Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-07-07
1. AMERICANS DIE
BRITISH STEAMER ARMENIAN
5ToRPEDoED AND SUNK BY I,
tE..s, GERMAN. SUBMARINE. " n
HAD HORSES FOR ENGLAND
Vessel Attacked by Undersea Craft
OF Trevose Head, cornwall-Doubt
"a 40 to Whether the Vessel Was
Troop or Merchant Ship. 3Ss.s s. a. z

by the German submarine U-38 2(
miles west OF Trevose head, Cornwall
England, on Tuesday night, and q
number of Americans were lost. The
information came In dispatches to the
state department. e, Il Il; ;3 Is. ID d
E5 The official count says that 20 men
were lost and ten injured and gives a
list Of American, citizens white and
;colored, who are crossing with the
ship. = I'll. 15. ; !: .,S ~
The official state department state
ment is as follows: . s!5 H. ~.
U This department has received
:cablegrams from the American consul
ct Birmingham. England, reporting
that the Dominion line steamship
Armenian from Newport News was
torpedoed and sunk at 8 p. m. June %
20 miles west by north of Trevose
head, Cornwall. by German submarine
5U-ss. That the Marconi house wal
struck by a shot and. that 20 men were
lost and ten injured" -, "a r.
The following American horse ut
tendants are missing: 81! ~
r, Williamson, address unknown.
J. NJ; Monroe, New Orleans. Z
b. NJ. Cranberry, Ais Washington
street, Montgomery. Ala. s<%.
%S 8. r. Sutton, Cartersville, Va.
@ Harry Stone. New York city.
Cattle Carpenter Brown. Harrisburg
Pa. fss. n N 4. 4
DR.. J. s. viso, Porto Rico. I.
rs r.. IA. Brooks, or West. chief fore
man, naturalized American, London
Julius, Jenny. William, Virginia
(colored). q, +, 1. ii ~: .s ia
J. Smith, Portsmouth. (colored).
Wall, Foley. Little. Newport News
(colored). g.. y. y. 4
Leroy. Jackson. John Speed. Rich.
mond (colored) Z
King, Small, Rickart. Cakes, Nor
fold, (colored 1 III
1t ds reported to the consul that
Doctor Viso and three OF the negroes
were picked up by submarine. 9th
er survivors were picked up by the
Belgian trawler Professor Stevens and
transferred to. two destroyers at noon
yesterday and brought to Bristol last
night. ssi:i4 ,s$
n; The Armenian sailed from Newport
News June II with q cargo OF horses
consigned to Avonmouth, west coast
OF England, for the English army.
The facts in the case as obtained
from Consul Armstrong at Bristol and
all the information obtainable here as
to the character of the vessel were
te1egraphed to the president at Corn
Sish.. N. II. 81 81, 5 IS /. 81; 81 n
State department of11cials do not re
gard the Information now at hand as
sum eient on which to express an opin
ION. and especially on which to make
intelligent representations to @& Ger
many The department therefore
cabted TO Ambassador Page to send
son 1t once all the details he could
secure. 5.,S \, 4 T! VA ~
The main point in the case Of the
Armenian L. whether she is an actual
member OF the British navy as troop
ship or horse ship. She could be such
either by having been taken over BY
the government itself for that purpose
Or by the government itself having
chartered the ship, and therefore max.
Ing tia warship subject to attack on
sight by German war vessels EVA &
New York, July WV. Jeffries,
general manager Of the International
! Mercantile Marine company OF which
the Dominion line Is . subsidiary. de.
Sclared that the Armenian was not nm.
der charter to the British government
or TO any government and never had
beer. Us ,S n 4. #tI3
The Armenian was built in Belfast
by Harland & Wolff in 1895. She Il
OF S,s25 gross tons and has q length
of 612,6 feet and . beam of 59.2 feet,
When she sailed from Newport News
she was in command OF Capt John
Trickey. :.5,s S. s;s7 Il, &