Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1917-10-26
American Transport Antilles Is
Torpedoed and Sunk by
German Submarine.
ABOUT SEVENTY MEN LOST
United States Destroyer Also Attacked,
One Man Being kliIed-Germans
Capture OeseI and Defeat Over
matched Russian Fleet-kaiser :
Goes to Bulgaria and Turkey.
BY EDWARD W. PlckARD.

py E6VvSnC W. TIONfAnGs
America was brought to a realization
of the deadliness of the war last week
by the destruction of the United States
transport Antilles by a German sub
marine. The vessel was homeward
bound from France and carried 237
men. of these about 10 are missing,
and probably persisted. The Antilles
was torpedoed on October II and sank
In five minutes. She was under con-
voy- of American patrol vessels, but
neither the torpedo nor the submarine
that discharged it was seen. The vic
tins include four naval enlisted men,
16 uxny enlisted men, three ships off,
GERS and At members of the crew.
Though the news of this disaster
came with q shock to the people of
America. they are beginning to under
stand that such occurrences are to be
expected and that we are fortunate to
have escaped them sc long, for the
Germans have been aiming especially
ct the ocean transport service. AL
ready great numbers of troops and vast
stores of munitions and supplies have
been carried across the Atlantic, and
naval officers have been surprised that
some Of the transports did not meet
the fate that has tovertaken the An
titles; esere~
American Destroyer T~orpedoed.
The first real American casualty list
from the war zone was given out
Wednesday by Secretary of the Navy
Daniels. 1t included one death, that
of Osmond Kelly Ingraham, gunner's
mate, of Pratt City, Ala, and the
names of five other men of the navy
who were slightly wounded. These
/ men were of the crew of an American
destroyer which was torpedoed by a
German submarine while on patrol in
British waters. The vessel was not
sunk and soon reached port. The re-
port came from Rear Admiral Sims
and said Ingraham was blown over
board and his body was not recovered.
Naval officers think it remarkable that
until this occurrence Admiral Sims
fighting units should all have escaped
damage in the fight against the o.
boats.
From Amsterdam the other day came
the report that Germany was about to
include American waters In the SUBJ
marine zone. This meant nothing to
American naval authorities, for they
had considered our waters so included
since we entered the war. The best
informed opinion is that American
transports, with their speed and their
convoys, will be quite safe from the
submarines.
The weeks list of victims Of U-boats
was small In number, but the loss Of
life was greater than usual. This was
due mainly to the destruction of the
French steamer Medic with the loss
of $50 persons, including soldiers and
fact that service on German subma-
rines is becoming more dangerous ev-
cry day, and this probably is respon-
sibIe for the latest reported mutiny
in the German navy. Sailors at the
port of Ostend refused to go aboard
the U-boats and are said to have
thrown one commander into the. sea
There is trouble In the Austrian navy
also. Soldiers and the crews of sub
mersibles have had several conflicts at
EPola. officers on both sides being killed.
The Austrian government ~thereupon
decided to change the naval base to an
other port.
German Victories in the Battle.
The week brought no real relief to
beleaguered Germany, externally or In
ternally. While the kaiser was hurry
ing down through Bulgaria to Con-
stantinople to mend his crumbling
fences, and Chancellor Michaelis was
struggling to hold on to his job, and
the German armies on the west front
were making costly and futile counter