New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-09
or in Twenty Minutes.

Twenty minutes after sailing orders
had been transmitted the destroyer
Jarvis, Lieutenant L. p. Davis com
manding, slipped her cable and backed
into the inner harbor For the first
few hundred feet she moved lazily;
then when plenty of searoom Jay ahead
she shot forward like a monster tor
pedo, with a mustache of white spray
before her.
At intervals of minute or two the
other destroyers of the three divisions
sped in the wake of the Jarvis, engines
of destruction on an errand of mercy.
The Jarvis was followed by the Dray-
ton, commanded by Lieutenant ID. W.
Bagley, then vanished, in order, the
Ericsson, Lieutenant Commander W. S.
Miller, flagship of the sixth division;
the O'Brien, Lieutenant Commander
c. +. Courtney; the Benham, Lieuten-
ant Commander J. b. Gay; the Cas5in.
Lieutenant Commander W. y. Vernon;
the Balch, Lieutenant Commander
David c. Hanrahan; the Mccall. Lieu
tenant l.. NJ. Stewart the Porter, Lieu
tenant Commander W. X. Workman;
the Tanning, Lieutenant c. VI. Austin;
the Paulding, Lieutenant Douglas l..
Howard; the Winslow, Lieutenant Com
mander n. Z. Nichols; the Aylwin,
Lieutenant Commander John c. Ere
mont, jr. the Cushing. Lieutenant
Commander T. A. Kittnger; the Cum
mings, Lieutenant Commander G. F.
Neal and the Conyngham, Lieutenan.
Commander Alfred W. Johnson.
Make Thirty Knots an Hour.
The mother ship, the last to get away,
sailed out of the harbor at o'clock
Every one of the destroyers was tear
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were making thirty knots and the
Jarvis was expected to be on the scene
of the attack before 4 o'clock.
Rear Admiral Gleaves would not ad-
NIT that he sent out so strong a force
in expectation of trouble
1--WE want IL made plain that the de-
stroyer divisions are sent out to save
life" he said "That is the duty of
every sailor, in the navy and out.
We'd send help just as soon if sub
marine did not figure"
The admiral was asked why so many
vessels responded to the West Points
SOS.
There are two reasons, and two
only" he answered. "The first is that
indications are the weather is thick off
Nantucket Shoals and that the problem
is TO be more or less one Of searching.
The other is that | thought it would
be good practice for the officers and
crews"
Admiral Gleaves expressed pleasure
at the showing made by the destroyers.
at was mighty good work" he said.
THE whole sixteen of them were of
within an hour and . half Of the time
we got the word OF course, we could
have done better on a week day, when
We would have had steam up and full
compliments aboard"
News Of More Ships Sunk.
II was just as the Melville was los
ing the land astern that the next flash
came from the lightship. II was this:
Have taken aboard twenty survivors
of crew steamship Strathdene."
The news Of the sinking of the third
vessel, the Red Cross passenger liner
Stephano, came after dark and was n
far greater shock. The message was
/ received by Rear Admiral knight. The
! Stephano was bound from st. Johns.
Newfoundland, for New York. and had
between eighty and ninety passengers.
most of them living IN New York. The
message indicated that all were saved.
/ Just before o'clock word came
, from Boston that a radio message had
been picked up there stating that the
British steamer Kingston had been
sunk This was later confirmed by Adj
miral knight. All on board the steamer
were picked up by one Of the destroy
ers sent out from Newport.
The passengers Of the Stephano, an
ether message said. had been taken
aboard the American destroyer Balch.
Tho steamer Kansan, which turned
back to help the West Point. later pro-
ceeded on her course. and tonight was
! reported entering Boston harbor.
Kansan Gives Up Search.
A message from Captain Smith, OF
the Kansan, was received. as follows:
at noon received distress signals
frCm West Point. Started back 70 her
assistance and steered for her till 4:45
D. m, when message was received that
crew Of hfty-hve was approaching Nan
, tueket Lightship in two boats Found
position Of torpedo boat was nearer 10
West Point than that Of Kansan. 80
gave up search and am proceeding to
Boston. SMITH"
A radio message from the Blach Mt
10 p. m. said that the Stephano was
still afoat. six mics southeast Of Nan
tucket Shoals Lightship. The destroyer