Evening Star Newspaper, May 24, 1937, Page 27

-_—m—m—m—__———— — — } } PLAQUETOHONOR TORPEDDVIETINS -26 Lost Lives When German Sub Sark U. S. S. Presi- dent Lincoln. A bronze plaque, commemorating 3 officers and 23 enlisted men who lost their lives in the sinking of the U. 8. S. President Lincoln by a Ger- man submarine on May 31, 1918, will be unveiled in the main lobby of the "Navy Department next Monday at 11 am. Accepting the plaque on behalf of the Navy will be Rear Admiral Adol- phus Andrews, chief of the Bureau o of Navigation. The plaque is the gift of the U. S. S. President Lincoln Club, which meets annually for & memorial dinner on the anniversary of the sink- ing of the vessel. This year the club will meet on the evening of Sunday, May 30, at the Willard Hotel. Har- vey D. Carter of New York is presi- dent of the club. Hit by Three Torpedoes. Comdr. P. W, Foote, U. S. N,, re- tired, now a rear admiral, commanded the vessel when the German torpedoes hit. Lieut. Comdr. W. L. Lind, on duty in the Office of Naval Intelli- gence, was executive officer of the ship at that time. Three German torpedoes struck the transport some 400 miles off the French coast, bound for the United States. Although there were 715 per- sons aboard, and she sank in 25 min- utes, all but 26 were saved. American destroyers picked up the survivors 18 hours later. Plaque Depicts Sinking Ship. ‘The plaque, which depicts the President Lincoln settling in the waves, with men in lifeboats pulling away from her, reads: “In memory of the men who gave their lives when the U. 8. S. Presi- dent Lincoln was sunk in an engage- ment with the German submarine U-90, May 31, 1918: L. C. Whiteside, Andrew Mowat, J. E. Johnston, Ber- nard Brown, Edward M. Daly, A. 8. Egbert, R. J. Freeman, Lloyd B. Haight, F. H. Hedglin, H. Himmel- wright, G. B. Hoffman, A. T. Jef- ferson, John A. Jenkins, G. B. John- son, V. J. Kuhnert, Jacob Lied, C. H. McAllister, Karl H. Neuert, J. J. Nowacki, William Owens, A. A. Sweeting, Robert Walker, H. H. Wil- liams, Fred W. Wilson, Frank H. Woodward and Birtle Zanetti. “Erected by the U. S. S. President Lincoln Club, May 31, 1921.” Officials at the Navy Department explained the latter date as that on which the tablet was actually pre- pared. R Do Lack of snow spoiled Switzerland's tourist trade during the Winter. “Peek-Toe* \ SLIPPERS Blue Green, Peach. Sizes, 3t8 In Paisley Effect —Designed for comfort, chic and coolness . . . these slippers will be on your “must have" list. Paisley effects with lin- ings and trimmings in the colors listed at left. 9 Street Floor The Avervralih % 02 © S Salt FRUIT-OF-THE-LOOM THE EVENING CITY NEWS IN BRIEF. TODAY. Initiation, District Ladies’ Auxiliary No. 1, Knights of 8t. John, St. Peter’s suditorium, Second and C astreets southeast, 8 p.m. Meeting, Executive Council, Local 261, N. F. F. E, 710 Fourteenth street, 8 pm. Dinner, Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs, Hamilton Hotel, 6:30 pm. TOMORROW. 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