Evening Star Newspaper, January 8, 1928, Page 87

THE SUNDAY STAR. WASHINGTON, D. €. JANUARY 8 1928—PART 7. - Unsurpassed Bravery Marked Attempt to Reach Crew of S-4 | hat he plea ' < no red Elisberg’s Record : 1 3 : > Liape. no deias in granting him what Lieut. Comdr. Faward E Query as to Whether Navy Did Everything in Its Power to Save Imprlsoncd Men Answered by Officer Who Directed Sal- | [mmket e xavy and oxe ?&rfl “l"|‘ f":’ f‘\vu{;h‘rl the e e N e Cataing wnd T e SRR . w B 1( I . Ad Tl‘l R W k ! gation for an invaluable training and his _accomplishment as salvage ; vaging of the S-51 and Went Back Into Service to Ai 18 INescue Work. # chance to serva my country. But 1 officer in raising the S.51, fails e et sk ane to mention the fact that he = ATy ik ot nearly l_n\!l his own life while e i et ae attempting to_carry aid to the i e, 9 \ i Ao The expericnca o sun:l\'nl'a l“hb"ll’ stoicken s“. — - — = P » v % % %, 7 % % h who b had the experience or While diving to determine it N : : ” g~ ; / o e g them. . Noe the S-4 could be lifted bow first, | | \ soe i A e 4 . 4 %, ? ! W Son. (hata Avaiiabig: i Decem Comdr. Ellsberg plunged from sl R T 3 LR S : i ; . » / : e Cried Srates the slippery side of the subma- o hansed " ; 52 i % s ; i vt Job e rina and sank over his head N . i r v 0 ’, 7 : " v Remt o the. sce into the mud of the ocean floor. N S 2 : 4 - i I [ . y N e b i e Before another diver could go 3 . . e : : ! / : to hit assistance, he had suc- AN Vo 4 s 4 ’ 4 5 i and the ceeded in freeing himself 3 Nt S o . : / ) ” / i s at Comdr. Ellsberg left the Navy . 3 o 4 4 4 % % 3 % / 7Y o~ 8 kool it soon after the salvaging of the 8 : S 2 4 : L / 5 - weiaiion s S51 and became chief eng : \ s i ¢ neer of the Tidewates Ol o On learning of the S.4 disaster he tmmediately volunteered his 3 \ : 3 , g 5 ¢ ; & / ; : e sl sy svolun tesreaiin N ) : $ 4 . " i = v & i 4 Phgd 7 = i« ridiculous to =a at the acens the Donday EoTlontar tne S = " p: ‘4 2 g e i % b £ 4 # cannot do better. As in l(»'; tragedy. 3 o : > et % g 4 “ 7 1% e pratud B o ! ; : A % _ . . 2 . - g has profited by BY EDWARD ELLSBER( 4 ; % d 2 ¥ > P 1 Y ol 17 L . explosions to build better Lientenant Commander. United States Navy. =% g . , W, g 3 Y & “ : 4 9 M O ‘ i b i 5 ? z $ ! sign better boilers, and it will jearn from submarine disasters to safer subma means for & v them mind, thie wil providing sep WILD leap in the darkness from A plunging surf boat brouzht me over the icy rail of the Faleon. With her anchor cable Paid ont to its maximum, the | trying grmly to hold over the sunken su! while the free: 1| nd the seas swept ove Falcon's how Sl covered witd v head to foot. T passed th rlock into the inner chamber of e leon’s re compression tank. 3 . en Monday morniv ; the cham 4 ¢ har were Eadie “arr. hoth e ; / ’ ; e e 4 i st bausted from thetr awn dives, working 3 \ : Lo b o i 1 | £ St feverishly to hring Michaels back 1o p X g ;i } / e et lite The previons Saturday afterncen the runninz submerged with a of 40 men and ers, on n | v ed mile course outside of | Provincetown Harbor, had come 1o the end the course. Lieut. Comdr. | Jones. her captain. had ordered “Left 5 * and “"Hard rise on the divinz | ENGINE ROOM OF THE S-4. AN OFFICIAL NAVY PHOTOGRAPH. and was planing to the while making a turn. The Were Luivicdly put in the water. a to port, it muzzle pointing down. A chance to close theire, 1€ cuch wax out as he slid below. Half an Coast Guard destroyer Pauldinz, com- task which took all nighi, early s of twisted which had been [y cace, then a considerable amount | hour passed and no w % 3 his life. Ax we could not dive, and it ing in from sea at 18 knots, Suddenly | poxt day wers stirted toward Trov. 1€ Keel plites of the Paulding huns chaels. The Faleon yawe 1 was dangerous to transfer Michael n saw the periscop> and radio antenna | | m the muzzle down the port side ) the gale, not daring to hold too t y [ too many times, the Falcon up! What t o @ Eubmiatine brealiairtace! Gimoat | Ancetown’in. townof the more and of the S-4. Just forward of the gun| Acting on this aseumption. the offi- Ninch manila mooring 2% | anch . ran 40 miles to Boston and | (o AR Mo Tuka. the most powesful tuzs in the the deek was ripped away and Fadie | cers on the Faleon decided to try to il part. At the rail the fr i h returned to the wreek. The | those t There was a hard crash: the menson ' Vicinity. Meanwhile a private sal. | scrambled cautiously across the open- the water from the submarine’s <y made the tenders and the life | storm kept up. | booy A RO bAT A LU the iaeor fis | g i hallast tanks, (These tanks are flooded | liges a miass of jce as the tenders on | TP concr i ' with: | is diffic hut I dn not believe i two derricks to the Navy., Now this| Finally, near the bow, he came to| by her ctew when the submarine dives | the Falcon's side sty led to Keep > s " | the as i ities of the Navy company had delive two derricks torpedo toom hatch. Stooping | and contain ahout 200 tons of water. | Michaels' air hose not slack, not \ NWHILE. communication had ! jr yoy o to the Navy ior salvage when the zadie placed one hand on the | This amount was considerably in ex:|too taut. It was hopeless in that sea early been establi-hed with the | | .31 sank and for five davs had been eh while he rapped on the metal [coss of the Jost buovaney in the dam- | wav, S, The Falcon, the 88 or the Bush- |y n clopment, permy mpeiled to keep i s derricks in port plate with a_hammer. Instantly, and i battery room.) The fdea was| Nearly an hour and Michaels has| nell sent oscillator sigmals, using the | diving in deep water in a storm. They ise of the rou ther outs rectly below hix hand, 2 “the [that if the after compartments had not reported, nor does he answer siz- | standard international Morse ire not able to bring it about now. B0Hien haa v o tonal . Nix raps, a pause, six raps [heir doors closed and were dry, the | nals on his life line. Michaels is| These sounds, transmitts alm day. only azain, another and then once | blowing of the ballast tanks would | fouled helow. Hastily Eadie is roused | the water sily he 0 ordite: Sinlik: o/ re six thought a lighien the bhoat enot float her.|out of his bunk. where he has been sS4, whe I ring signals were ingz learned from that experience that | moment X men alive in the tor-| Kven if the stern proved to be flooded | resting since his firgt dive. Quickly «:nt by rappin hull with derricks are wholly useless for Lift-| pedo room.” Giving another tap in!thers was still a chance that the | the dressers case him in his 200-pound | hammer, one rap heing a dot and two inz dam, ines outside of | acknowledgment, he huoyant bow mizht rise if the bal. diving riz. and, armed with a knife raps a dash. These raps were picked harbor w o Deparunent | the extreme how, s lasts could he blown dry {and a divin . Eadle also disap- | up by the microphe in the ship neventh i Faleon couid gt th | Chief Roatswain's Mate Care was| pears from iey sea that above. No divers were required for straw and > 2 out to | *ubmarine from his ihbles | selected for the job. With the wind | is holding Mic munication ik ece e vor A on the water. Then he went aft, and sea picking up, Carr went down | Fadie linds near the conning tower.| Ity this meihod of tranemitting Meanwhile. on Sunday merning the | Once more he od the torn With zn air hose to couple to the hal- | Here he finds Michaels’ lamp, the wire | messages we learned the names o n h rrived off Provincetown decks of the submarine, erawled over | last tank hlow valve in the side of the | tangled in the descending line. About | Lieut Fitch and the five men trapped I taken t L 50n ke dkah w00 oRme N6, th. TOANINE ping tower. Carr first had to re.| 10 faet away he finds Michaels, | with him. We asked if they had tried Eiturany nishit, i with grap: | tower. Hera ha tried golng fefihes |move the grappling hook line and se. | 'tretched face down. flat on the S-&'s 1z valve leading to | pling hooks, the Coast Guard surf bt the dangling antenna and sub. | eure a heavy $inch manila line to | deck. with his life line and air hose re. Michaels had nearly boats had cauzht the submarine, but marine net clearing lines, hanging | the rail of the 4 to act as a descend. | ©Orming a tanzled net across his lack, |ife in attempting an hor { had Jost her azain in a few hours. | low over the deck, caught his helmet |ing line. He then found the trap door | helding him down. Swinging his lamp nection. They r Drrageing agzain duiinz the night and and stopped him. Leaning aft as far | in the side of the superstructure plat- | 10 starboard, Eadie notes that the hose as 1 4 Sunday morninz. they finally zrap- as poss e hammered the deck | ing. which he had considerable dim. |18 fouled in the jazzed cut made by | they had sl L pled something once more about 16 azain, This time he heard ne siznale cully in opening. Beneath it was the | the destroy Loomios to port. Iefwas: le ety a.m {either from forward or aft. As e malvoge air valve, and to this ha *°8 that there it is caught far down the dany IS colitlon: et e The weather was unsafe then for had been down Eadie wa®, screwed his h All this took about | the side In the twisted plates torn from learned that even if Michael diving, but the | med in over n hauled to the and re- an hour ; 1 halt, during which time | the Paulding’s Keel wd heen snecesstul, we could not the submiar wiing into ted. [1he sea got worse and the tonders on fle.iiles firay to pullit HaVE HIbVIE el r (ERE oo a fresh ; Jic report showed the baat dam: | Care's lifeline and hose were fn con- | St Bt quickly dosiste. © Meanwhitya mtssgs Simie (hIOUE rom rier ] one spot ol %t forward of sta ouble K o 0 a niees pis ® Bharp and that e oxyveen hottle in ieir com Tiin uns apotionty, Just torwarajur stant trguble raving Ut s GAKINK | Lo 0yl il iive. thiem (0:0uK the:Home, | DREEMUHE auid: be ot by & pm. | . and then Michacls fs gone Could we glve them an i g A z g D) R _ adie telephones up, “Send down a | oiher? LIEUT. COMDR, R. K. JONES, ! L AT d hacksnw.” A few minutes laier a could, provided only that we WHO WAS IN COMMAND OF | s % : A\ L hncksaw, t to a shackie, xlides could dive while they still had str h | THE S4 WHEN SHE WAS RAM. ; 7 % X 5 down his own air hose and bumps his | enaug ide to operate the torpedo MED AND SUNK BY THE Z A 4 § \ | diving helmet. The procedure was for PAULDING. 4 v 1 i lie stoopa over the prostrate [them to open the outer tube door s WS Phiter. § 1 ¥h i { and forees hix lamp into | A diver outside woull push in the : 7 4 . ? 3 2 y Michacls' free hand. “Hore, Mike: on bottle, some food (inclosed in the Paulding’s bridge saw the pori-| | 1 ¥ 3 { Hold the Tamp fe e But Michuels Wt cans), xome Mashli scope keel over sharply to port: the 7 { 5 1 o - Is unconscious nnd his nerveless fing I some cans of soda lime for puri stern of the submarine rose above the i i | ers do not act. Eadie props the We got re: all surface for a moinent. and then every- | 3 ? i | light against the gun, leans into the articles. ineasing some of them thing @issppeared. while the crew. af i s ! . Z S4'n death wound and Sarts (o saw | water-tight rubber sleeves, Once the Paulding frangicaliy threw their | | ; Lo % 4 { . away the twisted plates holdin rial was in the torpedo tube, the ull speed aster: | ¥ 7 . g i p | Michaels" line, w inside would ‘close the outer & beaved .over mveral] . 3 o) . ¥ v b LR | door, open the inner one and rem vk the spot. Jowered her | S 1 : H ' \ A 5 the su ont . e y Fn : : l'r In slow work, He must be care.| (08 1 |!-~ ook R then, with her : , i e Y 3 & . ful not to break the fragils blade, He But it required o diver steamed in 1 oid xinkipg in the } p 4 A \d works an hour, and at last the s -l | auired weather in which diving was sea. Meanwhile her radio was g 4 3 A : # 4 4 remately poss And the storm I e Tallb s o : \ s Gingerly he Lifts the win Tos disuster ‘ : | Michael ied on thet s It is & well understood rule that ¥ oy . while a submarine ix on the surface | e 1) ’ ¢ 3 - | R R the Ko dhe i vite. | N CYRBRER [uvrsttuutions aniffae must ook out for herself. Xhe xub- i , 2 R Rl A D merges for the purpose of conceal- 4 ¥ o b p rhes his tube tor hstenlr in, and conse ment; when she does so in the open | oo \ | suit and cuts » it Ty had o he insid N e h R e Shir iy of x 3 R Ko g 2 | medintely Fadie s suit fs filled with we coutd supply ale through it W] o ot el wath e e 1 e 2 - | treezing water up t neck. His | attaching atr hoses in place of the s g ol ol ok s gesag ook 7 9 « . fown poxition e s W, 16 he | rubber ears on the deck of the sub | | r crews f ntoans of buoyaney still remained in the hull swapt on remaor sy DR ms 1o rise to an erect position fthe torpedo room were using their marine never waw the §% should lnse hix I the helmet | marine, But to do this it alse w §£ she had her cuptain [ il he will drown essary to dive, and diving was not have dived deeper instead of com ; 7 ) RIS N | S op, 7 7 # “hnek « Michaels® aiv b Aate the message came he Pauldin pestn e f I the wr e, then elimbs ba ¢ . 0 All xone” And picked up by several stations, Tk ’ 4 P i the Mol to the S doek fttle late there any hope™ | A DIVER PREPARING TO GO TO THE RESCUE OF LIEUF. COMDR. 3% no alvaze gear it on. the 7 s 4 A | Michaelx dn swauying vnsteadily. hic | To this last the S8 repli There FLLSBERG WHEN THE LATTERS AIR LINE BECAME FOULED D el 3 dr hose canght in die's Badie possible has been AROUND THE SUNKEN S clears his omn and reloases Michaels, and is being o Rut we on the g 2 Sl at {whe fonts to the sl Then, | surface knew there was no hope un ™ S T i R s Sy | ehilled to the hone himself, Eadie | tess the storm shated before the men R hours. At Newpoit the divers there, % Lark and Mallard, which had | the gun. She was Iving on an evenjin an tha Falcon yawed back and | MO0 up ‘”*_ hiia """‘l "|'." Mo s Ly ,“"‘“" ot orsiger s TR Ne raps. which meant headed Yy Chiel Torpedomen Fadie | meanwhile unchored hamselves off | kes e viihility below was very | forth, Carr cutno up | swo haurs, Mlichasia nearly three and | Jt wan not of wir alne that kS e b and Micksels, wartc o e 2 d wtiarboard quarters. With [ poor, not over 6 or 7 feet—bevond | The first offoit then o " ongiba | Conmmuiact theie ey wery way eleared through both Rhode YaWed badly i the sea behind a ground glams - window. A [leant the b, by bowing dry the bal. | (IFOUER the stormanept surfice (o | water sutside 4t o tenpe of 3 Jeland and Maswachusetts by detach.| A little after 1 Chiet Torpedo. | considerable amount of mud win [ Last tanka, Al wan themed on and ‘1"”:""."".'. | e o e e ! § e ments of the Ktate polfve, At New man Vadie stid n the g heaped up on the how of the boat. | foreed helow For hule unt T Tt Belllianity 1n the. recarixl cakt water ant G L R et DG RN S e e ey 5 Q.. Yondon Lieut, Hartley sathered his| hook 1@ and found himself “ae s ol o BUBNISE onni. (oAb MIEEGE, | o Dy e L Lt e e e A fcompanions in e torpeds voom Webster's Blue Suit. scattered crew, and withiy sn hous | bridge of HAo The mome ASED. on.the Sntoiation revalveq |INIathi. ‘that watal waw, being | 2 T2 S RV (0 A0 BhTARER Lty : - AW joined - the quict which hek bis ship, the Falon, the Nave's div- | lead A it 1h BA cected. 1 weemed un It the. scheme | | (el Shipriates in the other compact art g Vermel vas on her way, carrying ~ome - “ It wan win that | were working, when o few Iy l.m«..' ments of the 84 > X Domespun &leo Admiral Srumb the how tradling i wis bioyant, ECape oo, then fndreased in quantity, and | ! L o " 2 ccy thrend L tenna hanging foom the | o n l 0 the LA hour atter Blowing il eommenced 3 N spin ol . st raed avke Ohaceying for 8 orpodo voom Wd been able to close |5 el ah wis v Wi s Wi, 3 'l‘m: rest af the st v t mothe ands fro J5 New York day tie only possible ' dives . show mmtion petare | e door, then those 1o the com Ang down the The alr wi The sea, as i satistied \ 1 was mieisne of helpwix of th kht pon 1 prssed the g forsiod of it the steielen hutters frenping thronghow hole i by (M 3 o Won s ey, calined down ¢ ' t & coliw W Loons which paised the Ther wnning tever and found i slewed g o bk b e even ety | ok The ot did ot uy > | Wednosday to prnnt diving " v h but The sen was now very rough, The S L Wo found on steaming dive b . el by e iprovised moor B o238 + ' the Wiech Bioy wi ” i Was mw unstendily ner " | b » Sy el ! o e had b » postthon. Darkness had come on § : YAl was missing “ofreering wind was covering the i 6 ¢ 1L EREARCe AWAY Fuleon With a cont of loe. The man in P, ? . the 1 wed and cnt i balt where torpeda paom hiad an ale supply | é f 3 ne sea had chated 1t a howrs in all—nearly 30 : the wieckage, The ale hose W [ s ot i wan g hut they ve : . Care had attached to the con el their e sl gowd. Bat, real. | y awer seemed to be i plas PANE Ut the storme might last for o Mo was found (o be cut ot a the Lrevernl duys mid it new aie would g 3 ~ Bottan as 1f With A shavp Rnits. W o Vitally neconmary hefore then, it . 3 Bl ne actual markers attached b Py decided ahomid the Fuleon to din y Presnd the geeat danger to the dliver v el s nearlv i pesition as W send down wnother ahi-hoae Wiw | g P 3 ) I indge we pot divers down on e was 1o be coupled to the compart \ R Jone side of the Faleon. while s Hent walvige Hine iy the subimavine "W W granpling hoeks ich e 1o @l compartment A g anthe other side Becatse they contl (,““ st e hiing the torpedo 1o » 5 > §. ‘fl eniv a ’y“ oo il \\.l ny int 4 he saft d Wi slow, the e VBN < cottd fAnd nothing. Chist Roatawad (:Illl-l' T wan Michaels, ¥ Hawes of the Fakon grappled some viere availal ere sent imn X am. the las Bk Shorty after noon, Diver Hanl kotng down on 1 found i hinsell o the Banan (ne Cary )] Pider the clicumsta arknens, i o R ¢ Plowed aml vacrist a descending tne Intlered wreck % b water | v Plorward. and gaimg down on this ! (0 wan 34 desroen Fahrenheit ot the Hiben and Wiksan soon connected —_— ; R T 8 | air Niview tw © tube Atk We atare. | Nativity of Cora. WAL her preeniious moorings, X & T i % L PR A e the terpeda e b ettt 1o S T oo o | A CLOSEUR O ONE OF THE DIVERS MAKING READY 10 ENTER LI ™™ | cons. e believeld e have Pt e hoavy wing linen at each I WATER, 1 s 4 S has Wlow af 1 WAt wis praetivaliy Boen fond Rrewing i Chima, b he il ide G0 ko dow o Hhoutld e hwwser | Batle B Brder or e coas | TRey wers withont heavy clothing and Clitiase Gy 8 60 & NINGUES. Shevies AN UL s nat A native of the Chinese PeRi 1 Which It was diseoverw . NAl—tenn depth of wat HEhtiy seatvhes show hat it must have o ¥ . ey T St e e we woukd have a0 A QR et imomin s wien | eet e deor closet - They had e U er, W St S e wa g tefue (NG e . ) A i ¢ b " Potbeor man g the bottom heyond ol dese Faloon, the weather |l “‘\“" Bt tn HEE e daimane B | G0 tar i coust wot Pt i ,,‘ o Al o A Wb b B, e alterinating | hoate Vominned e Vel Moy passed and Tiesday e ‘1 baibesgi Hitle nwre sheb AUBWUV S oo S e “ %, ; ¢ . 4 Preerire on Ui diver am Hie wives OO0 e Bont which bromm e | SR e swept e Ry i | I WG towak "R o compatathvely shord thne that WA 5 £ ; S [eweem over Wi il beat B v | et deubted s abilien fe ol e | ielesian we were flosded wiih idea a1 have ne e > Iias Slopesd wines WAt horiod 3 , 4 ¢ vk Wive i Ehe fiad e Dy [ olonsside. Hawevoer, e suceostod | an how o el the haprisaned wea | Uhinese cori i oA dwart plant and % Tk s it ot wader sl van Ly st glimpse of iy ol <loe EOue wen ks were tormented with | MUel can bo etrned fram this A0 s staiely is guite different G (hat Aoy Phe men knew 16 AHchaels | naten Wi Ehe s of Bt ot | Ee problen We kiew the sod, we [ oitent and this experience WHich WHEL af Anerkad o The eaves grow e i [ e stvngaiing e oo WHeW e aUhmarie, W Riew e Belld G aveil e epetition In the f | an either sive SR s s e Aihinets vebo Gk nabiody e alepted | clomber 1 beting - Michaels' & Tk of malvake - e Works iy | e Wetert 1 T the hot, dey winds ot 0 g0 hinselt. i bt w | RN B b it (I AL I Ve Boen done (] Tha Navy did i beat o this e desert Ther furm & sare of harm J W INGRAM. A FORMER NAVY DIVER BRECALLID 1O SERNJCE BY DHE S8 DISASTER, PREPAR ALK olok i Hunday night M Monday dawied wWith the storm un | oniv we conbb dive, Prtance. T quickiv mobitiasd ts best | fae the accimmultion of polien 3 Lyt A8 p i y ehaels dlappeaiod over the Palean's | olated DIVIRE Was aut of the gues ML Speahing With A careful cansid | wen, all s gvatiable witesial and ] Chinese corn 18 eacalient far p ING 1O ENAMISE VUL SUSKEN S50 MK WA DHE FIRST DINER 10 SEA1 0HE 500 AT THY PIMp vail e vIng Lamg wlsamiing & oy o, The B peperted (e aie s PIRE bR dho it it il Bk S8R s Kbt B bl Fg ol Sy gy e b OF THAY DISASTLR Wide Warla Fuow, Chavgn remaining dive LAl o melect o man te go dewn ever w ranalnder of the Ristory of The 84 Wil be that of & salvage apera HOn - dangerais, slow and antuons Pt o wn anchon oo frw Whila e | goania e o e offestd Were mnabed IenEl By e Tl of ] Bactically sl combiions it o s et 5 P > $ia ¢ ¢ diver was down, the Faleon okt o | o ov | Carior fobh thaw b » " e " - R ; 4 y A i Ty iAo, Vi | Meanwhie the: atoem: in T WA W e T b befure they | Earier ol than (hat of i (e ment 1 the m‘ howater and then fad good. The doctor sabl Michacis st -wl(\r,.lhuu Was But ene plavtival Admiial Brumby e de and wades .\‘n doea oy A