Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1918-04-18

can naval collier Cyclops, carrying 81 pas
sengers, Is officers and 221 men In her
crew, has been overdue at an Atlantic port
since March 10. The navy department an
nounced to-day that she was last reported
at a West Indies island March and that
extree anxiety is entertained as to her
safety. The vessed was bringing cargo
of manganese from Brazil.
There have been no reports of German
submarines or raiders in the localaity in
which the collier was, the departments
statement said. The weather had not been
stormy and could hardly have given the
collier trouble.
Alfred l.. Moreau Gottschalk. United
States consul-general at Rio Janeiro. was
the only civilian among the passengers
on the collier, the others being two naval
lietenants and "a naval enlisted men re-
turning to the United States. The Cyclops
was commanded by Lieut.. Commander u.
w. worley, United States naval reserve
force.
The Cyclops left the west Indies with
one of her two engines damaged, but
the department said this fact would not
have prevented her from communicate
ing by radio and all efforts to reach
her by that means have been unsuc-
cessful. thorough search OF the
course which she would have followed
in coming to port has been made and
continues, 1t was announced
The fact that the collier had been
missing nearly a month became known
here April II. The naval censor re-
uuested the Associated Press not to
publish the fact on the ground that the
ship had not been given up for lost
and that to publish the fact that she
was overdue might expose the Cyclops
to submarine or other enemy attack
while she might be disabled on the high
seas. The official announcement by
the navy department to-day does not
give the ship up for lost but merely
says 1.-The navy department feels e.
tremely anxious as to her safety"
The statement follows:
THE United States ship Cyclops. navy
collier of 1900 tons displacement. loaded
with a cargo Of manganese and with a
personnel on board of Is officers and 221
men of the crew and 81 passengers. is
overdue at an Atlantic port since March
10. She last reported at one Of the
West Indian islands on March 4th, and
since her departure from that port no
trace Of her nor information concerning
her has been obtained. Radio calls to
the Cyclops from all possible points have
been made and vessels sent to search for
her along her probable route and area
In which she might be. with no success.
mo well-founded reason can be given
to explain the Cyclops' being overdue,
as no radio communication with or trace
of her has been had since leaving the
West Indian port The weather in the
area in which the vessel must have passed
has not been bad and could hardly have
given the Cyclops trouble. While
raider or submarine could be responsible
for her loss, there have been no reports
hot iv,It To thn nfa fhnr
In the locality in which the Cyclops was.
"It was known that one of the two
engines of the Cyclops was injured and
that she was proceeding at a reduced
speed with one engine compounded. This
fact would have no effect on her ability
to communicate by radio-for even II her
main engines were totally disabled the
ship would still be capable Of using her
radio plant
1.-THE search for the Cyclops still con-
tinues, but the navy department feels ex-
tremely anxious as to her safety
The officers attached to the Cyclops
were announced as follows:
Worley, G. W.. lieutenant commander,
Norfolk, Va; Forbes. Harvey F., lieu
tenant, Port Huron, Mich; Fingellon,
Louis j., lieutenant. Portsmouth, N. H.;
Magnet, G. E., lieutenant. Water Valley
N. j.; Hodge, c. r., lieutenant, Bound
Brook, N. j.; Schonnof. H.. ensign, Balti-
more: Cain, ]. j.. ensign, Fairview. Colo;
Holmes, Charles j., boatswain, Baltimore;
Montgomery c. E.. boatswain, no record
kin; Smith, r. T., ensign. Phoenix, Ariz;
Green e. j., machinist. Brooklyn. N. Y;
konstovich, S.. ensign, Norfolk, Va;
Page, c. G., assistant paymaster. Hyde
Park, VT; Morris, Hugh j.. pay clerk,
New York city; Asper, Burt j., assist
ant surgeon, u. S. N. Chambersburg,
Pa.
All the officers except Assistant Sur
geon Asper are Of the naval reserve force.
The list Of passengers includes the fol-
lowing:
Alfred L. Moreau Gottschalk, consul
general from United States to Rio
Janeiro.
Nigg. Frank c.. lieutenant, U. S. ~,
Marquoketa, Iowa; Wrinkle. A. c., lieu
tenant, u. S. N. r. F., West New York,
NJ ].
The Cyclops was one of the largest and
newest golfers In the navy. She was
completed by William Cramp e. Sons,
Philadelphia. November 7, 1910, and reg.
istered 1879 tons. She was $40 feet
long. 65 feet broad, and had a speed when
fully loaded of 1851 knots. Her complete
cost was $3.50