The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1917-12-10
Ensign kalk Died Of Exposure
Submarine Carried OFF
One of the Crew.

lHe HTst ToSter VI tuo sup So'hP""S'
He died Of exposure. The dispatches
gave no further "details OF the escape OF
Commander Basley and the
other survivors. but they contained the
names Of seventeen Of the rescued in
addition to those announced last night.
Daniels issued this statement
Additional information received
from Admiral Sims to-day reveals the
fact that the Jacob Jones was tor
pedoed at 4:lo p. NJ on December 6.
She began to settle aft, and finally
sank at 4:29.
Was Near to the Coast.
The submarine was. not seen until
some time after the ship sank The
submarine then picked UP one sur
vivor. whose identity is not known.
The destroyer was not 30 far from
the European coast az was indicated
by the first dispatches.
Gunner Harry r. Hood was killed
by the explosion Of the torpedo: next
OF kin (mother). Belle Hood. resides
at Atlanta. Ga. Ensign s. F. kalk
died later Of exposure. Ensign kalk's
name was not In the roster Of officers
published yesterday. His next Of kin
Is hH mother. Mrs. Flora 8. Kalk.
1877 North Forty-second street, Omaha.
Neb.
Twenty.seven additional names Of
survivors have been received. bring.
ing the total number saved up to
forty -four, Inclusive Of ,the man taken
prisoner by the submarine.
Following are names Of survivors ca
bled by Admiral Sims to-day. in addition
to the list previously published
Quartermaster Howard L. Chase.
Boatswain's Mates. Charles Charles
worth and Harry Louis Gibson. Gunner 8
Mates Charles Chiffon and Conrad
Streeb, Chief Yeoman Joseph Arthur
Cossairt. Chief Electrician Clifford Yer
non Deforest. Electricians Clifton Grand
ford. Boyd Msrtell Hamp and Terrell
Read Wood. Seamen Harold William
Aagaard. Philip Jacob Burger. Gustave
Eulitz, Jr.. Albert Lewis Everroad. Ed
ward Wallace Fenton. Henry Joseph
Maletx. and Donat Marchand. Firemen
David Roy Carter and Patrick Henry
Judge, Mess Attendant Restituto
Echon, Carpenters Mate William Penn
Hughes. Hospital Attendant Ernest II
Pennington. watertender Edward Meier
Apprentice Seaman Lawrence Hansen.
The following survivors were not In
the list Of enlisted personnel given out
yesterday:
Seaman Chester B. Lanen; emergency
address not given.
Fireman Howard A. Moyer; mother
Rebecca Meyer. 42l Erie street, White
Haven. Pa.
Fireman Charles A. Mason fathe.'
Charles Mason. s65 Western avenue
West Lynn. Mass.
Little Hope for Others.
officials here entertain little hope that
more survivors will be found alive The
bitter cold, which probably was the
cause OF Ensign Kalk's death. makes II
improbable that others who may have
escaped and foated about on RATS o.
wreckage through the night could have
survived much exposure.
Every element worked against tn.
men OF the destroyer. The report indi
Gates that the craft stumbled into thu
path OF the Submarine by unlucky chanc,
and that the torpedo went home in sucl
a vital spot that the vessel was sinking
even as the fare OF the explosion dice
out. Night was at hand. There was M
time to make provision against the colt
and the sea as the crew leaped to tn,
life RATS. Many probably had died will
Gunner Hood in the explosion or th
steam bursts that undoubtedly followed
The U-boat commander made sure he
fore he exposed his craft that the de
stroyer had gone down. lie took n,
chances OF last shot from her gun
which might send him and his vesse
! also to their reckoning. Probably tn
single man saved by the submarine wa'
| taken aboard because the submarine OIL
Ger desired Information about the iden
=. tity of the vessel ne had sunk.
C.BOat In Unsafe Waters.
The vicinity OF the tragedy was no
a safe place for the U-boat The Ger
mans could not know what rescuin
vessels might be speeding up in answe
to a radio call from the stricken Graf
They would come eager for vengeance
and the fact that the Jacob Jones wa
sunk closer inshore than the 400 to so
miles Indicated in first dispatches fror
Vice Admiral Sims added to the proba
bility OF nearby assistance.
Secretary Daniels WAS at the Nav
Department to-day and personally r.
viewed the statements issued before the
were made public. lie showed plainl
the relief that had come with word tha
his br6ther-in-law. Lieutenant-Con
mander Bagley. was among the save'
but he evidently was deeply moved b
this greatest loss the navy has suffert
so far in the war.
The three additional names Of er
listed men Of the Joness crew include
in to-days messa ges as survivors Shove
the difficulty OF the task OF determinin
quickly just how many lives were los
They were not on the muster roll {
the ship last received at the Navy d.
partment. Probably Admiral Sims
having difficulty in determining just vi,
were aboard. Ensign Kalk was an al
ditioaal officer. perhaps assigned onl
for the trip. Itfwill take checking u