South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-12-10
INDIANA MEN LOST
WITH DESTROYER
Late Report of Vice Admiral
Sims Increases List
of Missing.

WASHINGTON. Dec. lo.-Further
reports from Vice Admiral Sims to-
day began to unfold the story OF
the torpedoing Of the destroyer Ja-
cob Jones. but did not lessen the toll
OF lives lost with the ship. Only a.
of 40 OF more officers and men
aboard are known TO have survived.
Including one unidentified man pick
e5 up unC carried of by the suhma-
rine that struck the blow
Albert Lewis Everroad. seaman.
son OF William Everroad OF North
Vernon. Ind. rs among the survivors,
eccoIdine 20 Admiral Sims cable.
Lieut. Norman Scott formerly of In
dia13po Is, was previously announc-
cd as saved No wore of three other
indiana seamen. Reginald John
Fisher Of Connersyille. James a.
Francis Of Osgood. and Leland Nc
Ke3nd Highet Of Spencer, has been
received and officials here have lit
tie hope that more survivors will
100 found alive
Toda-'s reports added 20 the list
OF dead E7sign stanton r. Kalk. "a
your- officer whose name did not
appear ou the first roster Of the
snir' s. COMPANY He died or expo
sure The dispatches gave no fur
Their details of the escape OF Lieut..
Commander Bagley and the other
SURVIVORS. but they contained the
names of Il of the rescued I'M ad-
4
Se"'v Daniels issued this statement:
TOrpcdoed Dec. !.
Additional information received
from Admiral Sims today reveals the
fact that the Jacob Jones was tor
pedoeG at 5:12 p. IN. on Dec. 6. She
began 10 settle aft and finally sank
at %
The submarine was not seen UNI
I'll some time after the ship sank.
The submarine then picked mp one
survivor. whose identity is not
known The destroyer was not 50
far from the European coast as was
indicated by the first dispatches.
Gunner Harry r. Hood was KILL
ed 10y the explosion of the torpe-
do, next of kin motherl Belle
Hood, 80 Pennsylvania av.. Atlanta.
Ga Ensign :. +. Kalk died later
of exposure Ensign Kalk's name
was not lin roster Of officers pub
hshed yesterday His next Of kin il
his mother. Mrs. Flora : Kalk. 172
y 42nd ST.. Omaha, Neb
Twenty additional names
of survivors have been received.
bringing the total number saved up
20 A. including the name Of the
man taken prisoner by the submo-
rine."
Additional survivors List.
The survivors cabled by Admiral
Sims today i'm addition 10 the list
previously published follow:
Quartermaster Howard L. Chase;
Boatswains Mates Charles Charles.
worth and Harry Louis Gibson
Gunners' Mates Charles Chiffon and
Conrad Streeb. chief Woman 10
seph Arthur Cossairt Chief Electri-
clan Clifford Nrenon Deforest; Elec-
tricians Clifton Crandford, Boyd
Narten Hamp and Terrell Read
wood Seamen Harold William,
Aagaar Phillip Jacob Burger. Gus
tav Eulitz ir Albert Lewis Ever
road. Edward Wallace Fenton Hen
rt Joseph MaletZ and Doual March
and: Firemen David Roy Carter and
Patrick Henry Judge. Mess Attend
ant Restituto +. Chon; Carpenters
Mate william Penn Hughes; Hospi-
tai Attendant Ernest H. Penning
ton: Water Tender Edward Meir
Apprentice Seaman Lawrence Han
sen.
The following survivors were not
I'm the list of enlisted personnel given
out yesterday:
Seaman Chester g. Laneu, emer-
eency address not given
Fireman Howard A. Meyer:
mother. Rebecca Meyer. 421 Erie
ST.. White Haven. pa.
Fireman Charles \ Mason. faith
err Charles Mason. sos Western av..
East Lynn. Mass.
Cold Causes Deaths.
Officials here entertain little hope
that more survivors will be found
alive Bitter cold which probably
was the cause Of Ensign Kalk's
death. makes il improbable that
otl ers who may have escaped and
foated about on RATS OF wreckage
through the night could have sur
y,ved much exposure
Every element worked against the
men of the destroyer The report
indicates thar the craft stumbled
into the path OF the submarine bv
rnucky chance mad that the tor
pedo went home I'm such vital spot
that the vessel was sinking as tt-
Hare OF the eNpiasiou died out N.Eh-
was at hand There "-"
10 make provision against the cold
.ud the sea as the crew leaped to
the life RATS Nanv probably hH,
lied with Gunner Hood in the ex
plosiou or the steam bursts that un
douhtedly followed h.
The U-boat commander made sure
before he exposed his craft that the
destroyer had gone down. He took
no chances Of a last shot from her
guns which might send him and his
vessel also TO their reckoning. Prob
ably the single man saved by the
submarine was taken aboard be
caase the submarine officer desired
information as u the identity Of the