The Polk County post., September 26, 1919, Image 3

TRAPPED AT BOTTOM OF SEA
BRAVE CHILIAN CREW SAVED
Rescue of 21 Sailors, Helpless in Submarine, Without One Loss, a
Thrilling Chapter of Heroism in a Navy Already
Rich in Traditions of Unfaltering
Devotion to Duty.
New York.— Felix Nieto Del Rio,
correspondent In New York of El
Dlario Ilustrado o f Santiago, Chill, re­
lates for the New York Herald the
follow ing story o f the sinking of the
submarine 11-3 o f the Chilian navy,
,and Its remurkable rescue without
loss o f life :
In the beginning of June a mari­
time accident occurred lp the military
port o f Tulcahuano, Chill, which will
figure with honor In the history of
submarine navigation. The fact has
speclnl Interest for the experts of the
United States because the submarine
H-3 o f the Chilian war squadron was
constructed here by the Electric Boat
company. This submarine Is one of
six which the British government had
ordered built during the war, but
which she turned over to Chill along
with 50 airplanes and hydroplanes of
combat. England made this grant to
Chill after having taken over for her
own fleet two superdreadnaughts of
28,000 tons, as well as some destroyers
o f 2,000 tons nnd other smuller vessels
which Chill was having constructed,
and which were used by England In
the war against Gennnny.
The submarine fleet left New Lon­
don last year, conveyed by the cruiser
Chacabuco, under the command of
Admiral Luis Gomez Carreno.
At
Charleston a furious tempest came up,
which lusted 70 hours, during which
time the submarines, defying all dnn-
ger, demonstrated their exce'lent con­
struction nnd the dexterity of their
Chilian crews. The transport Angn-
mos, auxiliary o f the fleet, was almost
lost in the storm. Having thus proved
the worth o f the submarines, which at
all times remained in a compact group,
thr^e in command understood that
they could continue the trip to the
coast of Chill with entire confidence.
The fleet touched at Havana, Kings­
ton, Colon, Balboa, a port In Ecuador;
Arica, Chill, Valparaiso nnd Talca-
hunno, their final destination.
This formidable voyage of many
thousand miles is in truth a record
that adds another proud page to the
traditional competence and fearless­
ness o f the Chilian sailors, who re­
ceived their first naval instruction
from the famous English admiral,
Lord Cochrane, chief of the Chilian
fleet during the war of Independence.
This exploit rebounded in all the
scientific centers o f submarine navi­
gation, and has been recorded as one
o f the most interesting successful at­
tempts made in the world. The great­
est span o f continued travel was be­
tween Ecuador and Chili, which Is
about 1,200 miles.
Ventilating Pipe Broken.
At a quarter to ten o’clock in the
morning o f June 1 the submarines
stnrted their customary exercises of
submersion Inside the military port of
Tulcahunno. Suddenly the command­
er, Capt. Del Solar, noticed that his
boat had become very heavy nnd did
not easily respond to the maneuvers.
H e then saw that the ventilating pipe
in the battery o f the stern had broken
and that, besides water, strong fumes
o f chlorine were entering the compart­
ment. With due presence of mind the
commander ordered that the compart­
ment be vacnted, taking nil the neces­
sary precautions so that the water
and gnses ndght not enter the other
sections of the submarine.
As the danger wns becoming Immi­
nent, the telephone buoy was sent up
to call for help, but there was no an­
swer. Later It was found that the
buoy had becnme entangled and had
never renched the surface o f the wa­
ter. No answer to their calls for help
proved to the crew that the situation
was desperate.
Nevertheless, never
fo r a moment did the discipline o f
these men weaken.
W hile efforts were being made to
get Into communication with someone
above, the men were trying to hermet­
ically calk the partitions, It having
been noted that the fumes o f the
FLEW OVER THE ROCKIES
chlorine from the main section had
already begun to filter through the
cracks. However, this compartment
was soon filled with the poisonous gas
and the men had to leave It to avoid
asphyxiation. Orders were then given
to retire to the only chamber left, that
at the bow, where new and frightful
tortures awaited them.
Just ns soon as the officers and sail­
ors had shut themselves up In -the bow
the electric current was cut off, leav­
ing the submarine still submerged nnd
In complete darkness.
This to the
various persons who had never board­
ed a submarine before In their lives,
meant certain death. The commander
exhorted his men to continue In the
dark their work o f calking up the
compartment to stop the Inrush of
water and gas, which continued to
spread throughout the boat. The hull
was laying at a depth o f 17 meters. In
a bed o f mud.
Monkey-Faced Owl
Lives in Scrap Iron
E l Paso, Tex.— A “monkey­
faced” owl, one of the rarest of
birds In this section of the
country, was captured by em­
ployees of the Dnrbyshire-Har-
vie Foundry company. The bird
was found hiding in a pile of
scrap Iron. It was given to the
city zoo at Washington park.
City Timekeeper Robert Smith
took charge of the bird at the
foundry and delivered It to the
zoo at Washington park.
Don’t work 365 days a year, not­
withstanding that some other trojans
did thnt year after year In their days
of struggle. Take vacations.
Don’t, however, let pleasure-seeking
supplant success-seeking.
Don’t become wholly self-centered.
Don’t succumb to the temptation to
be too busy to have any time to be ra­
tionally sociable.
Don’t cultivate exclusiveness.
Im n’t forget that there are no ex­
press trains to the summit of success.
Don’t look for any escalator to do
your climbing for you.
Don’t depend upon others to push
yon along.
Don’t count upon any “pull” which
you yourself did not create.
Don’t fancy thnt others succeeded
because of mere luck, and that you
are where you are solely because folk
did not come your way.
Don’t expect to hear Opportunity
knocking at your door until you have
trained yourself to recognize her when
she comes.
Don’t eat more than you feel yon
have to.
Don’t oversleep.
And finally;
Don’t forget that things are apt to
go right if we do.— Forbes Magazine.
Tree Juice and Seeds
From Which Candles Are
Made in Other Lands
At W ork in Darkness.
Each man worked at random In the
d ark ; several o f them were almost
overcome and their strength had be­
gun to leave them, but their discipline
was not lessened fo r one moment. The
only pump available drove the wnter
out slowly, which helped to prolong
the hope o f rescue which these In­
trepid sailors had In their hearts.
The air was well nigh Irrespirable;
their pulses beat with fury. But, in
spite o f all, each man was perform­
ing in the dark the task assigned him.
At five o’clock In the afternoon, six
hours after the sinking, the crew
heard the clatter o f n chnin that was
being cut. They knew then that e f­
forts fo r their rescue were under way
and at the same time that these e f­
forts were being frustrated. The sub­
marine, after the chain wns cut, had
remained In position with her stern
somewhat raised.
Meanwhile, In the world above, the
disappearance o f the H-3 had become
known and all elements o f rescue
were set to work nnd succeeded In lo­
cating the position o f the submarine
from the indications o f a tugboat
which had accompanied the submarine
up to the moment o f the nccldent.
Vnrious other submarines nnd tugs
placed themselves about this point
nnd two heavy cranes with chains
were set up in working order.
A diver who went to the bottom re­
turned saying that the H-3 was lodged
In the mud In a dangerous position
and that the telephone buoy was en­
tangled. A fter a little continued e f­
fort the telephone apparatus wns
straightened out and communication
with the crew o f the submarine re­
established.
When questioned
the
commander replied with stoical valor
that It would be necessary to raise the
boat as soon as possible to save the
lives o f the crew. These words, said
without nnxiety, without fear in the
presence of such a catastrophe, are
worthy o f the tradition that Prat set
down for our navy, when seeing that
his old wooden ship was about to be
attacked by n powerful enemy of
Chili, he s a id : “ The flag of Chili has
never been lowered nnd I hope this
Some Don’ts for All Who
Would Toil 365 Days the
Year and Taking No R est
There are three kinds of trees from
which tallow candles can be made. One
Is a native of China, and Is called by
botanists stllllngla seblfera. The seeds
In Its fruit are covered by a waxlike
substance used by the natives for mak­
ing candles.
This Is Capt. E. C. Hoy of Vancou­
Another tallow tree grows in the
ver, who recently flew over the Rocky Western Ghauts o f India, about 4,000
mountains from Vancouver to Calgary. feet above sea level. The height of
the tree, which Is an evergreen. Is
about 60 feet. It Is called the Valeria
will not be the occasion for doing so.”
tndlca. Its seeds yield a pale yellow­
Prat, killed when he bonrded the ship
ish fat, solid and concrete. By boil­
o f the enemy, Is an exnmple which no
ing the fruit the fat is easily procura­
Chilian sailor has ever forgotten.
ble, and Is then either made Into
Chains Slip and Craft Drops Back.
candles or soap, or It may be burnt In
The hoists did not work right, the lamps.
chains slipped and the H-3 returned to
A third tree from which tallow can­
Its old position. A fter some time the dles may be made Is the African but­
rescuers succeeded in passing a new ter tree, or Shea tree. Its fruit exudes
chain under the submarine, which a yellow, greasy juice, which Is manip­
slowly raised by the stern so that the ulated In a similar manner to those
bow would be tipped as little ns pos­ already described and with equailj
sible. While this maneuver wns being useful results.
made n tug cut the telephone connec­
tion and communication with the sunk­
en vessel was again cut off and was
not re-established.
The hours passed In extreme an­
guish, the victims believing that the
attempts to save them were useless,
nnd those mnklng the attempts think­
ing It was nlready too late to rescue
their brave companions alive.
But
the work wns continued with energy,
and at length the stern came to the
surface.
Thnt was the most solemn moment
o f the whole operation. Few believed
that any o f the crew would still be
alive nnd that all they had done was
to raise out o f the sea a coffin contain­
ing 21 bodies.
With no means for communication
with the submarine to let the men
know that the stern was already
nbove water, one of the sailors tapped
the Morse code with a hammer on the
outside. A few minutes passed nnd
the hatchway was opened.
A man
appeared, exhausted, pale nnd his eyes
bloodshot. One by one the rest fol­
lowed.
Then when It was thought that only
the captain was still on board; It was
found that two men were missing.
Captain Del Solar descended again
into the submarine and found n ma­
chinist still calking nnd a fireman still
at the pump. Neither of the two had
received orders to come out and they
remained at their posts.
The Chilian submarine H-3 wns des­
ignated with the number E-12 In the
English navy. It was the belief of
the sailors that because It had borne
this number it was certain to come to
harm.
It was said that the accident was
caused by the brenking of the bottom
o f the tank in the battery. At the
time o f the accident the automatic
scaphanders for the rescue o f the
crew were not on board. They had
been taken to the arsenal for repairs.
AMERICAN SUBMARINES BACK FROM WAR ZONE
Taught the Saving H abit and Its Resulting Profitable Investment
One o f the things which this country w ill bring out o f the war is
an increased interest in securities by people who never before considered
such investment, says Popular Mechanics magazine. The small investor
form erly thought o f bonds and stocks only in terms o f thousands, wholly
beyond his reach, and as entirely belonging to banks and men o f wealth.
The W ar Savings stamps and the government bonds of $50 denomination
lip have not only encouraged thrift but have opened the eyes o f the mul­
titude to the fact that to be a bond owner does not require a king’s ransom.
N ow wo have some twenty million bond holders, and where form erly one
person in seven was th rifty now five out of every seven are savers. W e do
not measure up to the stern thriftiness o f the French, who, by extreme
economy, paid off the war indemnity which the Franco-Prussian war
occasioned in an incredibly short time. But proportionately we have made
a good start, fo r we have from the beginning been a nation o f wholesale
wasters because our resources o f every kind were so enormous. Some
were even ashamed to save, and thought it smart to spend lavishly as fast
as they earned. This condition permeated the entire land. W e may well
take genuine pride in a good start on the road to sound common sense and
thrift. Th e veiy act o f saving increases self-respect. The flowery speeches
o f a thousand orators in more than a century are forgotten, while these
words o f wisdom by Benjamin Franklin live o n :
“ Save a little o f thy income, and thy hidebound pocket w ill soon
begin to thrive and thou w ilt never cry again with an empty stomach,
neither w ill creditors insult thee, nor want oppress, nor hunger bite, nor
w ill nakedness freeze thee. The whole hemisphere w ill shine brighter, and
pleasure spring up in every corner o f thy heart.
“ Bemember that money is o f a prolific, generating nature. Money
can beget money, a.'d its offspring can beget more, and so on. Five shil­
lings turned is six, turned again it is seven and threepence, and so on t ill
it becomes one hundred pounds.”
T im e was when good bonds were issued chiefly in denominations of
$1,000, with an occasional small proportion o f $500 units. T o the begin­
ner the time required to save enough to buy one bond was so long he was
discouraged in even making the attempt. N ow excellent securities of all
kinds can be had in $100 units, which increases the number o f possible
buyers by thousands. Once more the frequent caution: Before buying
or exchanging be sure to consult a good banker and so avoid losses.
FOURTEEN POINTS
IN POULTRY RAISING
Hans Wagner May Pilot
New Baseball Club to
_
Be Added to the A. A.
Efforts are now being made to or­
ganize a club In Akron, O., which will
1. Select vigorous breeds.
seek a franchise In the American A s­
2. Hatch the chicks early.
sociation next season, and If the
3. Do not allow growing chicks to
project Is successful, Hnus Wagner,
crowd.
It Is said, will pilot the tenm nnd part­
4. Provide plenty of shade.
ly control the stock In the club.
5. Raise the young chicks on clean
ground aw ay from the general flock.
6. Cull the flock.
Business and Scholarship.
7. G row your own poultry feed.
"D o you think a college educatlot
8. Feed a well-balanced ration with
helps a man In business?”
plenty of variety and, If possible, give
“N ot right away,” answered Mr. free range.
Dustin Stax. “But after a man gets
9. Supply an abundance o f fresh
rich enough to indulge In litigation, water.
school training will help a great deal
10. Keep the house clean and well
in answering the law yer’s questions." ventilated.
11. Destroy lice nnd mites.
Not a Life Saver.
12. Keep the nests clean and well
“I
asked
the littered.
boss fo r an In­
13. Confine or sell nil cockhlrds.
crease in salary
14. Gather the eggs frequently nnd
Told
him
I keep them In a cool place.
couldn’t live or
the sum I was
Elephants Are Either
getting.“
“W hat did he
Right or Left-Handed
say?”
in Using Their Tusks
“Told me It was
a business not o
Elephants are “right-hnnded” and
life-saving Institu­
tion he was run­ "left-handed" In using their tusks, and
an examination of .he tusks o f nny
ning.”
particular elephant will reveal the
class to which the elephant belongs.
W h y He Stayed Away.
An elephant uses only one tusk most
‘‘W e missed you at the fam ily pie
of the time It Is digging fo r salt earth,
nlc the other day.”
uprooting trees or tearing up roots,
H ans Wagner.
“Yep.
I decided It w as better tc
Bays a contributor to the Field. When
be missed than mussed.”
its working tusk becomes badly broken
W agner, since his retirement from
it turns to the other, Just ns n man baseball, has devoted his time to
Doing It Early— and Late.
who has Injured his right hand takes chicken raising at his home In Car­
"M rs. Bargins Is forever on the go.’
to his left. The tusk must be very se­ negie, Pa., but It is reported that the
“I should say so. W hy, home foi
verely damaged before Ihe elephant famous oid siugger longs fo r the
her is merely a temporary shelter be
will give up using It In preference to stress nnd strife o f a pennant fight
tween shopping tours.”
the other.
and that he Is eager to get back Into
The working tusk becomes worn the game. W agner never has had any
Firm Believer.
and smooth toward the end— so much managerial experience, hut he Is a
worn, In fact, thnt It Is often apprecia­ past master o f the art o f baseball la
She — D o
you
bly shorter thnn the other and fre­ all Its phases.
believe Ignorance
quently the tip has been broken off.
Is bliss?
A fter that has happened the Jagged
Verified Calculation
\
He— W hy?
edge becomes gradually worn smooth,
She— You seem
Shows Speed of Light
and In the course of years pointed
so happy.
again, but the working tusk Is always
186,000 Miles a Second
blunter than the other.
With the Jokesmiths
Primitive Independence.
“W ell 1 W ell I H ere’s a queer old
codger driving an ox team. It’s the
first time I’ve seen an outfit like that
In years.”
" I suspect the driver Is a philosophic
man.”
“ W hy so?”
" I noticed he wore a superior smile
Just now when he rumbled past ■
gasoline station.”
Secret of Success Is
Doing Work Right Way
Four of America's latest type submersibles which have seen 2-1 months of active service In the w ar zone have re­
turned and are here shown anchored In the navy yard at Norfolk, Va.
Lesson From the W ar
The secret o f success Is not n secret
N o r Is It something new. N or Is It
something hard to secure. T o become
more successful, become more efficient
Do the little things better. So work
that you will require less supervision.
The least supervision Is needed by the
person who makes the fewest mis­
takes. D o what you can do and what
you should do fo r the Institution for
which you are working, and do It In
the right way, and the size of your In­
come will take care of Itself. Let your
aim ever be to better the work you a rt
doing.— Thomas Dreier.
Gems of Thought.
W e cannot conquer fate and
necessity, yet we enn yield to
them In such a manner as to be
greater than If we could.— Lan-
dor.
Love Is like flame— light as
many fresh flapies at It as you
will, It grows Instead o f dimin­
ishing,
by
the
dispersion.—
Kingsley.
Cruelty like every other vice,
requires no motive outside It­
s e lf; It only requires oppor­
tunity.
Obstinacy and vehemeney In
opinion are the surest proofs of
stupidity.— Bartoc
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Detachable Ears for Dolls.
Detachable ears to he fastened to
dolls’ heads, the Invention o f an A la­
bama woman, are said to give a more
lifelike sppearance than when the
ears are Integral parts p f the heads.
T he velocity o f light was obtained
by the Danish nstronomer Roemer In
1076, by observing the ecpllses of
Jupiter’s moons. When the earth was
nearest to Jupiter, the eclipse appeared
about eight and one-half minutes too
soon fo r the calculations, nnd when
the earth was most remote from Jupi­
ter they were about eight and one-half
minutes too late. Roemer concluded
the reason to be thnt It required 17
minutes fo r light from the planet to
traverse the diameter o f the earth's
orbit, which measured the difference
of the distances o f the enrth from Ju­
piter. This calculation has since been
verified, and proves that light travels
about 186,000 miles a second.
Making Use of Advantages.
You will find thnt every great mas­
ter has used whnt was excellent In
his predecessors, nnd this fn«t has
made him great. Men like Raphael
do not grow spontaneously. They bad
their root In the grent works o f an­
tiquity. Hnd they not made use of
the advantages open to them, there
would be little to say about them.—
Goethe.