Middletown transcript., 1917-10-27
news review OF
The PAST Week
American Transport Antilles Is
Torpedoed and Sunk by
German Submarine.
ABOUT SEVENTY men LOST
United States Destroyer Also Attacked,
One Man Being kiIIed-Germans
Capture Oesei and Defeat Over
matched Russian Fleet-kaiser
Goes to Bulgaria and Turkey.
By EDWARD w. PlcKARD.

America was brought to a realization
of the deadliness of the war last week
BY the destruction of the United States
transport Antilles by German sub
marine. The vessel was hOmeward
bound from France and carried 237
men. Of these about 70 are missing,
and probably perished. The Antilles
was torpedoed on October II and sank
in five minutes. She was under con-
voy of American patrol vessels, but
neither the torpedo nor the submarine
that discharged it was seen. The VIC
tins include four naval enlisted men,
Is army enlisted men, three ships offi-
GERS and Al members of the crew.
Though the news Of this disaster
came with a shock to the people OF
America, they are beginning to under
stand that such occurrences are to be
expected and that we are fortunate to
have escaped them so long, for the
Germans have been aiming especially
at the ocean transport service. Al
ready great numbers Of troops and vast
stores of munitions and supplies have
been carried across the Atlantic, and
naval officers have been surprised that
some of the transports did not meet
the fate that has overtaken the An
TILES.
American Destroyer Torpedoed.
The first real American casualty list
from the war zone was given out
Wednesday by Secretary of the Navy
Daniels. 1t included one death, that
of Osmond Kelly Ingraham, gunner's
mate, of Pratt City, Ala, and the
names of five other men Of the navy
who were slightly wounded. These
men were of the crew of an American
destroyer which was torpedoed by 6
German submarine while on patrol II
British waters. The vessel was no
sunk and soon reached port. The re
port came from Rear Admiral Sim:
and said. Ingraham was blown over
board and his body was not recovered
Naval officers think it remarkable tina
until this occurrence Admiral Sims
fighting units should all have escape'
damage III tle HSHl dSdiho' 'ii0 -
boats.
From Amsterdam the other day cam
the report that Germany was about t
include American waters in the sub
marine zone. This meant nothing t
American naval authorities, for the
had considered our waters so include
since we entered the war. The bes
Informed opinion is that America
transports, with their speed and thei
convoys, will be quite safe from tn
submarines.
The weeks list Of victims of U-boat
was small in number, but the loss {
life was greater than usual. This We
due mainly to the destruction Of til
French steamer Medic with the los
of 25O persons, including soldiers an
prisoners of war. 1t is an undispute
fact that service on German subm
rines is becoming more dangerous e
cry day, and this probably is respo
sible for the latest reported mutir
in the German navy. Sailors at Il
port of Ostend refused to go aboal
the U-boats and are said to ha'
thrown one commander into the sea.
There is trouble in the Austrian na'
also. Soldiers and the crews of su
mersibles have had several conflicts
Pola, officers on both sides being kille
The Austrian government thereup'
decided to change the naval base to a
other port.
German Victories in the Baltic.
The week brought no real relief
beleaguered Germany, externally or
ternally While the kaiser was hurr
ing down through Bulgaria to Go
stantinople to mend his crumbli
fences, and Chancellor Michaelis w
struggling to hold on to his job, a
the German armies on the west fro
were making costly and futile count'
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