Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-12-08

Inc udLH5S vi Li6 lSti SulNlNUiS ft-
ported follow:
Lieutenant John K Richards; En-
sign Nelson n Gates; Assistant Sur
geon l.. l.. Adamkiewcz: c. E. Pierce,
fireman; Timothy L. Twomey, seaman;
John C. Johnson, seaman; Henry A
Stutzke, chief machinists mate; Ed
ward F. Grady. fireman; second class.
]. ]. Mulvaney, seaman, and Myron
Flood. seaman.
Lieutenant Commander David Worth
Bagley, brother of Mrs. Josephus Dan
iels, wife of the secretary of the navy.
and whose brother was the first
American officer to give his life in
the Spanish-American war, does not
appear in the list of survivors.
Inasmuch as Admiral Sims men
toned other officers among the sur
vivors and did not name Bagley, it is
feared he went down with his ship.
The complement of the Jones in
peace times was five officers, five pet
" officers and 81 enlisted men. Tn
doubtedly this has been probably in
creased to a hundred or more. From
the first report it would appear that
the loss of life would be upwards of
60.
Attacked in the Night.
The attack. which was at O'Clock
at night. was delivered by torpedo.
In the rolling icy seas of the North
Atlantic winter weather, the subma-
rine probably had plenty of opportu-
nifty to pick her time for the shot
The submersible probably came upon
the destroyer patrolling her course
/ in the dark and had all the best of
| the engagement.
/ No details we're contained in today's
report. but it has been the case here
/ tofore that when submarine gets a
/ hit on the destroyer it is more due
to a chance meeting and good oppor-
/ tunity than fighting skill on the part
OF the submarine.
Probably Blown Apart.
The large loss OF life would indi-
cate that the torpedo with it's deadly
charge of high explosives. made a
+ fair hit plump ON the destroyer's thin
hull and that the submarine hunter
probably was blown in two. That
she went down quickly is evidenced
by the fact that nothing is said OF
survivors getting off in life boats
/ Those saved got off on RATS which
probably floated on the sinking ship
as she plunged down in the darkness
Was On Patrol Duty.
The sinking occurred Dec. 9, at 8
p. m, while the ship was on patrol
duty. She was commanded by the
! Lieutenant Commander David Worth
Bagley, brother of Mrs. Josephus Dan
iels. wife Of the secretary Of the navy
Commander Bagley's brother was
first American officer killed in the
Spanish American war.
Had Fighting History.
j The Jacob Jones was the ship which
saved sos persons from the Drama, !
P. and O. liner, converted into an aux
iliary cruiser, on Oct. 10. The 0rs.ma
had been torpedoed by submarine
while she was acting as a part Of {
convoy of merchant vessels under es
cort of American destroyers. The
Jacob Jones was one of the convoy
The Jacob Jones and other destroy
ers we're detailed to remain by thi
oidHld dtlEA jnt suDLIdi iht udu LSt.
attacked and put out OF action. Whel
the Drama began to settle it had grow
dark and her crew abandoned her
The Jacob Jones picked up in tn
darkness 305 of the ATS persons OF
board.
The other vessel standing by res
eued the remainder
One OF Newest Destr0yers.
! The Jacob Jones peace time com
plement was five officers, five petty OF
: ficers and 81 men. She was one O
/ the newest and largest Of American
: destroyers, with displacement O
: 1,l50 tons and length of 80 feet owe
: all. She vas completed in 1916 at tn
, plant of the New York Shipbuildin
: company, Camden, y. ]. She burne
: oil, was driven by turbine engines an
had speed OF 1851 knots an hour.