Show NAUTICAL NOVELTIES furnished by the U S nav station salt lake city the fiercest and loudest animal fights on record take place when a giant blue whale Is attacked by a school of five or six killers during such an encounter the churning of water foam and spray may be seen for more than ten miles while the crashes made by the ton body of the blue whale as he falls back in the water after leaping into the air are sometimes heard tor for more than five miles strange sights under the sea are often witnessed by sailors ot of the united states navy while on submarine duty special port choles constructed ted to withstand the pressure of the water permit such sights an a hark tights fights large schools of monstrous fish whales etc it Is not uncommon to see large fish especially I 1 a I 1 I 1 y porpoises become caught in the rigging of the submarine and ride for miles before getting tree free there have also been cases of surface ships striking whales and large black fish with such impact that the ships are forced to stop and free the tish fish so as aa to not impede the speed of the ship A submarine of the united states navy attached to the asiatic fleet was making a trip from Tsing tao china to china about midway between the two ports the ship submerged tor for about two hours bours for torpedo tiring practice upon returning to the surface after the practice the submarine was waa within a few yards of a disabled chinese fishing vessel investigation by a boarding barty revealed that the vessel had been drifting for several days food supply was exhausted and several of the crew dead from froin exposure the survivors were taken take n aboard the submarine given eiven medical attention and food and carried to an ali ornamental brass burdah rm ho submarine was sighted blighted by the chinse they stood before it for several hours kow towing and of ferine their thanks to the gods tor for the rescue before dis embarking at they kneeled before each member ot of the crew kissed their feet and and cried with joy thus dispelling disi elling the me junior that the chin ese are ungrateful ulder all and iny any circumstances while ships of the united states navy are anchored in chinese waters c rs tile the natives come alongside in ili small craft and solicit laundry trade from the sailors one day while doing tile the washing a chinese chin se woman fell overboard and was saved from drowning by one of the sa sailors ilor 9 that night before the sam sailor could get his laundry from the woman he haj had st hilved ved ohp demanded twenty cents which amounted to less than five cents V U S moaby y tor for her services ahn chinese will not lot attempt to save a person from drowning for it is their bellet belief that the person saved will the thereafter be their charge |