The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1917-12-09
Attacked by Submarine in
Dark. Probably While
Conveying Transport.
SHIPS PICK UP 81 MEN
Found Clinging to Life
BuOys Which FlOatcd OFF
as Warship Sank.
FIVE OFFICERS SAVED
Six Survivors Are Landed I'm.
injured on the Scilly.
Islands.
Special DespdtcA to TIE Suy.

Scec'di Despatch to TIE SuS.
WASHINGTON, Dec. s.-Attacked under
the cover OF darkness on Thursday nis1st
by submarine operating several hun.
dred miles of shore. the American de-
stroyer Jacob Jones was sunk with one
officer and sixty-eight men Of her crew.
according to the latest estimates received
in dispatches to the Navy Department
tonight. Details are lacking in a large
measure both Is to the sinking and to
the rescue. owing to the fact that Vice.
Admiral Sims. in London. has been un.
able to get more than the brief announce
mcnt that the Jacob Jones was torpedoed
and sunk and that one British vessel
rescued thirty and another British ship
seven of the survivors.
For several hours to-day it was be-
lievcd that I.ieutenant-C Commander Da-
v:d Worth Bagley, a brother-in-law Of
Secretary Daniels. who commanded the
Jones. had been lost, but late Tonight
word came from NiG,,-Admiral Sims
that leutena mt Commander Bagley and
Lieut.. Norman Scott were among those
rescued. The report of Vice Admiral
Sims SAID that Bagley and fve men.
Including four officers. who were saved
with him. got away in a motor boat and
were picked up and landed uniniured at
the Scilly Islands
The fact that these men reached the
Scil.y Islands gives the only clue as to
the section OF the war zone in which
tie Jones was operating.
Nothing definite has come as to
whether the Jacob Jones was OIL patrol
duty or was engaged in convoy work
at the time OF the accident. The fact
that two British vessels rescued sur
| a raft ttrp{Y to
! town with them indicates that the
, American destroyer was not unaceom-
panied at the time
CIuns 10 Life Rats.
| Three officers and ihirty-four man
We're picked up by these British vessels
from life RATS TO which they cluns.
Destroyers in the American Navy are
equipped with LIE RATS lashed on the
| deck In such manner that they release
themselves and come TO the surface
! when the ships sink. Under normal
circumstances there are enough life
RATS for the entire crew The pre-
sumption therefore is that the torpedo
struck vital part of the vessel caus-
| ing her to sink almost at once and
, possibly killing many of the crew BY
the explosion.
First news of the accident was flashed
10 Secretary Daniels shortly before last
| midnight. II was the bare announce.
ment that the vessel had been sunk.
| Mr.. Daniels at once cabed to Vice-Ad-
miral Sims for details and another fras-
! men;ary report reached the Navy De.
partment this morning.
! Occurred Far on shore.
| The fact that the destroyer was sunk
/ ha IaI "a,
boat was apparently operating further
or shore than anticipated are two dis
! turbing factors to the naya! authorities
| mere. 1t has been assumed that the
| submarines were not able to stalk their
prey under cover of darkness 1t is be-
! lieNed even now that the C-boat must
/ have stumbled on her prey by a lucky
chance and been able to discharge he-
/ torpedo before being detected by the
alert watch always maintained by the
| crews of American destroyers.
! The Jacob Jones was one OF the LARGEST
and newest American dcstroyers. Her
loss Will be felt. but within the last few
| DAYS new American destroyer has sue
! cessfully had her trials and is ready to
make good the gap in the destroyer,
! forces abroad, The number of new
: American destroyers which will be sent
! to European waters before next summer
U ",
that from the strategic viewpoint the
| loss might be discounted were it not for
| the loss OF officers and crew.
! Secretary Daniels, when he made his
! first announcement to-day. plainly showed
! the strain of his personal ANXIETY as wei,
| aG that over the loss OF the Jones. tho
! greatest to the navy thus far IN
! the war, At this time IL was believed
| that Lieutenant-Command Bagley had
| do
Basleys mother has lived for several
years at the Secretarys home.
\ brother OF Lieutenant Commando
Basley Easign Worth Bagley, was the
only American officer killed In the war
! with Spain. lie was aboard the de-
stroyer Winslow when 1t Was struck bv
a shell in n battle off Cardenas, Cuba.
in April, 1895.
Some OF the Rescued.
Names Of only sixteen Of the forty
three SURVIVORS were given III the des-
patches received here, These names fol-
! low:
! Lieutenant Comma uder David WORTH
Bagley, Lieut. Norman Scott Lieut.
John IL Richards, Ensisn Nelson ~
Gates. Assistant Surgeon l.. l.. Adam
! kiewicz, Charles T.. Pierce. fireman
/ Timothy Edward Twomncy, seaman ,
John &, Johnson seaman; Henry A.
! StutZke. chief machinsts' mate. Ed
ward i. Grady, fireman, second class (:
! John j. Mulvaney, seaman. Myror
Flood. seaman: Clarence Mcbride. chief
| boatswain's mate Ben Nunncry. cox
swain Lawrence G, Kelly. chief eler-
| trician Joseph korZenecky, fireman
The list of officers and enlisted men
on the Jones follows:
| OFFICERS.
| BAGI.EY, n, W., Lieutenant. Commander
| mother, Mrs 4. W, Baglsy, Washing
, ton. u g. iReportrd ss ve,l)
SCOTT, NORMAN. Lieutenant. ST. Louis
tRrported saved
GATES. \, ". Ensign. Bay City. M!ch.
| (Reported ssvedb
| lADAMEIEWlCH l.. L., AssistaW surgeon,