Evening Star Newspaper, January 8, 1928, Page 3

P THE SUNDAY STAR. WASHINGTON. D. ., JANUARY 8. 1928—-PART 1. 3 s T ¥ . . Depaytmérit’ ‘ware called ‘and Welze) . HUUSE vm[S 8_4 | Conducts -4 Probe | '["'HER s _4 Bflm[s e taki 4 Cibunisy Guipe o s B pronbunced 'déad ‘by Dr. Corby, ‘Who P 2 ’ stated that death appeared to be due N N to heatt fallube, ' 'The coromer was notified’and i, dutopsy will be held. | Man Found Dead in Bed. enter the control room of the sub-|a . submarine operating : submerged | rule In such cases. that the com- marine, inc'this area.”” £ oY s £ mander of a/vessel which had heen Ingram said the door of the control| Soveral other quesions had'hden|in a collision with another should| Joseph Wetzel, 62 years old. a room opened easily, and that the com- | put And answered before Rear Admliral |be ®o named In subsequent proceed.|roomer at 148 A street northepst, was partment. was fl He found the | Richard H. Jackson, president of the|ings. ‘As a defendant, it was nointed | found dead in his bed last evening by passageway -clear alost to the for.| court, notified ‘the witness that: testl. [ out, Comdr, Bayliss would have great. [ Officer Greenfleld the’ ninth pre- ward end, but wreckage nedr the of- | mony had been ‘presented’ establishing | er privileges than as & mere inter | Cinct. The Casualty Hospital ambu- ficers’ wardroom prevented him from | Comdr. Bayliss legally as a-defendant | ested party, being . empowered. to .re. | 1Ance and the rexcue squad of the Fire before the court. tuse to reply to questions and to xum PROBE COMMISSI0" (B8 ied in Resolution and Sent to Senate. By the Associated Press. Investigation of the sinking of .the submarine S-4, as proposed by Presi- dent Coolidge, was approved yester day by the House, which passed the Butler resolution authorizing a sp€ cial Inquiry commission appointed b the President. It was sent to thy Senate. where a similar resolution has been introduced 1 “The investigation was devised not | by only 1o acquaint the people of the| country on the causes of the disaster, | but to devise means of preventin | future disasters.” explained Chalrman | Snell of the House rules committee. in charge of the measure. | The House ubproved the proposal | arter rejecting, 146 to &, a motion| which was interpreted during debate as constituting a challenge that the President and the Navy Department desired the inquiry for the purpose of “whitewashing™ the ¥'s efforts. rescue | Hits at Wilbur. | Snell challenged Representative | Black, Democrat, New York, who of-| fered the motion, to point to one word in the resolution that implied “white-| wash.” ' “The whole fabric of the resolution | implies that,” Black declared, adding | that this was emphasized by the re- fusal of ‘Républican leaders to provide | that no member of the commission | could be financially interest>d in any | Government contract. Previously, during debate, Black | had demanded the resignation of - | retary Wilbur. He characterized the | Secretary as a “duddy fuddy” and de- clared that the Navy needed “a| leader.” Representative Gifford, Republican, | Massachusetts, argued that'the com- | mission should report direct to Con- gress, which should. be represented among its members. - He did not offer a motion to that effect, however. For Ouflawing Subs. | lepresentalive Bankhead, Demo- rrat, Alabama, also without propos- inz an amendment, said that he fa- vored including in the resolution request that the President immedia Iy start hegotiations with other na- tions looking to the outlawing of sub- marines in warfare, The House refused to accept a pro- posal by Representative McSwain, Democrat, South Carolina, to provide specifically that any testimony given the commission by mnaval officers =hould not jeopardize their chances for promotion in the event their views differed {rom those of super.ors. Representative La Guardia, Repub- Yican, New York, who recently in- spected from another submarine the Navy's rescue efforts at the scene of the S-4 disaster, supported McSwain, 2rguing that testimony given a con- gressional committee by William Mitchell, former assistant Army air chief, had formed the basis of his courts-martial. Open Hearings. The House accepted several amend- ments to the resolution which was | =ponsored by Chairman Butler of the naval committee. ' One by ' Repre: sentative Griffin, ° Democrat, New York, would providé that all commis- sion hearings should be open o’ the public, and another by Representative Montague, Democrat, * Virginia, that the pommission’s ipquiry would not be regarded as supplementary to the investigztion now in progress by a Nav: 'y board. the resolution would . Coolidge to appoint a #pecial commission of five members, two to be retired Naval officers, and “three from civil life. - They would be directed to make a thorough inquiry into the 84 disaster, and also con- sider means of improving safety de- vices on submarines. A report on their findings would be submitted to the President not later than next May 15. 4 e g s e Ordered to Aberdeen. ! Pyt. Emmet W. Payton, Signal Corps, attached to the office of the chief signal officer, Munitions Build- ing, hus been ordered to Aberdeen, Md.. for the purpose of driving over- tand to this ecity. an experimental chaseis for delivery to the Signal| Corps laboratory. 3 There are about 30,060 earthquakes | a year, most of them causing little | damage SPECIAL NOTICES. ffli,‘lnvru'rsziuiufi‘or MARYIN REX- ode and Masnard 3. Willard. trading as M. 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Heroism developed by acts above and beyond the call of duty and dis- played during attempted rescue oper- ations on the submarine S-4 h: brought honors to three of the divers who risked their lives in an effort to get some of the life-giving air to thelr comrades of the sea, impris- oned in their steel tomb 102 feet be- low the surface of the sea. One has been recommended to the President of the United States for the Congres- sional Medal of Honor, the highest within the power of the Government to give, and the other two have been awarded the Navy Cross. The Board of Awards of the Navy Department and Secretary Wilbur, it was anhoun last night, have ap- proved recommendations made hy Rear Admiral Frank H. Brumby. in charge of the salvage operations at the scene of the sinking off Province- ‘town, Mass. 5 Thomas Eadie, chief gunner's mate, is recommended for the Medal of Honor, while Navy Crosses have been ordered awarded to William Carr, chief boatswain's mate, and Fred G. Michels, chief torpedoman. Eadie's Citation. The citation for Eadie follows: “For display of extraordinary hero- ism in the Jine of his profession above and beyond the call of duty on De- cember 18, 1927, during the diving op- erations in compection with the sink- ing of the U. 8. 8. 84 with all on board as a result of a collision off Provincetown, Mass. On. this occa- slon, when Michels, chief torpedoman, U. 8. N., while attempting to connect an air line to the submarine ata depth of 102 feet, became serfously fouled, Cadie, under the most adverse diving conditions, deliberately, knowingly and willingly took his own life in hisx hands by promptly descending to the rescue in response to the desperate need of his companion diver. After two hours of extremely dangerous and heartbreaking work, by his cool, cal. culating and skillful labors he wsuc- ceeded In his mission and brought Michels safely to the surface.' ‘With the Navy Cross for Carr will g0 the tollowing citation: “For extraordinary heroism and fearless devotion to duty on Pecem- ber 18, 1927, during the diving opera- tions in connection with the sinking of the U. 8. 8. 84 with all on board as a result of a collision off Province- town, Mass. “‘Under such adverse conditions that only desperate _circumstances war- ranted a dive belng made, Carr, only 100 well aware of the grave risk to his life, promptly and willingly made a perilous descent to the depth of 102 feet and by great. skill, courage and determination succeeded in attaching an air hose to the main ballast tanks of the submarine.” Citation for Michels. The following citation will go with | the cross for Michels: “For extraordinary heroism and fearless deyotion to duty on December 18, 1927, during the diving operations in connection with the sinking of the U. 8. B. 8B4 with all on board as a result of a collislon off Provincetown, Mass. Under such adverse weather conditions that only desperate circum stances warranted a dive being made, Michels, only too well aware of the grave risk to his own life, promptly and willingly made a perilous descent 10 & depth of 102 feet for the purpose of connecting an air line to the sub marine, but due to unsourmountuble difficulties hecame meriously fouled anil only after three terrible hours escaped with his life,” U. S. Pays $10,000 To Family of S4 Disaster Victim A check for $10.000 was mulled yesterday by the Yeterans' Bureau 10 the family of a0 oficer who per ed in the B4 suimarine disanter. 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Officers of the salvage flect tonight expressed doubt that any more bodies would be removed from the wreck until after the submarine has been raised. Divers reported It unlikely that additional bodies remained in, the engine room -and that while there might be others in the motor compart ment they would not be removed un- less they were found to be in such of*the divers who are preparink the submarine for unwatering, so that it can be ‘raised by pontoons. It was senerally agreed by s officers that the engine room h: been flooded until divers let in water in entering the wreck, and that the victims had not been’ drowned, but had probably died trom cholorine Kas poisoning. All of the bodies were in good con dition of preservation, although one was found to have a bad brufse on the face and another a large bump on the side of the head. Raw Potato in Pocket. heavy leather jacket, in the pocket of which was found a half-eaten raw po ta‘o. Another was clothed only in cotton underwear, one sock and one shoe. The rest all were dressed in blue denim. Divers Thomas Eadie, William Cs aed C. L. Applegate found four bodier n a few minutes after they en ey the engine room this morning They also located two others, but had to return to the surface before remov ing them. Joseph Eihen, Raymond Wilson and C. T. Mattox, who werc next to go down to the wreck, recov ered these two bodies shortly before noon The next relay of divers, Thomas Campbell, Frank Crilley and George Baker. took three additional bodies from the engine room before they were relieved by Divers John Kelley, KeHey found the last body just.inside the door of the motor compartment under an oxygen bottle. The door of the motor compartment was open. Kelley reported, and he had no difi- culty l‘l entering. Divers James In gram, Charles Scott and Patrick Burns were next sent dowh with orders to HIGH ELEVATION Wonderful View of with every convenience. ice charge. 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He discovered a plece of board about 21 feet long and a foot and a halt’ wide close to the controel room door, The board was hauled aboard the Falcon, but officers: were unpre. pared to say whether it. had any significance. Officers of the salvage fleet sald 'the task of the divers. now would be to clear up._the wreckage in the control room so that they could adjust the valves there preparatory to attaching air lines to the control room and en- gine and motor compartments for un watering the sunken submarine, As the bodies of the 10 victims recovered today were brought to the surface, the flags flown by the ves. sels of the salvage fleet were lowered to half-mast. The bhodies were taken aboard the U. S, S. Bushnell and draped in flags, and were later trans. ferred to the destroyer Mahan which sailed tonight for the Boston Navy yard. On the arrival at the Navy vard the hodies will be taken to. the Chelsen Naval Hospital for identifica. tion, Weather conditions were favorable for diving and the divers worked for {elzht hours. The sea was calm and the air wa | ture at the bhottom was ar low as 33 degrees early in the day. Tt was plan- ned to resume operations tomorrow by sending divers to complete the work of clearing away the wreckage in the control room. MASTER OF PAULDING >AMED. Comdr. Bayliss Made Defendent Fol- lowing Custom of the Sea. ROSTON, January 7 “(P.—Under the admiralty rule that the comman- der of a vessel, which Is in collision with another, becomes a defendant in the subsequent inquiry, Lieut Comdr. john S. Bayliss, who commanded the Coast Guard destroyer Paulding when it rammed and sank the submarine S4 oft Provincetown, December 17, today was named n_defendant hefore |the Naval Court of Inquiry, investi- gating the S disaster. The action came in the midst of testimony which Comdr. 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