The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1915-04-23
For Three Hours Sturdy Little
Boats Pull At Gables
Without Results .-.9@
BIG CRUISER MARYLAND
WILL TACKLE JOB TODAY
Warshlp Has Power But Gables
o. Submarine Itself May
Give Way .E

Three tuss were unable to move the
submarine IA yesterday. The United
states cruiser Maryland win be taken
70 the scene this morning. z
| Today IL considered critical. The
Maryland may move the submarine nj,
the slope Into shall0wer water, The
cables may part. The scows NAV be
weak, The submarine may be unable
1 to stand the strain. gEE ~
The Maryland will half.d the sub.
marine along the bottom. So long as the
sea floor Isl of clear sand. this would
be attended with little danger of cut.
ting the cables; but, should a ledge OF
rock be struck, it Is believed they w6uId
part at once. While there Is no officiaI
expression Of this nature, Il neyerthe.
less is the belief of many. of those "a.
gagged in the salvage work that TODAY
will determine whether the F-4 can be
Graft Not Moved At All
For three hours, yesterday the Unis
ted States tug Navajo, the Matson tug
Intrepid and the Young Tug Makaala
did their best to move the submarine.
They failed. Yet their apparent pro-
gress gave rise to reports in the city
that uhexamPled progress was being
made. Some men, returning from the
scene, said that the submarine had been
moved as much as a half mile. 1t was
not moved at all. "''' NJ IA.
IL was doubted whether the three tugs
could have moved more than half the
weight Of the submarine under the
circumstance. They were pulling on a
! submerged dead weight, dragein
against the floor of the sea, and they
did not have the staying power to hold,
whatever gains they may have made.
They moved, one ahead of the other,
churning the water uselessly. The In.
trepid gave up the work to tow in, the
sailing vessel Falls of Clyde; the Ma.
kahla Eas Withdrawn, and the Navajo
returned 70 dock at -four. thirty. - II
Did Not Clear BOTTOM 49,. .t.t1'..
On the scowa,' It was the belief that
the submarine was not clear; OF the hot.
tom. The bow might have been, but
the ,men said, they did not believe the
lsteyp was. It seems probable that some of
the submarine was resting, at all times
| en- the sea floor; and this Increased the
demands on the tugs. -, n.
The problem Confronting the Mary.
land is hard. She is an immense vessel,
with great horsepower, and she must
move very gently and avoid all sudden
strains. The method will be to anchor
her ahead, so as to hold her straight,
and she will take up on her anchor
line while her propellors push her ahead.
Hawsers will be run to the two scows.
/ Use Of the Maryland was forecast in
The Advertiser Tuesday, Lieut.. Charles
~ Smith, fotilIa commander, saying
that she would be used IL the tugs fail.
led. This they have done.
There also is doubt as TO whether the
donkey engines on the seows have pow
er to lift the submarine clear of the
bottom, One ofirergave as his opinion
that they Just about have power.
Lieutenant Smith said he believed they
did. However, they seem to have fail.
ed yesterday. IL che F-4 had been clear.
the tugs probably would have had better
success in towing her in. T..
Pontoop Work Untried : ~ c..
Unless the submarine is hoisted into
the water, the work of the Maryland
win be to drag her up the slope while
the engines do their best. They will be
able 70 take up much Of the weight, of
course. Should the engines prove unable
reason fail, Forthcoming will be the only
recourse. Actual Pontoon work, filing
the scows with water, spbmerging them
and pumping them out has not been
tried. Reliance hitherto has been plac.
ed on the power of the en- ines. Officers
believed, after the test Monday, when
the line taken up on the shafts showed
a gain, of twelve feet, that they had
made good.
The Maryland win leave the harbor at
seven o'clock this morning. While not
built primarily for towing, she has SO
much power that q something will have
to rive" as one Of the officers put it. The
anxiety is to determine what that
~ something'I win be.
Easiest Way 10 Drag
| BY using her anchor and taking up
| ON the anchor cable, the Maryland
should show very closely how much the
! submarine has been shifted. 1t will be
moved up the slope beam-to the bottom,
the easiest way Of dragging it.
| Diver Loughman, in since Saturday,
continues to improve; but it win be sew.
eral days before he Il able to leave
the sick bay Of the Maryland. His pneu
monia, q result Of oxygen poisoning and
his exhaustion, Is leaving him. He is
unable to take any solid food.
! Naval officers notified harbor off
Ieials yesterday that they. wished to move
4 the German steamer Holsatia, anchored
on the eastside Of the channel, to the
west side, SO as to get her clear of the
path Of the Maryland in towing the
submarine. 6iii,E5,...