The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1920-09-03
so Officers and Crew of SD
Rescued by Army Trans
port Gen. Goethals. n
WERE ON VERGE DESPAIR
Buoy With Bell and Buzzer
Gave Chance of Life to Men
in Submerged Graft.

RADIO messages Uasneu from tHo
army transport Gen. ooethals TO
the Philadelphia navy yard via
Cape May told OF the rescue early
today Of the officers and crew Of
the submarine SIS after they had
spent nearly two days locked In
tho disabled vessel beneath the At
iantlo ocean. hfty.fIve miles south
Of Cape HenIopen.
Personnel Aboard.
Lieutenant Commander Charles M.
Cooke. Jr,, In native OF Arkansas.
Other officers reported on Aug. with
the SIS were Lieut., j. q. Gresham.
home address not given; Ensign J. Bal
ley Longstaff, OF Nebraska. and Gunner
Robert Holt, OF Indiana.
As soon as word was received last
night that the S-B was in distress Sec
rotary Daniels ordered n dozen naval
VESSELS including the battleship Ohio.
to rush TO the rescue.
The submarine the navy department.
was Informed. was in almost vertical
position. with her bow pointed toward
the ocean bottom II would have been
useless, naval officers said. for any OF
the crew TO have attempted TO get out
through the torpedo tubes. which are In
the bow.
Second Experience.
This was Commander Cooks second
thrilling experience with a submarine.
Ha was commander OF the submarins
when the rflst man was taken on the
submarine and more than two hours
later hofore Lieutenant-C Commander
Cook left his vessel
II was after 3 O'Clock this morn
inu when Lieutenant. Commander
c. M. Cook, who exercised his pre-
ropatlve OF being the last man 70
leave his vessel, was taken aboard
tho steamship Alanthus. Nine hours
had elapsed aimee the plight OF the
undersea boat had hcen made pub
lie through a wireless call picked
up by an amateur operator IN
Pennington, Conn.
The Aianthus Is proceeding slowly
with the SIS IN tow.
II In not expected TO reach the Della
ware hreakwater. ninety miles down
the Delaware river, until about noon.
II was n small buoy, n development
Of the world war, together with the
vigllant eve Of lookout on the bridge
OF tho transport Gen. Goathals. that
save the thirty men on the submerged
submarine S-5 their chance for life.
Attracted by Ball.
This small buoy. with a bell and buzz
zer device that can be operated when
tho boat In submerged, is part OF the
equipment Of all later type submarines.
II was east loose when the SIS went
down, The lookout on the Cen Goeth-
ais saw II. being attracted by It's bell
as well as the fact that Il was not
A small boat, with an oflcar IN corn.
mand. was lowered from the transport
20 investigate. when the bnoy. was
reached, the hu1zer device could be
heard, The ,ofIlcer cut into the conner
aaRes .'rha auhmarInp MS han sees
| eubmerHea gaF thifty.nve hours Air "A
running short. Machinery 10 damaged
| Send for help"
This nlea was sent broadcast BY tfie
wireioss on the Gen, Goethais. Among
those who responded was tho steamer
Alanthus, which with the array trans-
port stood by the submerged vessel
and managed 70 attach graphing hooks
vertical position. hole was bored
through her plates and air pumpen
through 10 tho suffering crew. who had
almost given up NIL hope Of rescue,
Rushed 10 Scene.
In the meantime the CID for help had
been picked M by thu navy wireless
stations, and by COMMAND Of Secretary
rescue from philadelphia, Newport
News and New York. Before all these
vessels had had time 10 reach the scene,
however. word was flashed that All the
crew had been taken aboard the
steamer Alanthus Tns W.T. wireless essn e ssi
fected or what VESSELS besides the
AIhnthuR and Gen, Cocktails. II any.
had assisted. II merely told that al
were safe aboard the Alanthua. None
had been injured, although al had su,-
fored for lack Of air II was L o'clock
E-a In 1915 when n battery exploded
on that nhtD in the Brooklyn navy YARD
causing several deaths. A court q M
uuiry evonerated Commander COOK.
placing the blame for the accident upon
faulty construction.
Text Three Messages.
The text OF three messages sent ny
the transport Cen Goethals to the COM
mandant OF the Fourth naval district
az Philadelphia last night and relayea
10 tho navy department. one OF whicn
described the accident as due TO the
submarine being partially flooded while
making a crash dive" was given OUT
today by the department:
The FIRST message. timed At 1875 AM
follows;
First man removed from submarine
nj 1920 am, and other removals follow
ing"
At s.3l am. the following message
wan received; can men on submarine
are now on board steamship Alanthus-
Captain came out last Men In pretty
are injured"
The third message. sent at 5;lt am.
read: Submarine SIS partially Hooded
while making crash dive. latitude So de-
gross north. longitude "a degrees west
Crew and oNicers all saved. Request
press and relatives be notified. So at
an inclination OF about 90 degrees down
by tho bow. now secured 20 steamship
Alnnthus and being towed TO Delaware
brcakwater Boat can be salvaged.
Crew and officers still aboard Atanthus."
Tennessean Aboard.
The crew list OF the SIS includes Gum
rcrE Mate Russell Hutson. New Point.
Ca: Fireman Andrew ]. Mobiles, Jeffer-
scnviile. Ga. Engineer Henry II, Ian
ming. Fletcher. n. c.. and CoNswain
Raymond ]. winlnger. Luttrel. Tenn.
Native Of Arkansas.
Fort Smith. Ark. Sept 3.-Lieutent
ant Commander G.. NJ Cook. In charge
Of submarine SIS when IL went down
on Care Henlopen. Is native Of Fort
smith and was appointed 10 the Nava
academy from this congressional dis,
trict He narrowly escaped death nve
years ago at Philadelphia as the result
OF the disabling OF the batteries on .
submarine
other members OF the crew were maj
tives OF eastern and western states.
Naval officers today described
crash dive" such as was said ge have
resulted In the partial flooding OF inc
SIS. as simply a rapid suhmarsion. II
required operation OF all submersior
gear In 2 minimum OF time, but does
not throw any more strain on the SUD-
marine or its mechanism than slower
fcontlnued on Paae Feurtesn.)