The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1917-12-13
s. MISSING FROM
US. DESTROYER
GERMAN v BOAT CAPTURES ONE
AMERICAN
FORTY, THREE or CREW SAVED
Lieutenant Commander D. w. 6agley
and Lieut.. Scott Among Survivors
Z Rescued After Sinking Of
War Craft. =

dead, one prisoner in the hands of
the enemy, and 60 missing was the
toll of American seamen ut latest re-
ports In the destruction by German
submarine of the destroyer Jacob
Jones.
Vice Admiral Sims cabled to the
navy department % additional names
of survivors of the Jacob Jones.
News, that one of the Jones' crew
Ind been picked up and taken pris-
oner aboard the U-boat was also
cabled by Admiral Sims. 1t is the
first occurrence of the kind since
war was declared. 81,
= Junior Officer Does Of Exposure.
The complement of the Jacob Jones
Mt the time of the torpedoing was
III instead Of 1O7, as was first an
nonnced, 1t was stated. II
s Names Of four men, one an Off
DER ana three enlisted men, were
cabled by Admiral Sims. OF the four
one died Of exposure and three were
rescued. In his report the American
naval commander in European waters
sent the names Of az survivors, the
fact of whose rescue was announced
infi his disIsltch of yesterday, but
whose identity was not disclosed.
The known saved stood at 43 last
night with the prisoner included the
figtire was Al.
Two Known Dead Announced.
Admiral Sims reported the follow
ing known dead:
Ensign s. e. Kalk, died of exposure
next of kin, mother, Mrs. Flora 2.
Kalk, Omaha, Neb.
Gunner Harry Hood, killed by ex-
plOsion of the torpedo; next of kin,
mother, Belle Hood, Atlanta, Ga.
I, The list of 81 additional saved, MAX
ing, with the 10 saved reported Sat
urday, a total of 43 survivors, was
made public The list in part follows
Clifford Vernon De Forest, chief
electrician; wife, Buelah De Forest,
Chicago.
Lawrence Hansen, apprentice sea-
man; Chicago.
= Chester b. Lanen seafaan aemer-.!
gency address not available. f."
Edward Meier, water tender; fa-
Their, John r. Meier. 205S Monroe
street, Bay City, Mich. ~.
Commander Is Saved.
Lieutenant Commander David
Worth Bagley and Lieut.. Norman
Scott were among the survivors res
cued after the sinking of the Ameri-
can destroyer Jacob Jones by Ger
man submarine In the war zone. The
navy department was so advised by
Vice Admiral Sims. ....
1t is now established that the five
line officers on the destroyer were
rescued. Gunner Harry II. Hood and
63 men are missing. = III r. .".
!. Four Others Saved.
The four other survivors reported
besides Commander Bagley and Lieu
tenant Scott We're:
Chief Boatswain's Mate Clarence
Mcbride; wife, Florence Mcbride,
Syracuse, N. Y.
Coxswain Ben Nunnery; father,
Fred A. Nunnery, Edgmoor, S. C.
Chief Electrician Lawrence G. Kcl-
- =, HeAl VI Nil llOI gwen. .s.. . ..
Fireman Joseph Eorzeniecky; moth
81, Anna Korzeniecky, Survive, Rus
sia. f'
Admiral Sims report saisrthat Com
mandef Bagley and the five other
men saved with him got away in a
motor boat and were picked up and
landed uninjured at the Sicily islands.
Dispatches from Vice Admiral Sims
put an entirely new complexion on the
circumstances of the attack ont the
Jones.
Earlier reports had indicated that
the destroyer was torpedoed while sew
eral hundred miles at sea and that the
attack had taken place in the dim
dawn of the early morning.
II. +. Torpedoed Close to Coast.
The real story was told in Admiral
Sims latest reports. in the first place,
the navy department announced, on the
strength of these dispatches, that "the
Jones was not~so far from the Euro
peah coast as was Indicated in first
reports" ~
Again, the attack took place at A .12
O'Clock in the afternoon, instead of in
the early morning. At that hour 1t was
well on toward darkness off the Brit
ish coast In the North sea there are
only FIVE hours of daylight at this sea-
son. Off the Irish coast the daylight
hours are not more than seven, so II
was probably deep dusk when the tor
nedo MAS launched.
The Submarine was not seen until
after the attack. Then, when it was
plain that the destroyer was helpless
and sinking rapidly, the U-boat came
to the surface and stood off watching
The American seaInen were hurriedly
launcllin@ their liferafts, but some Of
the men either jumped overheard or
fell into the water. 1t was one Of these
that the U-boat, making slow Roadway
through the scene Of the wreCGage
picked up and took aboard. Later the
submarine again submerged and iiinde
OF, carrying the American sailor with
her. ~ Se--