Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1917-12-14
American Seaman Taken Prison.
er by German U-Boat.
SIXTY-FIVE MEN MISSING
Admiral Sims Reports That the Jacob
Jones Was Torpedoed Near Eu-
ropean Coast-Commander
Among Survivors.

SdDLHdIIuc VI l1le ucSIIOSeI JuCOO
Jones.
Vice Admiral Sims cabled to the
navy department 81 additional names
of survivors of the Jacob Jones.
News that one of the Jones crew
had been picked up and taken pris-
Oner aboard the U-boat was also
cabled by Admiral Sims. 1t is the
first occurrence of the kind since
war was declared.
Junior Officer Does of Exposure.
The complement of the Jacob Jones
at the time of the torpedOing was
Ill instead of 107. as was first an
nounced, it was stated.
Names of four men, one an Off
Ger and three enlisted men, were
cabled by Admiral Sims. OF the four
one died of exposure and three were
rescued. In his report the American
naval commander in European waters
sent the names of q survivors, the
fact of whose rescue was announced
in his dispatch of yesterday, but
whose identity was not disclosed.
The known saved stood at 43 last
night; with the prisoner included the
figure was A.
Two Known Dead Announced.
Admiral Sims reported the follow
ing known dead:
Ensign S. E. Kalk, died of exposure;
Kalk, Omaha, Neb.
Gunner Harry Hood, killed by ex-
plOsiOn of the torpedo; next of kin,
mother, Belle Hood, Atlanta. Ga.
The list of q additional saved, MAX
ing, with the 16 saved reported Sat
urday, a total of 43 survivors, was
made public. The list in part follows:
Clifford Vernon De Forest, chief
electrician; wife, Buelah De Forest,
Chicago.
Lawrence Hansen, apprentice sea-
man; Chicago.
Chester b. Lanen, seaman: emer-
gency address not available
Edward Meier water tender; IA
ther, John F. Meier 2O5S Monroe
street, Bay City. Mich.
Commander Is Saved.
Lieutenant Commander David
Worth Bagley and Lieut.. Norman
Scott were among the survivors res
cued after the sinking of the Ameri"
can destroyer Jacob Jones by Ger.
man submarine in the war zone. The
navy department was so advised by
Vice Admiral Sims
It is now established that the five
line officers on the destroyer were
rescued. Gunner Harry R. Hood and
GO men are missing.
Four Others Saved.
The four other survivors reported
besides Commander Bagley and Lieu
tenant Scott were:
Chief Boatswan's Mate Clarence
Mcbride; wife, Florence Mcbride,
Syracuse, n Y.
COxswain Ben Nunnery; father,
Fred A. Nunnery, Edgmoor, s. c..
Chief Electrician Lawrence G.. Kel-
ly: next of kin not given.
Fireman Joseph Korzeniecky: moth
err, Anna Korzeniecky, Survive. Rus
STA.
Admiral Sims report said that Com
mander Bagley and the five other
men saved with him got away in
motor boat and were picked up and
landed uninjured at the Sicily islands.
Dispatches from Vice Admiral Sims
put an entirely new complexion on the
circumstances of the attack on the
Jones.
Earlier reports had indicated that
the destroyer was torpedoed while sew
eral hundred miles at sea and that the
attack had taken place in the dim
dawn of the early morning.
Torpedoed Close to Coast.
The real story was told in Admiral
Sims latest reports in the first place.
the navy department announced, on the
strength of these dispatches. that "the
Jones was not so far from the Euro
pean coast as was indicated in first
reports"
Again. the attack took place at 4 -
/ O'Clock in the afternoon instead of in
the early morning. At that hour it was
we'll on toward darkness off the Brit
iSh coast. In the North sea there are
only five hours of daylight at this sea-
son. Off the Irish coast the daylight
hours are not more than seven so it
was probably deep dusk when the tor
pedo was launched.
U-Boat Carries Off One Man.
The submarine was not seen until
after the attack. Then. when it was
plain that the destroyer was helpless
and sinking rapidly. the U-bOat came
10 the surface and stood off watching.
The American seamen were hurriedly
launching their liferafts. but some OF
the men either jumped overheard or
fell into the water. 1t was one of these
that the U-boat, making slow Roadway
through the scene of the wreckage,
nicked I'D and took aboard. Later the
submarine again submerged and made
off. carrying the American sailor with
her.