The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1917-10-26
NAMES Of ANTILLES
DEAD ANNOUNCED
Official List of U-Boat Victims
CabIed by Pershing.
81 DEAD AND ITO RESCUED
Report Received at Washington
Throws No Light on Circumstances
of the Attack-No Torpedo
Sighted.

Washington, Oct. 23.-Sixty-seven
lives were lost when the army trans
port Antilles went down last WedneS-
day by the tOrpedOOf German subma-
rine. The official list of casualties,
cabled by General Pershing, shows 81
lost, total survivors 10 and one unac-
counted for.
The casualty list shows that not all
the lost were Americans. The fire
men, of whom many were probably
killed by the explosion, came princi-
pally from Spain and Portugal. Some
of the nOncOmmissiOned army officers,
among the American troops lost, were
men Of foreign birth and now have
mothers living in Germany, one in Ber-
lin and the other in Oldenburg.
No Submarine Sighted.
General Pershing's report throws no
new light on the circumstances Of the
attack and so far as is known neither
submarine nor torpedo was seen.
The list of enlisted men and others
from the middle West follows:
Private Ernest Eggert, infantry;
nearest friend, Miss Edna Barnett, 522
West Thirty-fOurth court, Chicago. Pri-
vate John Bright, infantry; nearest
relative, Mike Bright, 1241 Lake street,
Milwaukee. Private Arthur Erhart, in
fantry; Ferrywash Newport, r. L.
Sergt. Otto Kieber, infantry; father,
Paul Kleber, MOullische straSse, 2O21,
Berlin, Germany Corporal Abraham
Swartzberg, infantry; New York, n. Y.
Private Roy COttrell, infantry; moth
er, Mrs Alfred COttrell, Clinton, Ind.
Private Lee W. Nelson, infantry; cou-
sin, Max J. NOwaczyk, Al Prescott ave-
nue., Grand Rapids, Mich. Private Jor-
gan P. Lock, infantry; Kansas City,
Mo. Private Carl G. MOrsell, infan-
try; father, George MOrSell, VeSter-
brOghe, II Copenhagen, Denmark. Pri-
vate Burnett Hamilton, infantry;
Grapevine, Tenn. Private William L.
Faust, field artillery; Stony Creek
Mills, Pa. Private Edward L. Echel,
field artillery; address unknown.
Private j. Mclaughlin, infantry; WO-
burn, Mass. Private NeptOln BObin,
transport worker; East Savannah, Ga.
c.. l.. Tusburne, electrician, q. S. NJ;
no address. III. f. Watson, electrician,
u. S. N; no address. J. G. Mckinney,
seaman, U. S. N; no address. J. W.
Hunt, seaman, u. S. N; no address.
Private Melvin e. Bradbury, medical
CORPS: Boston. Mass Private Guy Il.
Bosworth, medical corps; Milburn, N.
J. Seaman Il. Eriksen; sister, A. Nil
sen, Lake Myles, Ia.
The Antilles was tOrpedoed on
Wednesday while returning to this
country from France. She was under
convoy at the time of American patrol
vessels.
Neither the torpedo which sent her
to the bottom nor the destroying sub
marine was sighted.
The men had little chance for their
lives. Struck abreast Of the engine
room bulkhead, the Antilles sank like
a plummet, going down in five min
uteS.
Soldiers and Sailors Die.
Thirteen soldiers and four men from
the navy are gone, and with them 5O
of the crew of the passenger steam
er. The Antilles was made an army
transport when it was determined to
send our forces abroad to fight in
France.
Daniels Issues Statement.
Secretary of the Navy Daniels au-
thOriZed the following statement:
"The department is in receipt of
dispatch from Vice Admiral Sims,
which states that the steamship An
TILES, an army transport, was torpe
doed on October IL, while returning
to this country from foreign service.
'This vessel was under convoy of
American patrol boats at 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 en-
gine-room bulkhead. and the ship sank
within five minutes.
"One hundred and sixty-seven per-
sons out of about two hundred and
thirty-seven ON board the Antilles
were saved. About seventy are miss
ing.
''All the naval officers and officers of
the army who were on board the ship
at the time were saved, as were the
officers of the ship, with the exception
of three junior engineer officers. Four
of the enlisted naval personnel were
lost.
"There were about 33 of the army
enlisted personnel on board, of whom
IL were saved"