Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1915-07-01
Destroyed Vessel Sailed
from Newport News June
II with Army Mules.
UNLIKELY u. S. CAN
MAKE THIS AN ISSUE
Information Received at Washington
insufficient to Determine Exact
Status Of Armenian-May Have
Been in Class with Warship.

Washington, June 30.-The Domin-
ion freight steamship Armenian, fly
ing the British flag, was torpedoed
and sunk on Monday night, off TrevOs
Head, Cornwall, England, by Ger
man submarine. Twenty Americans.
most of whom were negro muleteers.
sre reported drowned.
Twenty-nine men in all were lost
and ten injured. 's Ell.
The Armenian, which left Newport
News. Va, June II, for Avonmouth,
England, carried 1,422 mules for the
British army, valued at $2S4,400, and
rood for the animals.
Her crew consisted of ~ men. all
Englishmen. and she carried sc mule
tcers, 81 of whom were Americans,
nearly all negroes.
The news of the tragedy came In
reports to the state department from
United States Consul John A. ARM
strong, Jr, at Bristol, and created
sensation in official quarters. ass It
wasthe first case of loss of American
lives since the sinking of the Lusi-
iania.
The gravity of The incident. howev-
er, and the action of the administra-
ton at Washington depends entirely
on the question whether the Armen-
ian was chartered by the English and
was in fact transport of the English
government, on which Americans
travelled at their own risk.
The official state department state-
ment is as follows:
"This department has received
cablegrams from the American con-
sui at Birmingham, England, report
ing that the Dominion line, steamship
Armenian, from Newport News was
torpedoed and sunk at 8 p. M, June
rs, 20 miles west by north OF Trevoss
Head, Cornwall, England, by the Ger
man submarine U-3S; that the MARI
conf house was struck by a shot and
that 20 men were lost and ten I'M
jured.
''The following American horse at
tendants are missing:
e.. Williamson, address unknown,
81. M. Monroe, New Orleans. ii
az. M. Cranberry, AIS Washington
street, Montgomery, Ala.
IS. r. Sutton, Cartersville, va
| Harry Stone, New York City.
Seattle Carpenter Brown. Harria-
burg, Pa.
CDR, ]. S. viso, Porto Rico.
I "R. H. Brooks, or West, chief fore
man. naturalized American, Londoi.
4 Julius Jenrr, King Williams, y:
Smith. Portsmouth, Ward B0ley. Lit
lie Newport News, eolored,
Leroy Jackson, John Speed, Rtcn-
mond. "
king Small. Rickert Cakes, Nor
folk. cOl0red. ss
ut Is reported to the consul thae
l DR.. Viso and three Of the negr0es
were picked UP by submarine. OlAt3
err survivors were picked up By ~
Belgian trawier Professor SteveN4
and transferred to two destroyer
noon yesterday and brought 70 y
toll last night.
Carried Army Horses.
f9he armenian sailed from New IL
News June IL with cargo OF h05 4 NJ
Resigned to Avonmouth, west a. r. l!S
lEof England. for the English army -
4 The facts in the case as 0pealIsy
from Consul Strong at Bristol ana l &
4 the information obtainable neye ~
Ito the character Of the vessel W.
4 selegra phed today to the presidenk sa q
Cornish, N m
State department officials az not 81
d gard the information now ~ nenq
n sufficient on w iel@ 10 expreaas
Il opinion, and espe6 on Mnac
make intel gent 2ensauo
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