Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-10-20
Transport Antilles, Enroute
Home From France,
Speedily Sinks.
NO WARNING OF
DIVERS PRESENCE
Submarine Not Sighted by Either or
fcers Of Transport or Conveying De.
stroyers-vietims Include Sixteen
Enlisted Men Enroute Homo From
Franee-AII Army and Navy Officers
Safe-DanieIs Issues Statement.

(, "dSuAuSlOA, " OCt. 1V.-IHo navy Q0-
T; partment is without news concerning
the torpedoing of the American trans.
port Antilles later than that conveyed
in the cablegram of Admiral Sims, re-.
ceived late yesterday.
Seventy men Of the 237 aboard are
still missing and probably perished
| when the steamer sank 1--WE minutes
after the torpedo struck abreast the
engine room 'bulkhead.
The missing include four naval en-
listed men, sixteen army enlisted men
three ships officers. and forty-seveu
| members Of the ships crew.
Army Victims Not Known.
The casualty list SO far contains
only the names of the three ships Of
, ficers and the four naval enlisted men
The names Of the sixteen army en-
listed men and forty seven members
Of the ships crew lost will not be known
until the names Of the survivors are
checked on the ships muster roll In
France.
The navy department does not know
! when 1t will be possible to check the
| list and give out the complete casualty
Inst.
All Officers Are Safe.
All the army and navy Officers
aboard the transport were saved
Some Of these officers are engaged reg
ularly in the transportation OF Amer
teans&Hoops- France and ottSrs ssrs
officers returning from special mis-
sions connected ed with the training and
equipment Of the American forces.
There were thirty-three enlisted men
Of the army aboard Of whom seventeen
were saved.
Neither the sumbarine nor the tor
GERS aboard the Antilles are certain,
however, that 1t was a torpedo and not
mine.
Daniels Issues Statement.
Secretary Of the Navy Daniels to-
night authorized the following state
ment in regard to the loss Of the An
titles:
The department is in receipt Of a
dispatch from Vice Admiral Sims,
which states that the IS. s. Antilles, an
army transport, was torpedoed on Oct.
II while returning to this country from
foreign service. This vessel was under
convoy OF American patrol vessels a.
the time.
The torpedo which struck the Antilles
was not seen nor was the submarine
which fired it. The torpedo hit abreast
Of the engine room bulkhead and the
ship sank within five minutes.
One hundred and sixty-seven per-
~ oh fr,n h1,vn N a n
thirty -seven on board tine Antilles were
saved. About seventy men are missing.
All naval officers and officers Of the
army who were On board the ship at
the time were saved as were the Off
GERS of the ship, with the exception OF
the following:
Walker, third engineer officer.
Boyle, Junior engineer officer
O'Rourke. junior engineer officer.
The following enlisted naval person
mel were lost.
Kinsey, f. L., seaman, second class;
next OF kin, Thomas; N. Kinsey, father.
Water Valley. Miss. s
Hunt, j. w, seaman, second class;
next Of kin, Isaac Hunt, father. Noun
tain Grove, Mo..SR. No. 2, box A.
Ausburn G. y, radio electrician.
first class; next Of kin, r. Ausburn.
brother, $500 Louisiana avenue, New
Orleons, La.
Watson, II. r.. radio electrician. third
class; next OF kin, Mrs. w. Z. Seger.
mother. Rutland. Mass.
about hirty-three Q: the
army enlisted personnel on board. of
whom seventeen were saved. The names
Of the missing Of the army enlisted
!.nersorseI eI s.nd of the merchant crew nf
the ship can not be given until the
muster rol in France Of those on board
has been consulted. 81,
AS soon s.ss. ,ttiie department is in re-
reipt OF further details concerning tho
casualties they VIII be made public Inn
mediately.
Hit Wh;ls Under Convoy.
The Antilles was under convoy OF
American patrol vessels at the time,''
according to Secretary, Of the Navy
Daniels announcement of the disaster.
From this fact it Is inferred that. the
Antilles was sunk within few days
after sailing.
/ Secretary Daniels took Rear Admiral
TSims dispatch to the meeting OF the
cabinet in which the procedure to lbe
followed In announcing the unhappy
occurrence 10 the public was consid.
cred. 1t was of1icially announced at
once. g, z
First Loss Suffered.
H Altha It long has ben realized that IL