Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1917-12-13
ONLY "A OFFICERS
AND MEN SURVIVE
u. S. Destroyer Jacob Jones,
TOrpedOed, Sank in Sew
erteen Minutes.
LUCK WAS AGAINST MEN.
Weather Cold and Night Coming on
A. Crew Lenpcd to the Life Rats
Submarine Took No Chances.

from Vice Admiral Sims to-day began to
unfold the story of the torpedoing of the
destroyer Jacob Jones. but did not lessen
the toll of lives lost with the ship. Only
a of 10 or more officers and men aboard
are known to have survived, including one
unidentified man picked up and carried
off by the submarine that struck the
blow.
To-day's reports added to the list of dead
Ensign Stanton +. KallS, a young officer,
whose name did not appear on the first
roster of the ships company. He died of
exposure. The dispatches gave no further
details OF the escape of Lieutenant-Com-
,nander Bagley and the other survivors,
but they contained the names Of II of the
rescued in addition to those announced
last night. Secretary Daniels issued this
statement:
Additional information received from
Admiral Sims to-day reveals the fact that
the Jacob Jones was torpedoed at 4:12 p.
m. on December 6. She began to settle aft
and finally sank at 4:29.
U-BOAT PICK UP ONE MAN.
1.-THE submarine was not seen until
some time after the. ship sank. The
submarine then picked up one sur
vivor., whose identity IL not known. The
destroyer was not far from the Eu-
ropean coast as was indicated by the
first dispatches.
"Gunner Harry r. Hood was killed
by the explosion of the torpedo; next
Of kin, (mother). Belle Hood. resides
At 81 Penn avenue, Atlanta. Ca. En-
sign 9. F. Kalk died later Of exposure.
Ensign kalk's name was not in the
roster Of officers published yesterday.
His next Of kin IL his mother. Mrs
Flora 8. Kalk. 1877 N. AZ st.. Omaha.
Neh.
survivors have been received bringing
the total number saved up to a, in
elusive Of the man taken prisoner by
tho submarine"
ADDITIONAL SURVIVORS.
Following are names of survivors
eabled by Admiral Sims to-day. in ad-
dition to the list previously published:
cuartermaster Howard U. Chase.
Nostswain's mates Charles Charles
worth and Harry Louis Gibson; gun
knsr's mates Charles Chiffon and Conrad
letreeb; chief yoeman Joseph Arthur
iCossairt; chief electrician Clifford YER
mon Deforest: electricians Clifton
,crandford. Lloyd Martell Hamp and
Terrell Read Wood seamen Harold
/ William Aagard. Phillip Jacob Burger.
A0ustav Eulitx. Jr.. Albert Lewis Ever
f1oad, Edward Wallace Fenton, Henry
tIossph Maletz and Donat Marchand:
shremen David Roy Carter and Patrick
Henry Judge; mess attendant Restituto
tGchon; carpenters mate William Penn
Hughes: hospital attendant Ernest H.
pennington; water tender Edward Mel
Ter; apprentice seaman Lawrence Ham
| sen.
The following survivors were not in the
list Of enlisted personnel given out yes
terday:
address not given.
Rehecca Meyer. White Haven. Pa.
Fireman Charles A. Mason, father,
Charles Mason, West Lynn. Mass.
Omcials here entertain little hope that
more survivors will be found alive The
bitter cold which probably was the cause
OF Ensign Kalk's death makes it i'm
probable that others who may have
escaped and foated about on RATS or
wreckage through the night could have
survived much exposure.
LUCK AGAINST DESTROYER.
Every element worked against the men
OF the destroyer The report indicates
that the craft stumbled into the path of
the submarine by unlucky chance and
shoe ehS WI pcuo Wtut nome IN Sucl a
vital spot that the vessel was sinking
even as the fare OF the explosion died
out, Night was at hand. There was NO
time to make provision against the cold
and the sea as the crew leaped to the
,life RATS. Many probably had died with
Gunner Hood in the explosion or the steam
bursts that undoubtedly followed
N U-BOAT TOOK NO CHANCES.
The U-boat commander made sure ha
fore he exposed his craft that the de
stroycr had gone down He took M
chances of last shot from her gun,
which might send him and his vessel ais,
to their reckoning. Probably the singl,
man saved by the submarine was takei
aboard because the submarine officer de
sired information as to the identity o
the vessel he had sunk.
The three additional names of enliste,
men of the Jones' crew included in to
days messages as survivors showed tn
difficulty of the task Of deterinininI
quickly just how many lives were lost
They were not on the muster roll Of tn
ship last received at the navy depart
ment. Probably Admiral Sims is hav
ing difficulty In determining just who wer
aboard. Ensign Kalk was an additions
officer. perhaps assigned only for tn
trip. It will take information from tn
base to make up this new addition to tn
navy's soil Of honorable dead.