Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1918-04-21
Navy Department Announces
Sinking Of Vessel on Her
Maiden Voyage About Mid
night of April II,
5 OFFICERS AND IL
ENLISTED MEN SAVED
Full Details Of Sinking Have
Not Been Received From
Admiral SIMS Sailed From
American Port in March.
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Washington April 20.-The Ameri.
can steamship LEX Moor, sailing on
her maiden voyage with naval crew
aboard, was sunk by an enemy sub
marine in European waters about
midnight, April IL, and five officers
and thirty-nine men are missing, tho
navy department announced tonight
Five officers, including Lieutenant
Commander Kinchen ]. Powers, U. s.
n. r. f., and twelve enlisted men
have been landed at an English port
The list of missing as announced
by the department follows
Lieut. Lewis w. Offutt, y. s. N. X.
f., San Francisco, Calf.
Lieut.. Thomas Kirk, Y. S. n. n. F.,
Brooklyn, n Y,
Ensign Soteres Lizikos. IT, s. n. II.
F., Island of Thassos. Greece.
Assistant Paymaster Claude n.
Kriebel, L. s. N, r. F., Iansdsle. Pa,
Machinist James A. McGourty. U.
s. N. r. f., Worcester, Mass.
Enlisted Men.
Battle, Joseph Rocky Mount. N. C.,
Burnk, Frank william, Sioux Falls,
s. y. r.
| Bush. William F., Danville, Tenn.
| CLASSY, Walter, Providence. II. !,
! Claus, Chester G., East San Diego,
Calf
Cohen. Jacob Edel, Richmond. Va,
! Darnell. william L.. Berkeley. Va,
! Ferguson William Bertil. Roanoke,
| Va e.. .., ..
Flood Francis Roberts, Hannibal,
Mo. ... ....
FRANKIE, Rheinhold Armien, Otto,
New York city. ,..,
Grider, Roy ulrich, Bridgeport, Ala.
Ham, Alvin Fairbank. Catonsville,
! Nd. ....... ..
Hitler, Charles Bernard. Philadel-
phia. ....... =
Hobbs Milton Ellsworth, Alvs,
okla.
Howorton, John BENJAMIN, Peters
burg, Va. ....
! Hughes. Emmett, Chicago.
Hughes, Fred Raymond Porter
Roseville Md. 4
Ice, Woodfred Wallace. Meyers, S,
C.
Iverson, Chester Maivin, Seattle.
Wash. ..., 4
Johnston. Eugene Allen. Ports
mouth, Va.
Kingrey. Otto Albert Andrew,
Olympia, Wash.
Kirkpatrick. James Edward Green
Vile. S. C.
Mcintyre, Thomas Aloysius. Phila-
delphia.
Meacham, Robert Webster Bliss
field, Mich.
Nelson. c. A., engineman, unknown.
Oldham. Charles Francis. Elko.
New.
| Ratcliffe, Cleland Kinloch, Rich
mond. Va.
Ryan, Joseph Francis. Philadelphia.
Slonaker, Charles John, York. Pa,
Stein, Philip Henry. Jr.. Philadei-
phia.
| Taggart. Harry, Hamlin, Tex.
Tate, Lawrence Melzer. st. Peters,
burg. Fla.
Thibert, Adolph James, St. Johns,
n. d.
Thorne, George Henry, baltimore.
|
Ward George, Baldwin. ". ID.
/ Wilson, Frederick. Easton. Md
Wilson, Thomas, Portsmouth. Va.
wuest, Robert Harry. Cincinnati. o.
| The officers and men rescued were;
Officers.
| Lieutenant Commander Kinchen J.
Powers, U. S. N. r. F., Wilmington.
IN. G. ...
/ Lieut.. william D. Goodman, Y.
/ y. r. F., Brooklyn. N. Y.
/ Lieut.. Frank Pulaski. Y. s. N. II. F.
! Chicago.
Ensigne George Bennett, U. S. n.
4 r, F., Bushnell, I'll.
1 Ensign Allan Brown, U. S. n. r. f.
4 Montclair, N. J.
Enlisted Men.
/ Barnes. Robert Carlton. Bridge.
! town, Barbados.
Daily, John Joseph, Philadelphia.
Hens,ey. Clarence Edward. Mans
field. Mo. =
/ Jacques, Chauncey NJ. Depew, Res
cue, Eldorado county. Calf.
Johnson. Prince A., Franklin, Va.
\ Leonard, Roscoe Conklin. Cam
bridge. Md.
Nichols, Richard Vincent, Camden,
\ N. J.
o'Neill, John F., Jf.. sommerville.
Mass.
Reichard, William Densil. Wiltshire,
Ohio.
Rusack, Sidney Leroy, Lakewood
r. ].
stribling, James Edward. Hartford,
Wash.
winslette, Frank Leslie, Fisk, Tex