Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-12-11
MORE SURVIVORS OF
DESTROYER REPORTED;
LOSS NO W 81 MEN
U-Boat Chaser Jacob Jones',
c. lew Type Is Torpedoed
and Sunk in War Zone
Thursday Night

WASHINGTON, Dec. e.-Lieutenant
Commander David Worth Bagley and
Lieutenant Norman Scott were among
the survivors rescued after the sinking
of the American destroyer Jacob Jones
by a German submarine in the war
zone Thursday right The navy de-
partment was so advised late tonight
~ Vice Admiral Sims
These two officers. two warrant Of
ficers and two enlisted men were named
ia the admirars dispatch as survivors
~ addition TO he thIrty-seven previous
~-syrtcl saved.
x is now established that the five line
officers on the destroyer were rescued
men are missing.
The other four survivors reported be-
sides Commander Bagley and Lieuten-
ant Scott were:
Chief Boatswain's Mate Clarence Nc
Bride, wife Florence Mcbride, Syracuse
New York.
COxswain Ben Nunnery. father. Fred
4. Nunnery, Edgemoor, 6. c.
Chief Electrician Lawrence g. Kelly
next Of kin, not given.
Fireman Joseph Korzeniecky. mother
Anna Korzeniecky, survive, Russia.
Sims report said that Commander
Bagley and the five other men saved
with him got away in q motor boat
and were picked up and landed uninjur-
ed at the Scilly Islands.
The Jacob Jones, one of the largest
and newest American submarine chas-
ers of her type operating in the Allan
tic, was the first American warship 70
fall victim to a German submarine
but was the second American destroy
er to be lost in foreign waters. The
Chauncey sank with her commander
Lieutenant Walter L. Reno, two other
officers and eighteen enlisted men, aft
er being cut into by the transport
Rose early on the morning of Novem-
Der 90.
Admiral Sims terse message report
ing the loss of the Jacob Jones did not
state how the attack was made. 1t is
known, however. that the Jones was on
patrol duty between 400 and 500 miles
of shore. What vessels accompanied
her was not revealed, but Admiral
Sims reports showed that one vessel
rescued thirty men and another seven.
They sent this information by radio
and IL was Immediately transmitted to
Washington.
Secretary stin Hopes
Secretary Daniels stoutly held to his
hopes that other patrol craft, possibly
without wireless equipment, had res
cued more of the destroyer's company
Navy officers and officials took pride
in the fact that the Jacob Jones and
her Crew had written new honors into
navy records before the vessel fell vic
tim to an enemy torpedo. In octo-
Der the Jones went CALAMITY to the
rescue of the British converted cruiser
Drama, accompanied by another Amer
lean destroyer when the former T. and
o. liner was torpedoed. They attacked
and put the submarine out of COM
mission and then when the cruiser
began to settle, transferred all on board
TO their own decks without accident
The Jones carried sos British sea
men TO safety. A letter from the COM
mander of the Drama to the senior
American officer of the two destroyers
gave high praise TO the courage and
skill of the Americans.
Lacking details OF the action in which
the Jones was lost. officers assumed
that the destroyer either stumbled upon
a submarine and was struck by lucky
shot or was surprised while on patrol
duty. As the watch maintained by
American destroyer crews is notably
probable.
Had Life Rats
The survivors of the Jones undoubt-
edIy owe their lives to the forethought
of the navy department in having pro-
vided every destroyer sent abroad with
a complement of life RATS sufficient
for the entire crew. They are dashed
on deck in such a fashion that they
release themselves and come TO the sur
face il the ship sinks. Destroyers car
not carry enough lifeboats for their
complement without masking the fire
Of their guns and torpedo tubes.
Apparently the Jones went down al
most at once. This was taken to mean
that the torpedo had scored a fair hi
amidships possibly tearing the swift
craft in two when it exploded. If this
is true. there can be no question thai
many of the crew died in the blast OF
the explosion or were carried dowT
with the shattered hull without Z
chance to escape. officers here felt
that such a fate was preferable tC
hours of exposure and final death from
cold on life RATS.
That both Admiral Sims and the Brit
ish authorities have taken every posi-
BILE step to find additional survivors
was regarded as certain. The sea in
the vincinity or the scene or the TRACE
DIV undoubtedly was searched agar
and again on the chance that other
RATS might be picked up with men
living or dead. A patrol Of the near by
coast also will be maintained.
Secretary Daniels. said first word OF
the loss of the destroyer had come lC
him just before midnight last night. II
was the bare announcement of the fac.
He Immediately cabled Admiral Sims
for a detailed report and the brief re-
ply made public today was received
this morning. Additional details will
be announced as they are received.
Ofacial Announcement
The official announcement made through
the committee on public information
said:
The American destroyer was tor
pedoed and sunk Thursday, Decem-
Der s, at p. m, while on patrol
duty in foreign waters.
Early reports indicate that thir-
ty-seven survivors had been picked
up so far. They were taken off
life RATS.
The names of ten survivors have
been received up to. this time. They
are:
Lieutenant Junior grade) John K.
Richards, Ensign Nelson N. Gates,
assistant surgeon l.. l.. Adamkis-
wicz, Charles f. Pierce, fireman;