Evening star., 1915-03-27
HOPE TO RA|SEE-4
BEFORE DAY ENDS
SA,ken Submarine Located
Outside of Honolulu Harbor
in $50 Feet of Water.
CREW. 1T is BELIEVED,
HAS FIGHTING CHANCE
Dredger California at Work Endeav.
oring to Restore Craft to Surface.
Admiral Dewa Affected

HONOLULU, T. H. March s7-The
lost submarine F-4. which has been
located outside the harbor entrance
should be raised late this afternoon II
all goes we'll, according to a statement
made by Captain of the Yard Duffy last
night. Duffy says he believes there Is
a fighting chance to save the lives OF
the men imprisoned In the submarine
on the ocean floor
The dredger California, dlspat ed
from the Pearl Harbor naval station
in response to a radiogram. reached
the scene at midnight. but did not be-
gin work Immediately The dredger
will work with the Alert. mother ship
of the submarine tiotilla.
The pontoon system will be used te
raise the F-4. Chains will be passed
under the bow and stern of the sub
merged submarine. the dredger sunk
into the water and the chains tight
ened.- The water than will be pumped
out of the dredger, causing her to rise
higher in the water. thus providing
lifting power to raise the submarine
The army department hospital is III
readiness to receive the men OF the a
when the submarine is raised. Col
Ebert has placed his hospital staff and
equipment at the service of the navy.
The weather is fine. The bright
moonlight facilitated the work during
the night.
Dredger California Arrives.
To carry out the plans of rescue bet
ter a radiogram was sent to Pearl har-
Dor naval station. in response to which
the interisland steamer Claudine,
towing the dredger California, left for
the scene of operations carrying
chains and other supplies needed for
the final effort. The vessels arrived
shortly before midnight and found the
naval tug Navajo holding fast to the
submerged craft. Then began the last
stage of the work, which the officials
declare would only end when the dis
abled craft shall have been restored
to the surface of the ocean, which she
left shortly after am. Thursday.
1t was discovered that buoy which
had been believed to be attached to
ing buoy used by the submarine
fiotilla during practice. Although this
discovery caused the formation Of new
plans of procedure, none OF the officials
Navajo have hold Of the lost vesssL
The Alert is anchored in 100 feet Of
water, 500 feet from the resting place
of the submarine.
Thought to Be $50 Feet Down.
From sound1ngs and divers descrlp-
tions of the ocean bottom the rescuers
learned of a sudden rise in the ocean
floor nearly fifty feet high This ridge
forms the lip of submarine crater in
which F-4 is believed to lie at g. depth
Of $50 feet.
Admiral Baron Shigeto Dewa, return
ing to his home in Japan after visit
to the United States, was a passenger
on the steamship Nippon Maru ~hich
passed late last night near the place
outside the harbor where vessels were
He was SO affected by the news Of the
accident that as soon as he landed in
HoQoluiu he cabled the following mes
sage>to Secretary of the Navy Josephus
Daniels:
shocked learn accident submarine
F4. Please accept sincere coincidence
sad accident your navy. Earnestly hope
brave men in ship be saved"