Salmon is 135 feet in length by 14 feet beam land Is a twin-screw boat, being driven on tho Jnurfaco by two gasoline engines of 300 horsojpower each and propelled when submerged by electrical power vupplied from storage batteries. Uy way of fulfilling her mission of destruction the little vessel has four torpedo tubes equipped to fire tho latest type of torpedo?that is, a tornoHn 17 foi>t in U>ni/th atuI IK ln<r*hna In /llntnnhip having a radius of 4,000 yards and carrying an explosive charge of 2oo pounds of guncotton. On her cruise to Bermuda l ho Salmon carried a crow of 21 men. but It was demonstrated on this icruiso that under actual service conditions such >a submarine can be operated, in so far as navigation is concerned, by live men?two on the 4 Jbrldge and three in the engine room. The Salmon Is capable of a speed of I t knots Iper hour when running awash or on the surface 'of the water and 12 knots per hour when running wholly submerged. Only three minutes In re quired to change from surface running by gasolllno engines to submerged running by electrical Ipower. The ves?el has. on trial, dived to a depth iof more than 200 feet without any sign of Htraln 'or leakage l>elng manifest anywhere on her steel cigar-shaped body. A unique feature of tho equipment of an up-to-date submarine such as tho Balmon, Is a double periscope whereby, when tho vessel Is wholly submerged tho officers on 'board can observo all that 1h going on at the surfaco of the water. IClectrlcal ranges are proIvl '/iGd eo^king the meals of thoso on board, iAno the 11 reoorvo supply of 4,800 cubic feet In 2X taiikit. ho that If need ho "i uir, tbo vOBSGl could bo "sealed up" tight and remain under tho surface ef the water for 0110 or two aays and nights without those on hoard having any communication with tho outsldo world or coming to tho surface for fresh air. On tho .Salmon's Bermuda cruise there wore on board, In jnddltlon to tho officers of the American navy, '('apt. Arturo Cuevas of tho Chilean navy, who !went for tho purpose of reporting to his govornlincnt on tho behavior of the vessel. i ifiNE / ? > | K* f j|P < g :,i-^AtiL?Sr^*5.', ' ? ?Sj - :-r, " ' SjB -/ '* '; -Hi.' . , ( ' > , . f</ \ OAJ /7 7* A ' f1E~R POCKy villi Modern submarine boats ftro of tvso typos, tho submerged ami tho Bubmerglblo. 'J'bo submerged when lti light cruising condition moves with only a small percentage of tho hull above tho water; tho submersible cruises on tho surface much like ?n ordinary torpedo boat, which It resembles externally. Tho difference In principle between tho two types Is slight, but in construction details It Is very marked. The submerged boats nro usually nearly cylindrical with pointed ends, tho general shape being much like that of a Whitehead torpedo. Submergence Is effected by admitting water to tho ballast tanks or by means of inclined rudders, or both. Submergihlo boats navo xwo nuiis, ono inside 1110 other. ine outer hull resembles closely that of the ordinary torpedo boat, but has as few projections as possible rising from tho general outlino, in order to prosent a smooth surfaco when submerged, lusldo this thero la a second hull of nearly circular cross-section and as large as tho shape of tho outer boat permits. To effect submergence water first admitted to tho space between tho hulls, find this brings tho boat to tho "awash" condition. Further submergence Is effected by permitting the ballast tanks to fill. When or by whom was built tho first submarine boat will probably never bo known. It Is said that Alexander tho Great was Interested In submarine navigation, while subaqueous attacks of v jsels was studied at least a? early as tho thirteenth or fourteenth contury. M. Dolpeuch states that some English ships were destroyed in 1372 by flro carried under water. In the early part of tho seventeenth century subtnarlno boats were numerous, and In 1G2I Cornelius Van Drebbol exhibited to King James I. on tho Thames n submarine boat of his own design. Uy 1727 no less than fourteen types of submarines had been patented In England alone. In 1771 Day began experiments with a submarlno boat at Plymouth, England, losing his life lit tho' second suhmorgenco trial. In tho following 'ear David Hushnell built his first boat, with which fiprcAnnf T -4?n nftn/?Uo<1 II HT <J a ? ? York harbor. Loo actually not under the ship, ' ptrRISCOPti, , l / \ t>/V TUb." *30&^ . Cv . SflLMON r ' H a 7^~ ) r - ' ' % ' M> * "< * p$:','1'' :.? ^ ^w ;v I C'/\lCL E- 3/7M L5 /vr- iV/5-^ r (k I ^O&WR/NE-, ThE~c5fll MON y il 1 aim tiie attack failed only bccause tho screw hy which the torpedo was to be attached to tho Ragle's bottom was not sharp enough. Robert Fulton's experiments In Franco and America (1T'J5-1812) demonstrated that a vessel could bo built which could descend to any given dej th ami reascend at will. Plunging mechanism was devised about the middle of the eighteenth century, but Pulton developed the vertical and horizontal rudders and provided for the artificial supi,t v (i | r A r\f nor) a r* r\i \ n ovlofn.l lltO*' anil an improved kind was patented In 1774; in 185-1 Davy ntill further developed it, Phillips' wooden boat on Lake Erie was crushed by the water pressure, and the samo fate befell Ilauer'a Iron boat Plongeur-Marin at Kiel In isr.0 In 18G3 McCIlntock and llowgate built a seiul-subinarlno iwuiu-prupeneu uoiii iur un> uuuck oh iiu1 ieuer?u fleet. but It sank four times, each tlmo drowning the entire crew of eight men. In the samo year several larger boats propelled by engines woro commenced In ICurope, and these at intervals were followed by others designed by llovgaard, Goubet, Zede, Nordenfeidt, Tuck, Holland and others, Tho French navy began experimenting with submarine boats about 1SS5. The Gymnote was built In 1888 and the Gustavo Zede In 1893. The Morse was commenced In 1894, but remained uncompleted until 1899, pending addl- j tlonal experiments with the Gynmoto and tho Zede. In that year tho construction of submarines was actively commenced, ten being launched In 1901. All London Is talking about the startling ex- ] hlbltlons of speed given by a little boat on tho ! names ami at Bournemouth. The boat waa seen I racing up and down the river at what seemed a j terrific speed, darting along by leapa and bounds, j Just as a shark chases a fish scudding between wind and water. Thn Impression sho left was 1 not so much that of power, for sho was such a ! nilto of a tiling, only 2G feet long, aa of vicious j and desperate energy. Crowds of people gathered along the embankment to watch hor, won- J ilortng whence In her tiny body this overpowor- j Ing energy could come. It baa since been divulged that sho is the Ml- I ran da IV., tho latent experiment In skim boats, or, as they are called technically, hydroplanes, by tho veteran ICngllsh inventor, Sir John Thornycroft. Compared with anything near her size, tho Miranda IV. is certainly the fastest craft afloat. Her exact speed is not known, but 6he has several times done well over 34 knots an hour, and hits decisively beaten the Columbine at Uourne* mouth, the only other craft whVch could lay claim to a record in her class. Hut It is not only for this terrific speed that the Miranda IV. is remarkable. Sho is tho most seaworthy craft of hf>r ?!'/ > I lint lina hrtr>?i vvuonutlVU. J GOES UP LIKE A ROCKET nnmfs nnwN i ikp a stim METEORIC CAREER OF MAY YOHE, ONCE THE SENSATION OF TWO CONTINENTS. San Francisco.?Formerly the wife of a lord and the talk of two continents, now destitute not only of money but of reputation, May Yohe lieu In a hospital here at death's door. Death from paralysis, the doctors in charge Bay, le only a matter of a ehort while, and thon for all that la mortal of May Yohe a grave In Pottor's Field. No stranger life story has ever been told than that of this one-time idolized stage favorite. Horn near San Francisco, as a child her beautiful volco was greatly admired, but no one who saw her pretty face In the church If =fl May Yohe. rliolr dreamed that her actions, Bonsa'.ional and unwomanly, would at one tlmo engngo the attention of virtually I ho nutlrn u?nrK1 When rho was vory, very young? that is youhk from tho point of vlow of ordinary, normal mortals?May was taken to Now York?city of her dreams?to "go on tho stage." Sho made a tremendous hit in Now York, and duplicated it in London. Society (locked to hear her sing and play hoys' parts?a favorite rolo. Sho was pronounced hy all to be "stunning." At the hlght of her success sho met Lord Francis Hope. Ho became Infauated in a twinkling. Ills mother, tho Duchess of Newcastle, had left him a large fortune, and ho stood to il... -I > ?.< - <1<1<I1I. III*; UUIYI-IIWIII MIIMIIII I11S fllllT brother, tlio Duko of Nowcastlo, <1 to without a son. Young Lord Francis spout thousands of dollars in financing May Yohe in now plays, and showered inoro than ? 10,000 worth of Jewels upon hor. Finally ho proposed inarrlago, and was aocoptod. Thoy worn married in The llopo family was furious, hut Lord Francis declared it was liis own affair and that he would brook no interferenco. May Yohe had been Lady Francis in>|K* iur seven years. .Mcanwmio Putnam Hradiee Strong, son of former Mayor William Strong, of Now York, returned from (tie Philippines, whom ho served in the gallant Sixty-ninth New York Regiment. Lady Francis Hope was In San Francisco, still on the stage and fit the height fj>f her hoauty. Lord Hope had gono hack to | Knglaud. Captain Strong and Lady Francis met. The hoy captain was smitten with the charms of the actress. They were seen together everywhere. Then camo a scandal that shocked two continents. May Yoho flung everything to tho wind?her title, position on tho stage, I her caroor, her liusbaml. Sho ran away with Stronpc. As for Stronir. his sacrifice was as Kroat. Ho lost his I social position, tlio affection of his family, and had lo give up his commission in the army. In tho meanI lino, Lord Francis procured ,1 divorce, and Capt. Strong marrlod May Yoho. 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