Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-08-14
CITY Of ATHENS LOST !
ALMOST IN SIGHT Of .
PORT At CAPE TOWN
Five Americans, Including
Three Women Missionaries
Ten Other Passengers and
Four Members of Crew Lost

WASHINGTON, Aug. 13-Five Amer-I
| lean passengers lost their lives whenI
| the American vessel City of Athens wasl
sunk by a mine off Cape Town, Africa
Four Of the crew and ten additional
! passengers were lost.
The vessel carried missionaries fromI
Brooklyn and New York headsuarters|
| to Cape Town. Their destination WIS
almost in sight when the vessel struck
| a mine.
The dead Americans are Mr.. Summed
and four missionaries-Mr. and Mrs.
Naygard, Miss Robinson and Caroline|
| Thompson.
The state department announcement
said:
In addition to these, a man named
Duckworth, British, and his Americana
wife and six children were lost Mrs
Duckworth's father lives in Denver; hi 81
name is unknown.
The telegram shows that Miss Rob-
inson belonged to the Methodist board
mission at $50 Fifth avenue, New
York City. Mr.. Pointer, of that mis-
sion, was saved.
Nineteen missionaries belonging to|
mission with headquarters at s56|
Bridge street, Brooklyn, were saved x
Mr. Sommer and wife, apparently
from Meadows, ILL.,, were saved. Mr..
Rfchey, of 1915 Evans avenue CHICAGO 4
Mr.. Pritchet, 1926 Rockland street
Philadelphia; David L. Astoria. of South
Dakota; K E. Braaten, Minneapolis; al
| Mr. Denham, an Australian with an
American wife and two children, and al
Mr.. Smith were among others saved"
The vessel struck a mine and sank
near Cape Town August 10.
Germany, starting a new campaign OIL
horror on the seas, will be met by AL
SITTER American-allied policy. rsW
VII 81
Of new destroyers soon as the initial
contribution to this new struggle She
and her allies may be forced into a bold
aggressive warfare against the U-boats
at or near their sources-instead of
contenting themselves with defensive
| work -
Germany's new horror methods are
doubly evidenced. -
Her apparent capture of the captain
and four American gunners of the tark-
er Canlpana in the bay of Biscay led
authorities to fear German may repeal
the Fryatt case, justifying execution on
] the ground that private ship resisting
a submarine is a pirate vessel
Secondly. the Belgian Prince incident
showed similar Teuton tendency to-
ward new schrecklichkeit. Men from
that vessel were placed aboard the SUBJ
marine, and then the U-boat submerged.
drowning the men on deck like a litter
of kittens.
That new naval steps against Ger
many are planned is shown by the fact
that japan is throwing new units into
the allied sea zone; and further, by the
fact that the allies expect soon to have
a conference on future naval action
The advocates of offensive warfara
say that unless the American-allied
fleets strike terror to the heart of Ger
many. she will go to untold lengths in
her U-boat campaign.
Sinking of the American steaml
er Campana, Standard Oil TANK
er. with the probable capture OF
her captain and four members of
the naval guard by the attacking
German submarine. was announced Sun
day by the navy department
The department issued this state
ment: z
Tine Standard OIL tanker Campanal
American steamer, was sunk by a sub
marine on the morning of August g. Il
miles west of lie de Re- Forty-seve
survivors reached land in safety. 1t
believed the captain of the steamer an
four of the armed guard are prisoner
on board the German submarine"