The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-12-10
Admiral Sims Sends Further
Details of Sinking by
German U.BOat.
BUT "A MEN ABOARD
ARE ACCOUNTED FOR
American Boat Stumbled Into
Path OF Submarine; Hit
Vital Spot.

Washington, Dec. 9-Furthcr reports
from Vice Admiral Sims today began
to unfold the story OF the torpedoing
OF the destroyer Jacob Jones, but did
not lessen the toll OF lives lost Only
~ Of / lu or more officers and men
aboard are known to have survived,
including one unidentified man. picked
up and carried off by the subma
rine that struck the blow.
Today's report added To the list of
dead Ensign Stanton +. kalk. u young
the first roster OF the ships company
He died from exposure. The dis
| patches gave no further details of the
| escape OF Leutenat Commander Bag
ley and the other survivors, but they
| contained the names of u of the res
cued in addition to those announced
last night. Secretary Daniels issued
this statement:
Daniels Statement.
| Additional information received from
! Vice Admiral Sims today reveals the
fact that the Jacob Jones was torpe-
docd at 4:l2 p. m, on December q.
She began to settle aft and finally sank
at 4:29. 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 SO far from tht
European coast az was indicated by
the first dispatches.
"Gunncr Harry Z. Hood, was killc,
! h,, la, ,,r l., IL,
of kin. mother. Atlanta. Ga. E,nsigr
$. T. Kalk. died Of exposure. Ensig,
kalk's name was not in the roster o
Officers published yesterday. His mex
of kin is his mother omaha. Neb.
Twenty seven additional names o
survivors have heen received, bringin,
the total number saved up to A. in
elusive of the man taken prisoner h,
the submarine
List Of Survivors.
; Following are names Of survivors en-
bled by Admiral Sims today. in addi
ton to the list previously published:
Quartermaster Howard L. Chase
} Boatswains Mates Charles Charles
worth and Harry Louis Gibson: Gun
t ner's Mates Charles Chiffon and Con
rad street: Chief Yeoman Joseph Ar
thur cossairt; Chief Electrician elf
ford Bernon de Forest; Electrician
Clifton Grandford Boyd Martell Ham
! and Terrell Read Wood; seamen Har
old William Aagaard, Phillip Jaco
Burger. Gustave Bulitz, Jr., Albei
Lewis Everroid; fireman David Ro
= Carter and Patrick Henry Judge; mes
attendant. Restituto Echon: carpen
ter's mate William Penn Hughes: hos
pital attendant Ernest IL. Pennington
water tender. Edward Meier. appren
tice seaman Lawrence Hansen.
The following survivors were not
the list of enlisted personnel given o,
yesterday:
Seaman Chester S. Lanen emergenc
address not given.
+ Fireman Howard A. Meyer. White
I haven, Pa.
: Fireman Charles A. Mason, We.
II Lynn, Mass.
= Officials here entertain little hol
that more survivors will he found.
=, Hit in Vital Spot.
The report indicates that tn" era
|
r. rine and that the torpedo went hon
:, In such a vital spot that the vess
10 was sinking even as the flare Of Il
d explosion died out Night was a han
" There was no time to make provlsi'
~ against the cold and the sea as &
: crew leaped to the life RATS. Nal
er probably had diedfwith Gunner Ho
- in the explosion, or the steam burs
that undoubtedly followed.
The T-boat commander made su
before he exposed his craft that I
destroyer had gone down. He to
III no chances of n last shot from h
guns, which might send him and !
vessel to their reckoning. Probat
Of the single man saved by the subm
n rine was taken aboard because I
r. submarine officer desired informati
IN as to the identity Of the vessel he h