Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1918-06-04
LIEUTENANT METTEN
LINCOLN SURVIVOR
Assistant Paymaster Johnson,
Known Here, Reported
Missing.

While relatives OF Lieutenant Irving
II, Mctten oi Middletown ard John
Rowland Fairbanks. whose only sister
Miss Mary l.. Fairbanks, lives in VIII
mington, have received word from the
Navy Department, NJ Washington. 20
the effect that these men arc among the
Survivors,. local friends of Assistant Pay
master j. Edward Johnson, we'll known
here, fear that he was lost
Vice Admiral Sims last night issued
list of the men missing from among
those who were on the boat, and Will
l. does not contain any Of these names,
II contains the name O! y. f.. Ard~to1,
or Ardstow. assistant paymlStHr. I, \
Naval Reserve, while the Navy De
partmeut makes the notation that no
such name apnears on the department 5
records Ii Is known here that ], Edward
Johnson whose home was in knoxville,
Tenn. but who had been a frequent
visitor here and had many friends here.
was assistant paymaster on the President
Loncoln and that at the time the boat
was sunk he WAS making his second re-
turn trip on II. Therefore, they fear
the missing man referred 10 was Johnson.
johnson graduated from the Philadelphia
Textile School four years ago. Sub
sequently he was a supervisor for "A yea
at the Abcrfovle Mills Chester, Pa,
and last year following enlistment,
was at the BROOKLYN Navy Yard He
was about p years old and unmarrie l.,
His parents and a number Of brothers
and sisters survive.
Lieutenant Mcttcn who was chief
engineer of the boat, Is a son of Mr.. and
Mrs Alexander Mctten Of Aiiddletown
and = brother Of William +. Metten,
business manager u Every Evening
and Miss Bcrnice Metten, also OF VIII
mington also OF John i. Mctten. chief
engineer az Cramps shlpyard, Phlladel-
phia. William t. Nctten received a
telegram from the Navy Department
announcing that the lieutenant was no
among the missing. similar message
WAS received by Miss Fairbanks con
corning her brother.
William 4 Price. who lived III this
city at 1916 ShallcroSS avenue until
his removal to Montgomery Ala. three
years ago. was also on board. but his
name does not appear among the missing
He is brother OF Mrs Robert L. Pyle
of this city
\ son Of J " Spanglr division freight
agent Of the Pennsylvania railroad At
Niliamsport, Pa was medical . iiccr
of the transport, and he evidently ! among
the SURVIVORS
TWENTY-SIX MISSING.
Three officers and % enlisted men are
reported missing One officer was captured
by the submarine Lieutenant Edouard
V NJ Isaacs, Of Fort Huoabuca. Arizona.
was the officer captured. Surgeon LINDSAY
c. Whiteslde, Leighton, Pa assistant
paymaster Andrew Mowat. Newport,
Ardston are the missing Ardston name
does not appear on the navy record and
there probably was an error in its trans
mission.
The enlisted men reported missing
are Howard A. Himmelwright Mantle
Pa; Victor j kuhnert, Brooklyn. y
Y; Bernard NJ Brown, Philadelphia
Edward NJ Daley, Buffalo, y
Clarence " McAlliSter, Akron, \ 81.
Jacob c. Nowacki. BROOKLYN = -.
G. b. Johnson, Decatur, rcnn; Lloyd
h. Haiaht, Trenton, tab. Brittle Fan
ETH. Clifton, y. j. George Il Hoffman,
Ridley Park, Va: John \ Jenkins,
Eugene, Mo; Flovd II IIedglin Eddy /
vile. Neb.; William f. Owens Tren- |
ton, y j.; Robert j. freeman. Ohphant
Furance, Pa Karl II Neuiet. Columbus, !
Ind Frederick " Wilson. Jr, Denis4n,
Texas; Arthur T. jefferson, jacksonville, |
Fla, Harold II Williams 1917 Bergen /
St, Brooklyn, y Prank II Mood 4
ard, no address given, Robert : Walker, +
chattanooga, Tenn Alfred 4 Sweeting, /
New York; Arthur : Eghert, Granite /
vile l.. / Jacob Lied New \ ORR
ALI PASstNGERs SAVED.
The latest dispatches received By The !
Navy Department state that all the pas
.engers, including the sick, aboard the
President Lincoln were saved None Of |!
the survivors were seriously injured The
transport was attacked by submarine
1t 9.53 a. m on Nav 81 was struck BY
three tOrpedoeS. and sank in Is minutes
The submarine was not seen until after
the torpedoes we're sighted The command
10 abandon ship was carried out in excel
ent order
The attacking submarine was about
200 feet long, and was not of the cruiser
ype.
American destroyer went to the rescue.
As they were returning 10 port with the
q submarine was sighted, AT
noon Saturday and attacked BY de-
troyer.
The small loss of life on the President
Lincoln was due to the thorough dis
.iplinc OF the ships company aud excel
ent scamanship of the commanders and
,fiicers of the vessels concerned, part leu
arlY the commander Of the transport,
SIMS says Ia his report