Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-01-27

Washington, Jan. Zh.---lne Allieii-
can destroyer Jacob Jones. sunk off
the Irish coast by Il German subma-
rine, December 8, 1917, was torpedoed
by the U-53, the vessel which visited
Newport, X. L., in the summer of 1916,
and later harried allied merchant
shipping off the New England coast,
This fact was disclosed in the reports
of Lieuts. f. l.. Muller and J. II. Full
cher, L. S. ~. who were captured by
the submarine U-l52, which sank the
cargo transport Ticonderoga Septem-
ber 80. 1918, and released when the
German submarine flotilla was sur
rendered November "A and after they
had spent nearly two months on the
submersible in American waters ana
at the German submarine base at Klel.
The report, made public tonight by
the navy department. showed also that
the German officer commanding the
U-53 when the Jones was destroyed.
Captain Won Schrader, was aboard the
boat when it was at Newport. He
there saw Lieut.. Com. David Worth
Eagley, a brother of the wife of Sec
retary Daniels, who commanded the
Jacob Jones. Won Schrader told the
had recognized Bagley in the dory OF
the sinking destroyer and sent out u
wireless call for aid before leaving
the scene A note appended TO the
report. presumably by Vice Admiral
Sims said such call was picNe''p
at Queenstown, but that its or
been lnystscy.
"a gAiso Sank Tampa.
~ o. iatt = oil u n
Ticonderoga and taking Muller anu
FpletFer ahm,iss F@3" l#-e t9 RieNl'
can waters to raid shipping, eneolIn-
tered the U-5S on her way BACK 70
Kiel after all German submarines had
been recalled near the end of the war.
Besides telling Of the destruction OF
the Jacob Jones, Captain Won Schrad-
er said that six weeks earlier in the
Bristol channel he had sunk an Amer
lean escort snip, believed to have been
the former coast guard cutter Tampa,
which went down with all hands, and
had fired a torpedo at the American
cruiser Chester. The Tampa was sunk
last September 26 and the navy de-
partment said there was no evidence
that the U-53 was in the vicinity. The
Chester was not hit.
Inc IlCOnutlOSdt WHlNll Ndo 6piiiS
to France with cargo of railway cars
and 1t3 army personnel in addition to
her naval crew. had fallen behind her
convoy in misty weather, when she
was attacked with shrapnel fire by
the U-t52, which fired forty fhots,
demolishing the radio house and KIT
ing four members of the siN-inch gun
crew before the cruiser Galveston
hove in sight and drove the enemy OH.
More than an hour later the t-l52
reappeared and pounded the Ticon-
deroga with fcrty more shots Which
finally reached the engine room ana
fire rooms. The order to abandon
ship was given, but a sheet hoisted
in the rigging as sign of surrender
was not needed by the submarine and,
according to the report, fulchei
waved pillow slip from the deck,
The captain of the transport had peen
wounded as had Fulcher and Muiler
the executive officer, and Fulcher
who was first assistant engineer
agreed there was pothing to do bui
surrender. as many of the men aboard
had been killed.
survivors Cast Adrift
After the Tieonderoga went down
the Jr-152, after Fishing out barrels
of potatoes and onions from the
floating wreckage, picked up Muller