The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1917-10-25
AWAIT
ANTILLES LIST
Washington, Though Grieving for
70 U-Boat Victims, Rejoice
Small Loss.
ATTACK WAS ON RETURN TRIP
First Blow to Transport Service 10
Believed to Have Been Delivered
by Craft That Hid TIL
Convoy Passed.

Washington. Oct. 22.-Administra-
ton officials are awaiting with pro-
found interest application Of the
meager details cabled to the navy de-
partment yesterday by vice-Admiral
Sims of the torpedoing and sinking OF
the United States transport Antilles.
Names of the great majority Of the
victims are lacking the dispatches CIV
ing only those of four naval seamen
and three engineer officers of the
transport.
The Antilles was the first victim
from Americas war forces claimed by
the U-boats.
Within ~ hours after an American
destroyer had been disabled in the
undersea attack torpedo crashed in
TO the engine room bulkhead Of the
homecoming transport and sent 1t to
the bottom with the loss of 20 lives.
Sixteen soldiers and several enlisted
men Of the navy were included in the
submersible's heavy toll.
List Of Dead Is Not Known.
II was impossible today TO ascertain
the names of the victims among the
crew and soldiers. The list cannot be
completed until the muster roll, made
up M the French port Of embarkation.
can be compared with the roster OF
survivors.
As far as known no high officers OF
the army or navy were due TO return
on the Antilles. There is no definite
information on that point, however. as
only General Pershing knows who was
sent home ON the ship. The reports
so far received show merely that Il
number Of army officers and 80 enlist
ed men of the army were aboard. Evi-
IDENTIFY Admiral Sims rushed his tidings
off before he communicated with Gen
eral Pershinc.
While the deepest sympathy was ex.
pressed in official circles for those who
calamity gave up their lives. relief
was general over the fact that the
vessel had met its fate when home
! ward bound and not on the way over
with Il large number of troops aboard.
Had the successful attack been deliv-
cred when the Antilles was on its trip
to France the lass of life probably
would have been appalling. IL was
struck in n vital spot and plunged be-
low so swiftly that comparatively few
could have survived.
Survivors ProbFbly Are Ashore.
II is believed that the attack was
made well out at sea, since II took two
days for news of the disaster 10 reach
Washington. Survivors are thought
TO be safe ashore in France. England
or Ireland.
The loss of the Antilles marks the
first impairment OF transport serv'
ice that has operated successfully
since Americas active entrance into
the war. Since the unsuccessful at
tack on the convoy of the first con
tingent large numbers Of troops and
vast quantities of supplies had been
forwarded overseas with complete i'm
munity from the menace Of undersea
warfare.
Daniels Tells Of Submarine Attack.
secretary buuitiS uuth'iiH'' Wv
following announcement:
''The department is In receipt OF
dispatch from Nice-Admiral Sims,
which states that the steamship An
titles, an army transport, was torpe.
doed on October II while returning to
this country from foreign service. This
vessel was under convoy of American
patrol vessels ut the time.
The torpedo which struck the An
titles was not seen, nor was the sub
marine which fired 1t. The torpedo hit
abreast OF the engine room bulkhead
and the ship sank within five minutes.
One hundred and sixty-hve persons
out OF about 237 ON board the Antilles
were saved. About 70 men are miss
Ing.
Naval Officers Saved.
"All the naval officers and officers OF