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Chapter 1
COMES UP FAMOUS
—headline, Los Angeles Times
1912–1937
The Cage Family; Los Angeles High School;
Pomona College
John Cage’s achievement, the Times observed, was “a matter of pride to the people of California.” A front-page photo showed Cage waving to ten thousand spectators who had gathered to cheer him, including the mayor of Los Angeles.
Telegrams announcing his triumph had been sent to President Woodrow Wilson.
Coming up famous on June 11, 1913, John Milton Cage and his crew of five had stayed underwater more than twenty-four hours, doubling the world record for submergence.
The seventy-five-foot-long vessel—named Peace Keeper—had been built under his patents, as general manager of the Los Angeles Submarine Boat Company. When tested six months earlier, the Peace Keeper sank due to shifting ballast and an open