Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1917-10-20

can ARMY transport Antilles, homewart
bound under convoy, was torpedoed
and sunk by German submarine In
the war zone Wednesday About seven.
ty men are missing and probably lost
| All the army and navy Officers
aboard and the ships master were
among the 167 survivors. The miss.
ing are members of the crew, three
civilian engineers, some enlisted mer
of the navy and sixteen of thirty
three soldiers returning home for
various reasons.
Neither the submarine nor the tor
squarely amidships, sank in five min
utes.
Rigors of War Brought Home.
This tragedy of the sea, the first In
which an American ship engaged in
war duty has been lost, is the first OF
its magnitude to bring home to the
people of the United States the rigors
of the war in which they have en-
gagged against Germany. II carries
the largest casualty list of the war OF
American lives. and marks the first
success of German submarine attacks
on American transports.
That the loss of life was not greater
is due to the safeguards with which
the navy has surrounded the trans
port service and the quick rescue
work of the conveying warships.
Secretary Daniels announced the
disaster tonight in a statement based
upon a brief dispatch from Vice Ad'
miral Sims which gave few details
and did not say whether 1t was day
or night attack. An accurate list OF
the missing cannot be issued until
General Pershing reports the names
of the army men on the vessel and
the list of merchant crew. Following
is the announcement
Torpedo Not Seen.
THE torpedo which struck the An
titles. was not seen, nor was the sub.
marine which fired it. The torpedo
hit abreast of the engine room bulk
head and the ship sank within five
minutes. One hundred and sixty-sever
persons out of about two hundred and
thirty seven on board the Antilles
were saved. About seventy men are
missing.
"All the naval officers and officers
of the army who were on board al
the time were saved as were the of
ficers Of the ship with the exception
of the following:
walker, third engineer officer;
Boyle, Junior engineer officer, and
O'Rourkc, junior engineer officer.
The following enlisted naval per-
sonnel we're lost:
"E. l., Kinney. seaman second class
next of kin, Thomas NJ. Kinney. father
Water alley. Miss; j. w. Hunt. sea
man, second class, next of kin. Isaac
Hunt, father, Mountain Grove, Mo; G
l.. Ausburn, radio electrician. first
class, next of kin, r.. Ausburn
brother New Orleans, and II. r. Wat
son. radio electrician, third class, next
of kin, Mrs. w. L. Seger mother. Rut-
land. Mass.
There were about thirty-threo oi
the army enlisted personnel on boarc
of whom seventeen were saved. The
names of the men of the army en-
listed personnel and of the merchant
crew of the ship can not be given un
til the muster roll in France of thost
on board has been consulted. AS soor
as the department is in receipt of fur
ther details concerning the casualties
they will be made public immediate
| ly."
Daniels Issues Statement.
| Upon receipt,of the cablegram from
Admiral Sims the government KEEP
its promise not to withhold bad new
from the public The issuance of tn
statement was delayed only until thu