Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-11-22
TWENTY-ONE LOST
WITH DESTROYER
Three Officers of Chauncey
and Eighteen Enlisted
Men Go.
SHIP OFFICERS DIE BRAVELY Y
Attempt to Save Lives of Men
Stamp Three as Heroes
of Disaster.
SHIP OFFICERS DIE BRAVELY

WASHINGTON. Nov. 21.-Lieuten-
ant Commander Walter Il. Reno, the
commanding officer, his two junior
Officers, Lieutenant Charles +. Wed
derburn and Ensign Harry G. Skin
ner, tr., and Is enlisted men were
lost In the sinking of the American
torpedo boat destroyer Chauncey in
collision in the war zone Monday
morning, the navy department was
advised today by Vice Admiral Sims
In cabling the casualty list. Admiral
Sims added no details TO his message
yesterday which simply announced
that the destroyer had been sunk in
collision early Monday morning The
vessel carried SS men besides the
three officers and seventy of the en-
listed personnel were saved.
Officers Die Bravcly.
The manner in which the rescue
was effected, the fate of the vessel
with which the destroyer collided, and
other details are awaited by the navy
department. Officials believe three
officers lost their lives in an effort
to save as many of the men as was
possible.
Lieutenant Commander Reno was
36 years old and was appointed to
the naval academy from Missouri in
1901. He was made lieutenant in
1910 and was appointed lieutenant
commander last May.
Lieutenant Wedderburn. who was
% years old, was born in Chicago,
and was appointed to Annapolis from
Maryland in 1911. He was made an
ensign in the navy in 1915 and was
temporarily appointed lieutenant of
the Junior grade on July, 1917.
Ensign Skinner was q member of
thu pa hhrn In
Baltimore in 1889. lie received his
appointment as ensign last May.
The Enlisted Men.
The enlisted men lost:
STANLEY T. ANTHONY, electri-
clan, first class. radio; mother, Flor
ence johnson, Bedford Mass.
HONORE NJ. CLAGGETr, jr., cleo
trician, first class; father, II. NJ. Gag
DANIEL B. CRANE, machinist
mate. second class: mother, Mary IL.
Crane. Los Angeles.
JOSEPH S. EWART. machinist
mate. first class; father, w. l.. Ewart,
NeTPafs CHARLES E; l. A. GOODRICH. chief
machinist mate; brother, ]. Goodrich,
Oakwood, Ill.
A. II. GUTTRIDGE. machinist mate,
second class; father, w. II. Guttridge,
Cullison, Kan.
HENRY G. HAMAN. seaman; father,
r. w. Haman, Buffalo. n. Y.
JOSEPH A. HEROUX, fireman,
third class: mother, Emma j. Bachel.
lerie. Los Angeles.
w. II. HAMPEI, oiler; father,
Charles Hampel. Randvile, Mich.
IRA F. KOPP. gunner's mate. first
class; father. Jesse +. Kopp, Daven-
CHARLES A. o'CoNNoR. chief
yeoman: sister. Margaret Tessier,
south Boston. Mass.
FRANCISCO PAGTAKHAN. mess
attendant. third class; mother, Marta
Dunicio, Olongapo, +. /.
JOHN RHINEHART. chief water
tender; friend, Mary Sprague. Block
JoIiN A. SMITH. gunner's mate,
JOHN sTRIBLING, oiler; father.
John Stribling, Waring. Texas.
OSWALD j. TEKKILDSEN. yeo-
man, second class; uncle, Conrad Ter
kildsen. Brooklyn.
NICHOLAS Fl. WAGNER. ship fit
ter. first class: father, Jacob Wagner.
Fullerton, Md.
GEORGE WORNELI, boilermaker,
friend, Harry c.. Smith, San Francisco.
Lieutenant Commander Reno's next
of kin was his wife. Beatrice Reno,
philadelphia; that of Lieutenant
Wedderburn, was his mother. Ger
trude +. Wedderburn. Chevy Chase,
Md, and of Ensign Skinner was his
mother, Mrs Harry G. Skinner, OF
Mount Washington, Md.