South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-10-20

operation with Vice Admiral Sims
| The latter is expected 20 send all
/ possible details without delay.
Daniels Announces Disaster.
Sec'y Daniels announced the dis
aster Friday night in a statement
based upon a brief dispatch from
Vice Admiral Sims. which gave few
details and did not say whether itI
was "a day or night attack An ac-l
curate list of the missing cannot BEL
issued until Gen. Pershing reports
the names Of the army men ON the
vessel and the list Of the merchant
crew Following is the announce
ment
Secy Daniels authorized the fol-
lowing announcement.
The department. is in receipt %
dispatch from Vice Admiral Sims
which states that the steamship AM
titles. an army transport was tor
pedoed on oct. u while returning
To this country from foreign ser
vice. This vessel was under convoy
Of American patrol vessels az the
/ time.
Sinks in Five Minutes.
The torpedo which struck the
Antilles was not seen. nor was The
submarine which fired it, The tor
pedo nit abreast OF the engine room
bulkhead and the ship sank within
five minutes one hundred and
siXty-seyen persons out Of about
237 on board the Antilles were
saved About % men are missing.
An the naval officers of the army
who were on board the ship az the
time were saved. AS We're the officers
OF the ship with the exception of the
following
Walker third engineer officer.
Boyle. junior engineer officer. and
O'Bourke. junior engineer officer
Enlisted Naval Men Lost.
THE following enlisted naval per-
sonnet were lost.
"E. L. kinsey. seaman. second
class next of kin. Thomas a. Kin
sey, father Walter Valley. Miss. J.
w Hunt. seaman. second class. next
of kin, Isaac Hunt father. Noun
tain Grove. Mo-. route 40. q. boa
"a: C.. I. Ausburn. radio electrician
first class. next of kim e. Ausburn.
brother. $500 Louisiana av.. New
Orleans La and ~ p Watson.
radio electrician. rhird class. next
of kim Mrs ~. l.. Seger. mother.
Ruthlsnd Mass
There were about a3 - che army
enlisted personnel ON board. 81
whom II were saved The names
OF the missing Of the army en-
listed personnel and Of the mer-
chant crew OF the ship cannot he
given until the muster roII in France
or those on board has been consult
cd. As soon as the department is in
receipt OF further details concern
the casualties they win be- made
public Immediately
News Not Withheld.
Upon receipt of the cabIeeram
from Admiral Sims. the government
kept It's promise NOT 20 withhold
bad news from the public The i=-
sIance OF the statement was delay
eco only until the NAYS could teIs-
graph 20 tine famil.es OF fhe men
known co. have been lost
Secy Daniels carried sore ~ The
loss ~ the Antilles to the white
house whom be went t1ers -ate JED
the day with Admiral lIayo. who
made his report o. p-es'- Wilson an
his visit 20 Enllard at -ha direction
OF the president
Quick upon th- wave .f sorrow a-
the news ~ the loss ~ che transport
came a feeling ~ distinct relief be-
cause she had met her fate home
ward bound and not on the way over
wl-n troops The ONLY soldiers on
board were returning CD the hospital
or on special assignments. Had the
flu complement " the transport
been aboard the loss undoubtedly
would have been written in hum
dr=ds as she was struck iu the most
vulnerable spot and went under 30
swiftly that few could have escaped.
owe Lives To life Boats
officials are confident that those
who survived owe their lives 3D. the
careful, attention given be me navy
department % the equiprinr ~