Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1920-09-03

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 Washington, Sept. 2.-The United States submarine S-5, was being kept barely at the surface of the Atlantic ocean, 55 miles east of Cape Hen lopen tonight by precarious hold secured on her stern by the General Goethals, an army transport, while dozen vessels of the navy are rushing frem various points to her rescue.
 With her crew of four officers and 26 men, the S-5 had been submerged 36 hours, but through hole cut in her stern by the crew of the General Goethals enough air is being pumped to keep the men alive until naval equipment can get here.
 How the S-5 became disabled and how the General Goethals learned of her plight had not been learned latA tonight by the navy department.
 Captain B. F. Hutchinson, assistant chief of operations, said the battle ship Ohio, from the southern drill ground, was under way for the spot, as were two, destroyers from the Nor folk base, destroyer with naval. constructors and special equipment from Philadelphia and fourth de- stroyer, and the torpedo ship Bridge port, from New York.
 The rescue vessels are under or. ders to get the men out first, Captain Hutchinson said, by raising and cut ting into the submarine. Messa0ee from the General Goethals said snf~ ficient air had been gotten into tho hull to "revive" the crew, and ox- plained that the SJ5's position in the water was almost vertical.
 Crew is Revived
 Cables from the submarines stex4 to the General Goethals are provine sufficient to hold her to the surfaeo and men were landed who cut the hole through which the air pipe VI introduced. Ordinarily the air spD ply in submarine of her type, CA1s tain Hutchinson said, would suf{{1a to keep her crew alive 72 hours, TT her peculiar position would indiea34 that much of the air had been lcst.
 The S-5 has been on special IT. cruiting duty at Atlantic ports. ehR' is commanded by Lieut.. Comman4ey c. M. Cook. Her present positinie was given as latitude 3s.39, longitude 74.05. Besides the General Goethale, the steamer Olanthus also is stand- ing by, and it is believed that she can be held safely until the nAyy boats with lifting apparatus and ex- perts and workmen reach her.
 The rescue boats are equipped to cut the sides out of the submarine if necessary. Her peculiar position n the water has probably made it use- less to attempt to take any of her men out the occasionally used route of the torpedo tubes, he explained, because the tubes are in her bow. and pointed toward the ocean bottom The hole which the General Goethala has been able to make is only . snnlI one, and not large enough to wtth-l draw any of the men.
 During most of the afternoon tho two ships rolled idly in the wavssa| unable to help, waiting for the navy to send ships having the gear neees- sary to cut through the steel hull o3 the submarine and release the lnl@l |prisoned members of the crew.
 Shortly before dusk tonight tAe| transport officer who had been sits ting all day with his ear to the sleilr' der wire that connected with the mon under the water with the veaast above it, received this message fra,e the commander of the submahines "We must have more air." New Haven, Conn, Sept 2.-4A viHe$a less message from the D. S.t stae1 ship General Goethals picked Pennington, Conn. tonight say < U. $. submarine S-5 has been merged 35 hours and asks thu stroyers be sent to her teseue. x a' The submaripes last positier reported in latitude Ss.3e nesfA K longitude 7lyo0 weat whieh U yixo x |ly due eat of the DslsMsze { # <