The sun., 1918-04-15
NAVY IS UNABLE
TO FIND CYCLOPS
II DAYS MISSING
Fuel ship. Last Reported
March +. Had One Dis
abled Engine.
40 TRACE OF C-BOAT
Vessel Bound With Cargo Of
Manganese From Brazil
to Atlantic Port.
0 TRACE OF C.BOAT
>peciGi DeSrotci to The SUN.

NsHlNGTON. April IA. - The
Unite! States naval collier CyclOps,
one Of the finest and largest vessels
II the type in the service. Is appar-
entity lost with all on board under
circumstances shrouded in mystery.
The Navy Department announced
to.righi that the vessel has not been
heard from since March 4. when she
eft tho West Indies for an Atlantic
port The CyclopS carried l D officers
and 2el men In her crew and 81 pas
aengerS. She was bringing Il cargo
" manganese from Brazil.
Alfred l.. NJ. Gottschalk. United
States Consul General at Rio Janeiro.
was the only civilian among the pas
sengers. The other passengers were
iwo naval Lieutenan!s and fifty -four
enlisted men. who were returning to
the United States. l.ieutenant-Coni-
mandrr G.. W. Morley. L. :. n. H..
was in command. In the crew were
seven from New York.
Hope Almost Abandoned.
The Navy Department has all bu;
given NJ hope Of finding any trace Of
Ie vessel and therefore has made
plbllc the full list Of passengers and
crew, after notifying the next OF kin.
Despite all efforts no word has come
from tne ship in the last forty-one
days.
1t i known that the Cyclops left
TIE West Indies with one Of her two
engines damaged. but naval officers
point out that she was equipped with
powerful radio apparatus and could
therefore easily have flashed any sig
nal OF distress. No such signal has
hoen picked up and there have been
10 reports showing that the ship could
lave encountered unusual weather
conditions.
IN the face of these facts there has
developed fear in naval circles that
the hidden hand of Germany may be
'onnerted with the mystery. Two
,beories are advanced here a. POSSIBLE
les one is that the ship was blown
~ b., some traitor on board and the
other il that some German raider or
submarine may have attacked and sunk
tie vessel.
No Evidence of u-Doats.
a: German submarines have on any
aston heen operating in steamship
lsUss between the West Indies and the
Atlantic ports From time to time there
havo been vague rumors that Germany
i1s Cited out specially powerful new
sprlarines 10 operate near the Amer
Al coast. but SO far as known nothing
as come of this plan. If Germany has
sent submarines to operate in American
waters and To sink vessels without
rayn'1g the mysterious disappearance
~ TIE Cyclops may be the first blow
rucN hy the German undersea craft.
Ine theory of mysterious German
'ier operating in American waters
IS entertained In some circles. but there
20 So far been no evidence to substan-
late Tie existence Of such enemy craft
al naval authorities are inclined TO be
optical
There j. q bare possibility, IL Is eN.
ha.nrd. that the Cyclops may have
or1k"n Nh az sea and simultaneously
- 'Ie use Of her wireless. in which
'ase she might still turn UP or be picked
~ by some other craft. But in the case
- 'h" 'ycops the ship has been en-
'e!y lost sight of and the route she
was 70 have taken from the West 1n-
les 10 an Atlantic port would have
ought nor within reach OF many other
%.9s even II the navy had not been
'Nert"s every possible effort to save
usr.
The Cys,ops. Of 1850 tons displace-
Nent, : one Of three largest and fastest
oilers In the navy. The Jupiter and
N"Dt0r" are the other vessels OF her
tse a'I type. These Golfers. models
+" watch are on exhibition p, the Navy
department, are without superior III
sy rav,.