Great Falls daily tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1895-1921, 1919-01-27
THAT
RA|DED COAST
SANK WARSH|P
American Officers Held
Captive Tell Of De-
structive Activity.

Washington, Jan. 26-The American
destroyer Jacob Jones, sunk off the Irish
coast by a German submarine Dec. 6,
1917, was torpedoed by the U-53. the
vessel which visited Newport, r. l., m
the summer Of 1916 and later narrowed
allied merchant shipping off the New
England coast This fact was disclosed
IN the report of Lieutenants +. T. Muller
and j. II. Fulcher, L. s. y, who were
captured BY the submarine U-152, which
sank the 1iconderoga Sept 50, 1918, and
released when the German submarine flo
tiila was surrendered Nov a, after they
mad spent nearly two months on the sub
mersible in American waters and at a
Gernan submarine base at kiel
Iae report made public tonight at 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
1t was at Newport. lie there saw Lieu
tenant Commander David Worth Bagley,
brother Of the wife of Secretary Daniels,
Who commanded the Jacob Jones. Won
Schrader told the captured Ame rican of
flcer that he had recognized Bagley in
the sinking destroyer and sent out a
wireless call for aid before leaving the
scene. 4 note appended TO the report.
presumably by Vice Admiral Sims. said
such q call was picked up at Queens
town, but that its origin had been mys-
terry.
Sank Escort Ship.
The T152. which after sinking the Tt
conderosa and taking Muller and Full
cher aboard, continued TO American wat
ers To raid shipping, encountered the t.
81 on her way back to kiel after all Ger
man submarines had been recalled, near
the end Of the war. BESIDES telling of
the destruction of the Jacob Jones. Can
tain Won Schrader said that six weeks
earlier. III the Bristol channel, he had
sunk an American escort ship. believed
to have been the formep coast guard cut
ter Tampa. which went down with all
hands on board, and had fired torpedo
at the American scout cruiser Chester.
The Tampa was sunk last Sept. u, and
the navy department said there was no
evidence that the U-53 was in the vicin-
ity
The Chester was not hit.
The two American officers, in their
Joint report TO Admiral Sims, told de-
tailed story of events during their stay
On the T-152 and on the submarine
mother ship, kronprinz Heinrich, in kiel
1arb9r.
Engine Room Reached.
The Ticonderoga. which was going to
France with cargo of railway cars and
ia army personnel, in addition to her
layal crew. had fallen behind her con-
10Y III misty weather, when she WAS at
acked w..h shrapnel fire by the T-152.
which fired 40 shots, killing four mem
,ers of the six-inch gun crew before the
'ruiser Galveston hove in sight and drove
he enemy off. An hour later the U-152
and pounded the Tfconderoga
With 40 more shots, which finally reached
he engine and fire rooms. The order to
ibandon the ship was given, but n sheet |
loisted in the rigging as a sign of sur
.eIder was not needed by the submarine
md. according to the report, Fulcher /
waved pillow slip from the deck"
The captain Of the transport had been /
as had Fulcher and Muller, and |
Fulcher. who was first assistant en-
,ineer. agreed there WAS nothing to do |
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