El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-12-10
ONLY "A OUT OF 10 ON
u. S. VESSEL ESCAPE ALIVE


Washington. D. c., Dec 1o.-Only
a OF the 10 officers and men on
board the American destroyer, Jacob
Jones. were saved when the ship was
torpedoed by a German submarine,
according TO official reports which
have reached the navy department
Yesterdays reports added to the
list Of dead ensign Staunton f. Kalk.
Of Omaha, Neb.. q young officer who
died of exposure. The dispatches gave
no further details Of the escape Of
Lieut.. Com. Bagley and the other
survivors, but they contained the
names Of II Of the rescued in addi-
ton 10 those announced last night
Secretary Daniels issued this state
meut-
additional information received
from vice admiral Sims reveals the
TACT that the Jacob Jones was tor
Uedoed at 4:12 p. m on December O.
She began TO settle aft and finally
sank at 4:29. The submarine was not
seen until some time after the ship
sank. The submarine then picked ul
ore survivor, whose identity is not
known The destroyer was not so far
from the European coast as was in
AAE&LE4 nL the AA4a AAsA le--AAANsa-
Gunner Harry R. Hood. Atlanta,
Ca. was killed by the explosion OF
the torpedo. Ensign s F halk died
OF exposure
'aTwenty-seven additional names Of
survivors have been received, bring
ing the total saved up to a, inclusive
of the man taken prisoner by the sub
marine"
Additional Survivors,
Following are names Of survivors
cabled by admiral Sims in addition 20
the list previously published;
Quartermaster Howard L. Chase;
boatswain's mates Charles Charles
worth and Harry Louis Gibson; gun
ner's. mates Charles Chiffon and Con
rad Streeb; chief yeOman Joseph
Arthur COssairti chief electrician
Vernon De Forrest cleo
triciaus Clifton CrandfOrd, Boyd Mar
tell Hamp and Terrell Read Wood;
seamen Harold William Aagaard,
Phillip Jacob Burger, Gustave Eulitz,
ir., Albert Lewis EverrOad, Edward
Fenton, Henry Joseph Maletz
and Donat Marchand; firemen David
Roy Carter and Patrick Henry Judge; /
mess attendant Restituto Echon; I
carpenters mate William Penn I
hospital attendant Ernest ?. 4
Pennington. water tender Edward I
Meier; apprentice seaman Lawrence /
Hansen.
Additional Survivors.
The following survivors were not in ]
The list OF enlisted personnel given 1
out Saturday;
Seaman Chester B. Lanen, address
not given
Fireman Howard A Meyer. White
Firenan Charles a. Mason. West
Lynn. Mass
Officials entertain little hope that
1ore survivors will be found alive. !
The bitter cold makes it improbable 4
hat those who may have escaped and
-Oated about on RATS or wreckaEe /
through the night could have sur
Ship Sank Qui~.Iy.
The report indicates that the craft
-tumbled into the path of the sub
marine by UnluclZy chance and that
he torpedo went home in such a vital
spot that the vessel was sinking even
IS the flare Of the explosion died out.
Wight was at hand. There was no
inc to make provision against the
old and the sea as the crew leaped
% the life RATS. Many probably had
lied with gunner Hood in the ex-
Dlosion.
U-Boat Took No Chances.
The U-boat commander made sure
,efOre he exposed his craft that the
destroyer had gone down He took
10 chances OF q last shot from her
-uns which might send him and his
easel also to their reckoning. Prob
.bly the single man saved by the
was taken aboard because .
he submarine officer desired inform
tion as TO the identity Of the vessel
he had sunk u
Secretary Daniels showed u-oi-r'-
he relief that had come with word
hat his brotherinlaw, Lieut.. Com. 1
}agley, was among the saved.