The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-10-22
General Pershing Cables His
First Big Casualty List.
67 Killed or Drowned When
the Antilles Sank.
NO U-BOAT OR TORPEDO SEEN
Two Soldiers Lost Have Moth
ers Living in Germany.
Many of Crew Foreigners; is
g. S. Infantrymen on List.

Washington, Oct 22.-Sixty-seven
lives were lost when the army trans
port Antilles went down last Wednes
day by the torpedo of German sub
marine The official list of casualties
cabled today by General Pershing
shows sixty-seven lost; total survivors
ITO and one unaccounted for
The casualty list shows that not all
the lost We're Americans. The fire
men, of whom many were probably
killed by the explosion, came prime
ipa1ly from Spain and Portugal.
Some of the non-commissioned army
officers, among the American troops
lost were men of foreign birth. Two
of them were Germans by birth and
now have mothers living in Germany,
one in Berlin and the other in Olden-
burg.
General Pershing's report throws no
new light on the circumstances of the
attack and so far as is known neither
a submarine nor a torpedo was seen.
Dispatches from General Pershing
announce that the following were lost
in the sinking of the transport An
titles:
Casual Civilian. H. H. Cummings,
emergency; address unknown.
"
Woullische Strasse 2021, Berlin, Ger
Sergeant Otto Miller. infantry.
Nordenhem, Gutenberg. Germany.
Corporal Abraham Swartzberg, in
fantry, New York.
Private Roy Cottrell, Infantry.
Clinton, Ind.
Private Lee w Nelson. Infantry,
Grand Rapids, Mich.
Private Ernest Egert. infantry, Chi
cago.
Private Anton Ehrhart, infantry,
Ferry Wharf. Newport, r. I.
Private John Bright, infantry, Mil
waukee
Private Jordan P. Lock, infantry,
Kansas City, Mo.
Private Carl G. Norsell infantry,
father Carl Norsell. Copenhagen; Den
mark
Private Burett Hamilton, infantry
Grapevine, Tenn.
Private William L. Faust field
artillery, Stony Creek, Mills, Pa.
Private Edward L. Eehel, field ar
til1ery, address unknown.
Private Cornelius ]. Mclaughlin,
infantry. Woburn. Mass.
Private Neptoin Bobin, transport
worker, East Savannah, Ga.
c. L. Ausburne, electrician, U. S.
s. T. Watson, electrician, U. S. N,
no address.
j. C. Mckinney, seaman, U. S. N,
no address.
j. w. Hunt, seaman, u S. N. no
address.
Private Melvin E. Bradbury, medi-
cal corps Boston, Mass.
Private Guy r.. Bosworth, medical
corps. Milburn, n. ].
Assistant Carpenter A. Petersen
mother Leonhard Pedersen, Farscn
Norway.
Wheelman L. D. NJ. Jensen, address
unknown.
Seaman E. Eriksen. Lake Myles
Iowa.
Seaman P Igholm. Nosco, Den
mark.
( Seaman F. Joly, Montreal.
! Seaman r. Parks. San Francisco.
I Third Assistant Engineer E. A
/ Walker, Hoboken, y. J.
Junior Engineer Thomas Boyle
/ County Louth, Ireland.
Junior Engineer ]. O'Rourke, New
York.
Water Tender James Finnegan
Greenmore, County Louth. Ireland.
Oiler o. Fearon, New York.
Fireman NJ. Boza. Veiga Spain
Fireman Fidel Gonzales, Santander
Spain.
Fireman H L. Llaret, Barcelona
Spain
Fireman Antonia LeaI, Valparaiso
Chile.
Chief Butcher George Stanley
Brooklyn. n. Y.
Second Butcher Casiar Maurin
New York.
Second Bakr E. Bishofberger
brother of A Bishofberger, Swiss
army.
Scullion A Touhey. no address.
Waiter ]. I. Nevins, Camden, n. ]
Waiter George Haskie. Baltimore
Waiter F. Michele, New York
Waiter w. Pirie. New York.
Seaman A Doufors. Krunsituota
Finland
Steward w. Slattery. address un
known.
Assistant Storekeeper D. Bayne.
Chief cook, Charles Jason, Ports
wood, England
j Second cook. William Bell. Secumb
England.
Third cook, V. Rfpa, New York.
Crew cook, Charles Tunnie, Oak
land. Cal.
The following were firemen:
T. C. Rodriguez, Bilboa Spain; An
tonic Rodriguez. Alvuerdo, Portugal
A. Beys, Irorico, Chile. F. Sanis, AS
I toria, Spain; Pedro Sola, Parulo
Spain: Constantine Suarez. Coruna
Spain; J. Gonzales. Coruna, Spain. T
Solas. Lisbon. Portugal; E Parcero
Coruna. Spain; J. Thomas Mitiliti
J. Diaz. Puerta Arenas, Chile; A Di
ego, Santadas, Spain; l. Echeverria
San Diego. Chile; Joseph Silvar
lCoruna. Spain.
Total casualties s7 Total survivor
40
Private Elzie Dobes. marine not We
accounted for.
J. Alvarez of crew not yet account
ed for This probably duplication o
name Alyez, a survivor