The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-06-03

the British fleet, This may well be
what occurred.
| over 1000 Lost.
PORTSMOUTH, England, June g.
More than 1000 British officers and
men, including two Admirals, were adj
mitted this afternoon to have been
lost in the great battle in the North
sea.
AS the port commander admitted
there was no hope for further surviv
ors being picked up. the British
losses will undoubtedly total about
5000
| Known losses announced did not in
clude mention of about ten destroy
ers, each carrying crew of 100 men
| which were lost This would In
crease the death toll by 1000 al
though it was stated "a few surv1V-
ors" OF the Tipperary have been
picked up.
| The highest ranking officers who
! went down with their ships were Rear
Admiral Horace Hood and Rear Ad-
miral Arbuthnot. Hood went down
with the Invincible and Arbuthnot
with the Defense.
| The Tipperary is the only destroy
er mentioned in the accounting here,
but it is assumed the losses aboard
other vessels Of this type were as
heavy as the Tipperary.
! Rear Admiral Horace Lambert Al
exander Hood was the second son OF
the Fourth Viscount Hood and was
| born October 2, 1870. He was made a
| lieutenant in 1890 and served in the
Soudan expedition in 1897. He be-
came a captain in 1903 and rear adj
miral in 1913. He was awarded the
Distinguished Service Order in 1903,
when he was serving in the Somali-
! land expedition. In 1912 he was A.
D. G. to the king.
Rear Admiral Sir Robert Keith Ar
buthnot was born March %, 1864, and
entered the navy in 1877. He was
made commander in 1897; captain in
1902 and rear admiral in 1912.
Admiral Hood Went Down.
PORTSMOUTH, June 3.-Rear Ad-
miral Horace Hood, commander OF
the British battle cruiser Invincible,
went down with his ship and perish
ed.
| The port commander here posted
notice today that of the Invincible's
officers and crew only the command
er, lieutenant and three men were
saved. All others were lost.
All aboard the Queen Mary were
lost when that ship went down, with
the exception of eight men,
On Defense. all were lost, fnclud-
ing Rear Admiral Arbuthnot.
From the Warrior all were saved.
A few were picked up from the Tip
perary. 80.
I All were lost aboard the Indefatig-
able and Black Prince.
The port commander holds out no
hope for other survivors.
Fifty German Ships.
YMUIDEN, Holland, June Gap
| tain Funt, of the Dutch trawler John
Brown, who witnessed the big battle
| in the North sea, gave the following
description of the engagement today :
| .The Germans had at least fifty
| ships, including dreadnoughts, which
I first saw heading north by north
west when the British approached
from the northeast. They were great
| IL outnumbered.
1.-THE engagement started at 4:lo.
! The smaller British forces pluck1ly
endeavored to cut in behind the Ger
mans to prevent their return 10
Heligoland.
Suddenly a fast British cruiser
was detached and headed hot speed
for westward, evidently for reinforce
ments. -,
meantime the Germans had al
tered their course westward. but by Z
IN. m. the British squadron had been
reinforced and the Germans began
to withdraw A running fight then
| continued until IL p. m.
.spense smoke overhung the water.
! Shells repeatedly flew over my traWi-
| er.
! IT believe the attempt OF the BTU
fish to cut off the Germans, retreat
was only prevented by the timely
| flight of the enemy