New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1917-12-15
HARRY HOOD KILLED ON
DUTY.

The sinking by a German sub
marine of the Jacob Jones caused
the death of the above named
young man whom many 1berians
will remember. Hood while in
his teens lived in this City with
Ehis parents. and for several years
WAS employed in the mercantile
establishment of Hon. Henry n.
'Pharr at Olivier. The family it
will be remembered received con-
siderable notoriety here when
Miss Hood was bethrothed to an
English Count by the name of j.
B. Cavendish and left with her
husband for some point in Cali
ufornia and for many years her
mother was unable to trace the
whereabouts of her daughter
latter the marriage. Last year
the daughter returned to her
mother who resides at Atlanta, Ga.
and it was in that City that Harry
Hood entered the Navy and was
assigned to duty on the ill-fated
United States destroyer jacob
Jones.
Through the kindness Of Mr..
W. B. Sharp, who met the family
last summer while in Atlanta. we
have been enabled to reproduce
from the Atlanta Journal the sub
joined article:
"The exigencies of war were
brought home to two Atlanta
mothers in the sinking of the Uni
ted States destroyer. Jacob Jones.
bya German submarine.
"The grief Of the mother Of one
Atlanta boy is overwhelming DE
cause Of the death of her son; the
suffering of the other mother is
almost as great because Of the
agonizing uncertainty. She does
not know whether her son is dead
or alive.
"I'd rather nv son drown than
to fall into the hands of the Ger
MANS" said Mrs. Belle Hood.
mother of Harry Hood. who lost
his life on the torpedoed ship.
s some comfort to me to know
that he is lying on the bottom Of
the Atlantic and is not in the
hands of the enemy"
"That was the brave statement
of Mrs. Hood made at her home. s.
East Pine street. Monday morn
ing. as she realized fully the fate
of her twenty-seven year old son
While Mrs. J. A. Kennedy. 65
Woodward avenue. has not heard
whether her son, Milton Lamor
Snider. is living or dead. she also
declared that she would prefer
him to be drowned than to fail
into the hands of the Germans.
Both Mothers Gains.
"Both mothers were calm, and
behind their grief there is a feel
ing of deep-seated pride in the
fact that their boys took part II
an exploit which will always be
engraved on the memory Of Amer
lean people.
Harry Hood was killed by the
explosion of an instrument that
had always had for him a peculiar
fascination-the torpedo. The
torpedo was his toy, he worked
with it. studied it, and gave all
his time to it, only to have an ex-
plosion of a torpedo result in his
death.
est was seven years ago that
the lure of the sea led Harry
Hood, of Atlanta. to enlist. His
first ship was the Paul Jones. a
torpedo boat destroyer, and while
in this ship he exhibited such I'M
usual skill in handling the tor
pedo he was sent to torpedo
schoM at Newport, R. l.. where
he studied the delicate mechanism
of the Whitehead and Bliss tor
pedoes.
"He was later assigned as chief
mate on the Jacob Jones,
a member Of the flotilla that left
Immediately after the declaration
Of the war for the war zone, and
two months ago he stood and
passed an examination as war
rant officer. which is practically
the highest step the enlisted man
can take. Harry Hood had a
bright future in the navy.
"During seven years Of separa-
ton, young Hood wrote weekly
letters home, and cheerful, happy,
enthusiastic letters they were, re-