New Britain Herald Newspaper, October 20, 1917, Page 1

- & HERALD “ADS” MEAN BETTER BUSINESS W BRITAIN HERALD HERALD BEST OF ALL: LOCAL NEWSPAPERS PRICE THREE CINTS. NEW BRITAIN CONNECTICUT, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1917. —TWELVE PAGES. ESTABLISHED 1 QUIGLEY DEFENDS POTATO COMMITTEE Says Council Has No Right to Dictate to Them SLACKERS ARE CRITICS Adminis- Mayor Explaing Policy of tration, Says Potatoes Will Be Sold to People at Cost—Quotes Page From Statute Books. Resenting the attacks made in the common council and feeling that the public criticism of the management of the municipal farm is uncalled for and, possibly, due to a misunder- standing, Mayor George A. Quigley today issued a lengthy statement in which he upholds the committee, claims the council has no authority over them, scores the onec who are prone to criticize by setting forth that those who complain loudest are the slackers who have done least and also explains what the administra- tion's definite policy in reference to municipal potatoes is going to be. To silence those who fear that the pota- toes are to be held for arising market and sold at a profit the mayor makes the positive promise that ‘“the pota- toes will be sold at cost to the peo- ple and not at a profit.” The Statement. Herewith is appended his explana- tion and comment upon the present situation. “The attitude of the municipal farm committee and the food and fuel committee on the potato question does not seem to be rightly under- stood by the press or the common council. “The farm committee and the food and fuel committee have been re- quested to fix a price for the potatoes now being harvested at the municipal farm. It is not possible, at the pres- ent time, to fix a price for potatoes as we do not know what the harvest will be. Council Criticism Untimely. “The committee feels that the com- mon council should not criticize the results of the municipal farm manage- ment unil we do know how many bushels we have raised. “Mr, Tallard, the chairman of the committee, has been conservatise in his estimate of 4,000 bushels and rightly so because crop conditions have been such that it would not warrant either he or the committee being optimistic, and the committee féels that it would Be the “height of folly to quote a price on a prduct, the quantity of which is unknown. “The object of raising and buying potatoes and storing them for 'thu time being was to defeat the possible high prices of potatoes. Were the potatoes sold immediately, the supply in the hands of the city would have no bearing on the price and the com- mittee felt that the people themselves should make an effort to secure as many bushels of potatoes as they pos- sibly could at reasonable prices and not depend entirely upon the govern- ment for their winter supply. “The potatoes will be sold at cost to the people and not at a profit, the idea of the committee being to return to the city treasury whatever amount wag appropriated so that the taxpay- ers will be at no loss on account of the city raising or buying potatoes. Council Is Interfering. “I woula also like to call the at- tention of the common council, the press and the general public to an act concerning food supply commit- tees in cltles and boroughs as enacted by the last general assembly at its session in January, 1917. The act is as follows: Authority From Assembly. “ ‘Section 1. The mayor “of any city or the warden of any borough or the first selectman of any town may, if he deems such action necessary, by reason of any emergency existing there in relation to the fuel or food supply or both, whereby the inhab- itants of such city or borough or town are unable to supply themselves with the same through private enterprise, appoint a committee on fuel and food supply, consisting of five residents, which committee shall continue in of- flce until the mayor or warden or first selectman, as the case may be, deems that the necessity for such committee no longer exists and re- vokes such appointment, * ‘Section 2. Such committee, shall, during the continuance of such emer- gency take such action by purchase, storage, sale distribution or otherwise, lof food, fuel or both, as it may deem cessary to supply the same to the fhabitants of such city or borough or n, and the common council or d of burgesses or board of select- , as the case may be, shall, with- any special appropriation there- provide such committee with such as it may certify to be neces- for the proper performance of ties and the purposes hereinbe- Inentioned. ‘Section 3. funds such city or borough or may borrow money and issue s therefor, but all expenses in- ed under the supervision of this shall be provided for in the next ual budget or estimate of said 'ty or borough or town and the same all be raised by taxation on the list <t made. * ‘Seetion 4. The members of such mmittee shall serve without com- tion but the expenses necessar- Continued on Eléventh Page.) ZEPPELINS, IN RAID, KILL AND INJURE Twenty-seven Persons Meet Death During Arother Midnight Attack MANY MORE INJURED Steal Upon London Under Cover of Darkness, and Bombs, Dropping From the Clouds, Snuff Out the « Lives of Non-Combatants. London, Oct. 20.—Twenty-seven persons were Kkilled and 63 injured in last night's Zeppelin raid. Crossed the Coast. An East Coast Town Oct. 20.— Seven or moare Zeppelins crossed the east coast at about 8 o’clock last night, four going in one direction and three in another. At 11:30 o’clock [ one Zeppelin passed out on the home- ward journey. This machine dropped 6 bombs at eleven o'clock and 3 at 11:15. The noise of its engines was heard for 20 minutes. In order to provide | One in Flames. Paris, Oct. 20.—A Zeppelin was brought down in flames last night at- Rambervillers, near the Alsatian bor- der, and two others were forced to land. They belonged to a squadron composed of a large number of Zep- pelins which flew over the Vosges. BOY SCOUTS START LIBERTY BOND PUSH Up to Noon Those Reporting Had Se- cured $1,600 in Subscriptions— Patriots at Vermont Fort. In the drive to make the Liberty Loan a success the Boy Scouts up to noon today had sold $1,600 in bonds. ‘When this report was received there ‘were many that had not reported their subscriptions. “The drive to success’” is the motto under which the Boy Scouts are tak- ing up subscriptions and the deter- mined manner in which they have started out bids fair to make their campaign a decided success. New Britain men with the Medical Training Unit at Fort Ethan Allen, Vermont, have subscribed 'generously to Liberty Bonds. The unit contains 146 men, of whom 26 are from this city. A letter written by E. W. An- derson, a member of the unit, to lo- cal relatives, says that on Wednesday the unit invested $15,000, an average of more than $100 to a man. JOHNSTON GARFIELD'S AIDE New Britain Dealer Member of Spe- PROMOTIONS WON BY MEN AT AYER Frank P. McDonongh Goes From Corporal to Sergeant TWELYE MADE CORPORALS Schedule Keeps New Britain Men on Jump But It’s Great to Listen to the Do-or-Die Quartet in the Cool of the Evening. (By Herald Correspondent.) Camp Dpvens,” Ayer, Mass., Oct. 20. —The following promotion and ap- pointments of non-commissioned of- ficers were made in Company “C” to- day: From Corporal to Sergeant—Fran- cis P. McDonough. To be Corporals—Privates John C. Saunders, Walter O. Cook, Alfred J. Bonenfant, Charles C. Breen, Benja- min Serguis, Harry W. Miller, Rob- ert M. Andrews, Michael J. Lynch, Carl P. Hofer, Walter A. ' Campbell, Frederick W. Tyler, Elbert G. Stocks. Nothing Wasted at Camp. Major-General Harvey J. Hodges' family of 37,000 soldiers is busy “Hooverizing” these days as well as drilling. Economy is the cry at this cantonment. Nothing is to be thrown away. Pressing bales are being in- stalled for the waste paper. The men have generously given the civil- ian clothing they wore to the camp to the Belgian Relief fund. No doubt the folks at home would be interested to know how the men pass the days, and I thought I would ‘write you our schedule for the week: First call, 6:46; roll call and re- veille at 5: breakfast at 6 and as- sembly at 7. Monday—7 to 8, setting up cises; 8 to 8:30, school of soldier; to 12, school of squad; 12 to 1, mess; 1 to 2, guard duty; 2 to 4, march; 5:30, stand retreat; 5:50, mess. Tuesday—7 to 8, setting up exer- cises; 8 to 8:30, school of soldier; 8:30 to 11:30, school of squad; 12 to to 11:30 tent pitching; 12 to 1, mess; 1 to 4, march; 5:30, stand retreat; 5:50, mess. Wednesday—7 to 8, setting up ex- ercises; 8 to 8:30, school of soldier; 8:00 to 11:30, school of squad; -2 to 1, mess; 1 to 2, guard duty (interior); 2 to 3, lecture, Why at War; 3 to 4:30, march; 5:30, stand retreat; 5:50, mess. i Thursday—7 to 8, setting up exer- cises; 7:30 to 8:30, school of soldiér; exer- 0 2:30 to 10:30, school of squad; 10:30 to 11:30, ten pitching: 12 to 1, m 1 to 2:30, march; 5:30, stand retr 5:50, mess. Friday—7 to 7:30, setting up exc clses; 7:30 to 830, scho:ol of soldie 8:30 to 11:30, school of squad; 12 to 1, mess; 1 to 4:30, march. Saturday—=8:30 to 10:30, company inspection. : After work the boys expend their energy burning up the smokes that clal Committee to Co-operate With Coal Administration. . (Spectal to the Herald) ‘Washington, Oct. 20.—Frank H. Johnston of New Britain, who has been in Washington this week in con- ference with officials of the Fuel ad- ministration and the Chamber of Com- merce of the United States, has been named member of a special com- mittee representing the national chamber, charged with the duty of co-operating with the fuel administra- tion. Mn Johnston is a: director of the national chamber. A coal dealer of long experience, his knowledge was desired on the specail committes. Mr. Johnston told other business men here that the coal situation is not good' in Connecticut. He thought a good deal of wood would be burned this winter unless coal becomes more plentiful. THERE’S A DIFFERENCE. Jules Cambon Explains About Edith Cavelle and Mata Hari Oases. Parls, Oct. 20—The Associated Press today asked Jules Cambon, general secretary of the ministry of foreign affairs if had seen the attempts of the German press to point out simi- larities between the execution of Mata Hari and Edith Cavelle. M. Cumbon replied: “The German audacity in daring to compare Mata Hari with Edith Cavelle surpasses bellef. Miss Cavelle was a woman respectable and respected, and devoted to charitable works. She was shot for aiding Belgian soldiers to i escape to Flolland. This, in German eyes, may be a crime, but not one that endangered their army. “Mata Hari wos a courtesan. Tt was proved she was a spy and the cen- ter of spying system. Her corre- spondence showed that she receive. money from Berlin. She herseif ad mitted that she was one of Germany’ chief spies in France, who used the relations she had been able to make | by her mode of life. She merited no indulgence. No comparison is possibie between charity and spying.” NO SUGAR—NO CANDY. New York, Oct. 20.—The candy in- | dustry here which employes more than 150,000 men and women, suffered a temporary tie-up as a result of the shortage of sugar The sugar stock here continued to | dwindle yesterday. Hundreds of stores the folks at home are thoughtful enough to send. skyward the boys lean back and lis- ten to the tuneful “harmony” of that Do-or-Die quartet Messrs. Charles Mc- Carthy, Frank O’Brien, Frank Mec- Avay and “Shorty” Reilly, assisted by that native born Hawaiian, Kolodney with his Ukulele who still insists that nature intended man to be shaved instead of having to shave himself. Health of the boys is O. K. and it cannot be said that camp life is doing anything but building them up. We're all pulling strong with Judge Mangan in his campaign, and if he is aspiring for any politcal position in the future the battalion will ad- vance to take the first line trenches for him. PARIS IS GR. T}i“lfln. Because United States Will Be Repre- sented at Conference of Allies. Paris, Oct. 20.—American participa- tlon in the Allied conference is wel- comed by the Temps which says: “It is highly gratifying to know sented at this conference. The task of the Allles is too great for them to discuss it without the United States. President Wilson is so much respected that we have need of listening to men who possess hi confidence.” Russia There, Too. Petrograd, Oct. 20.—The Central council of workmen’s and soldiers del- egates has defeated the Bolsheviki res- olution against sending delegates to the coming Allied conference in Paris. The council decided to send two dele- gates to represent the peasants and soldiers. THE “BIG FOUR" Will Shortly Ask For Higher Pay From the Railroads. New York, Oct. 20.—In addition to the demands recently made by pas- senger trainmen on eastern railroad. for increased pay, the “big four” brotherhoods wi shortly for high- er pay for the freight and yard men, according to unofiic 2ports circu- lated in railway circles here today.’ BILL 1S APPROVED. Mexico City, Oct. 19.—The bill pro- viding for a suspension of constitu- tional guarantees was approved today | have not had a pound of sugar for | several days. by the chamber of deputies. The sus- | pension affects only bandits and rebels | in arms against .the government. * HOW WANTS MEXIGO As the fun.es walfl | that the United States will be repre- | . ASKED BY WILSON Names Sunday, Oct. 28, As Day | of Prayers for Success of Arms HIS PROCLAMATION IN FULL “To the End That the Cause for ‘Which We Give Our and Treasure May Triumph and Our Efforts Blessed. “Lives ‘Washington, Oct. 20.—President ‘Wilson by proclamation today de- clared Sunday, October 28, as a day of prayer for the success of the American arms in the war, in ac- cordance with the recent resolution of congress. The president’s proclamation is as follows: | ‘“Whereas, the congress of the United States, by a concurrent reso- [ lution adopted on the fourth day of the present month of October in view of the entrance of our nation into the vast and awful war which now afflicts the greater part of the world, has requested me to set apart by of- | ficial proclamation a day upon which our people should be called upon to offer concerted prayer to Almighty | God for His divine aid in the suc- | cesses of our arms; ““And whereas, it behooves a great free people nurtured as we have been in' the eternal principles of justice and of right, a nation which has sought from the earliest days of its | existence to be obedient to the divine | teachings which have inspired it in the exercise of its liberties, to turn always to the Supreme Master and cast themselves in faith at His feet, praying for His aid and succor in every hour of trial, to the end that the great aims to which our fathers dedicated our power as a people may not perish among men, but be always associated and defended with fresh ardor and devotion and, through the divine blessing, set at last upon en- ! during foundations for the benefit of all the free peoples of the earth; “No, therefore, I, Woodrow Wil- son, president of the United States, gladly responding to the wish ex- | pressed by the congress, do appoint October twenty-eight, being the last Sunday of the present month, as a day of supplication and prayer for all | the people of the nation, honestly ex- {horting all my countrymen to observe | the appointed day, according to their | several faiths, in solemn prayer that ! God's blessings may rest upon the ! h task which is laid upon us, to end that the cause for which we ive our lives and treasure may trivmph and our efforts be blessek with high achievements.” TO ENTER WORLD WAR { Mexican General Would Take ; Up Arms Against Ger- many at Once Mexico City, Oct. 20.—Gen. @Garcia { Vigil, leader of the liberal constitu- | tional party, in a speech in the cham- ber of deputics yesterday ,declared it ‘vas the duty of Mexico to take sides | against German Gen. Vigil declared he could not cxplain how Mexico, a country with democratic ideals, could stand im- pa ¢ before the crimes committed against Belgium. The speaker was interrupted several times by applause. “Why vacillate?”” he asked. “Is it because the government has not gained information of the true course of public opinion? No. It is be- cause the lower instincts of our people have been stimulated by those who enthusiastic over the ferocities of Huerta are now enthuslastic over the German government, * which has trampled upon all the sacred rights of nations and shown no respect for treaties. <1 will continue to proclaim in congress that Mexico should unite frankly with the countries that are defending democratic prineiples, which are the same Mexico fought for dur- ing the revolution and which Mexico will continue to fight for.” TO ERECT MEMORIAL, Paris, Oct. 20.—The chamber of deputies today silently listened to the proposal of Deputy Lasies that the memory of Captain George Guynemer, the farmous French aviator, be com- menicrated by placing an inscription in the Pantheon. The proposal was adopted unanimously, every member of the house rising as the vote was taken IS DEAD AT 103. I New London, Oct. 20.—DMvrs. Frances Epps, a native of North C rolina, died o Hartford, Oct. 19—Forecast for New Britain and vicinity: Rain and colder tonight. Sat- urday, clearing and much colder. Y PRAYERS FOR PEACE AMERICAN TRANSPORT SUNK' BY TORPEDO FROM U-BOA STORY OF THE FIGHT TOLD IN STATEMENT Description of Battle Be- tween Russian and German Fleets Petrograd, Oct. 20.—The Russian ministry of marine has issued the fol- lowing detalled statement regarding the naval battle Wednesday in the Gulf of Riga: ““Thurday night an enemy squadron of twenty ships penetrated the Guif of Riga and at 9 o'clock the next morning was discovered making its way through the channels south of Moon Sound. The squadron included two battleships of the Koenig type. Our detachments under Admiral Bak- hirff, who hoisted his flag on the cruiser Bayan, accompanied by the battleships Grjdanin and Slava steam- ed from the eastern part of Moon isl- and to engage the enemy, preceded by torpedo boat patrols, which withdrew befort the enemy. “At 9:30 o’clock the enemy opened fire on our torpedo boats and our de- tachment, issuing from the channel took up battle formation in a radius approaching the ememy the cruiser Bayan was attacked unsuccessfuly by a hostile submarine. “At 10:30 o'clock our detachments engaged the enemy squadron. The fire of the hostile dreadnoughts was direct- ed from a distance often bevond the range of our old type vessels. At noon in view of the enemy’s superior- ity and the appearance of new enemy warships, Admiral Bakhireff ordered the detachment to retire into the in- terior of Moon sound. Our ships then turned northward and withdrew from the fighting. “The battleship Slava, the last of the line and which had been damaged severely under the water line, finally sunk by the head and foundered in the deep entrance of Moon Sound. The remainder of the squadron entered this channel. Part of the enemy squad- ron began to fire on the Moon and Worder batteries and silenced and de- stroyed them. Our vessels suffered some damage. After shelling the bat- tery the enemy attacked the southern_part of the Kuiwast road- | stead. During these motements the cruiser Admi Makaroff and some gunboats and destroyers in inner Moon Sound protected that channel and the north of Kassar bay, between the islands of Dago, Oesel and Moon. Some of these ships remained throughout Tuesday night near the coast of Oesel island and repeatedly attempted to make their way into the eastern portion of Kassar bay.” The rest of the statement is a re- petition of the official statement fis- sued in which it was announced that two trawlers had been sunk by the Russian fire and two enemy torpedo boats had been sunk by striking mines in the Moon Sound region Thursday. It adds, however, that a German tor- pedo boat escorting the main squad- ron ran into a Russian mine and sank. The Russian Baltic fleet in its en- tirety could not face the Germans in the Gulf of Riga without abandoning the responsibility the Gulf of Finland, according to Count Kapnist of the Russian admir- alty. “The Germans,” he said, “effected landing operations on Oesel island with tiwelve transports, escorted - by twelve battleships of all types, five crui; an enormous number of au: ilaries and thirty destroyers. It was impossible for our entire Baltic fleet to meect the enemy without abandon- ing responsibility for the protection of the Gulf of Finland.” The count cited the battle of Jut- land as a precedent for the impossi- hility of using submarines to advan- tage. He added that the Germans are using the same troops that took Oesel island to attack Dago .island, thus showing thot the Germans were car- rying out their operations with a min- imum force. MERRY CHRISTMAS Soldiers Will Be Remembered By Red Cross In This Country. Washington, Oct. 20.—Every Amer- jcan soldier and sailor will have the best Christmas the Red can give him. Each one in this country or on road will receive a Xmas package, approximating a value of $1.50 and containing chewing gum, tobacco, writing material, games, dried fruit, candies, puzzles, knives, mouth organs or other articles. Bach package is to be wrapped in a khaki-colored hand- kerchief and tied with red ribbon. To expedite preparation of these Xmas packages, Harvey D. Gibson, general manager of the American Red Cross, today apportioned the making of the packets to thirteen Red Cross divi- sions into which the country has been divided. The work will devolve upon the Red Cross chapters and one-third of the allotment will have to be in the division warchense by November 1. Money for the purchase of the packages is being raised through con- tributions by indiv cial purpe No part of the Cross war fund will be used. Cross s0 for the defense of | MAY BE ANOTHER WHITE SLAVE CASE Police Arrest Couple in Hotel Wash- ington—Man Charged With En- ticing Her Here. Peter Vasele and Miss Esther Rens- low, the former 25 years old and the latter 18, are being held by the police for trial Monday morning on a war- rant charging Vasele with enticing a female here for immoral purposes. In the meantime the detective force is attempting to uncover new evidence which may, it is intimated, show that the Mann act has been violated. Al- hough she wremains reticent, Miss Renslow has admitted that her home is in Vermont. The police have been keeping the couple under close surveillance since Wednesday when Détective A. J. Rich- ardson saw them arrive in town and suspicions were immediately l his aroused when he saw three other men known to the police, meet them. On Thursday night Sergeant Theodore Johnson obtained some additional in- formation and yesterday information was received which led the police to believe the couple were about to leave the city. Accompanied by Policemen Story and Moore, Sergeant Johnson visited the Hotel Washington last night and arrested the couple. The man and woman were found in separate rooms. SERIOUS CHARGES NOW AGAINST HIM Stamford Stamp Clerk Placed Under Arrest By Federal Agents—FEm- bezzlement Charged. Stamford, Oct. 20.—Mathew Hutch- inson, stamp clerk in the postoffice, was arrested by postoffice inspectors today, and taken to Bridgeport for ar- raignment on a charge of embezzle- ment. Particulars of the case are withheld, except that certain packages which had been missing from the mails had been traced here and suspicion for their disappearance fell upon Hutchinson. It is also an allegation that cancelled stamps were placed on packages by him in place of uncan- celled ones. The clerk lives in River- de and has a wife and 4 children. .ast February a clerk and carrier of the local office were convicted of post- al irregularities. CHARGE IS MURDER. Springficid Man Accused of Having Killed Two Persons. Springfield, Mass., Oct. 20.—Fred Gallerani was arraigned in police court today on two charges of murder, pleaded not guilty and was held with- | out bail for hearing November 6. was charged with the murder of his wife, who was shot when he was cap- | tured a week ago today and that of Clement Martini of West Springfield, October 11. Gallerani it is alleged, also shot Mrs. Clement Martini and her daughter, Mrs. Della Gallera the latter fatally, on the night | the shooting of Martini. of DEGENERATE HELD. Waterbury Man Bound Over to Su- perior Court Under $10,000 Bonds. Waterbury, Oct. 20.—In the city court today, Usip Milah, an Albanian, | with several aliases, was held for the superior court under bail of $10,000 for an alleged assault upon Missj | Amanda Tuero early in the woek. The girl was on her way to a manu. facturing office where she is a ste- nographer when she was attacked by the man, it is charged. The same man was also charged with shooting Frank Dowd, who in- | terfered when the accused attempted to assault a girl with him. SHOOTS MOTHER-IN-LAW. No Reconciliation With Wife, So Re- volver is Brought Into Play. Townsend, Mass, Oct. 20.—Mrs. Mary Buckley was shot and probably fatally wounded last night by W. H. ‘Watson, her son-in-law who later shot and killed himself. The woman was removed to a hospital at Fitchburg. The police reported that the shoot- ing was due to Watson’s failure to ef- fect a reconciliation with his wife, who had entered suit for divorce. Mrs. Watson lived with her mother and ‘Watson, who is an automobile sales- man, went to the house last night and | gained cntrance by breaking open a j window. ATTEMPT TO POISON? Fear Expressed That Man May Have Poisoned Reservoir, Leavenworth, Kas, Oct. 20.—Iear | that poison or disease germs may have | been placed in the reserveir supply- | ing water to the army post here is | said to be responsible for an order to- | day by Col. Wm. A. Shunk, command- | ing at the fort. that all water must be boiled before being used. | A man crawling through the under- | brush near the reservoir recently was fired on by a sentry guarding ‘he | water supply, but he escaped. 1 |1t i made impossible, 70 Men Perish, Includ ing Sixteen So.dier Coming Home Bé cause of Sickness FINAL DETAILS NOT AVAILABLE AS YE Some of thc Names of Those DG Have Been Given Out, Includ O'Rourke, Junior Engincer Office Bridgeport—Fortunately, 1Bg of Was Coming Home. ‘Washington, Oct. 20.—The Gern U-boat has claimed its first vie from America’s war forces. Wit 24 hours after an American destro had been disabled by und attack, a torpedo crashed into the & gine room bulkhead of the hom coming transport Antilles, and her to the bottom with the loss of lives. Sixteen soldiers and several | listed men of the navy were includ in the submersible’s heavy toll. Administration officials are a ing with profound interest today if developments from the meagre tails cabled to the navy departm yvesterday by Vice Admiral Names of the great majority of victims are lacking, yesterday’s patch giving only those of four n ! seamen and three engineer officers: the transport The list cannot be cof pleted until the muster roll made |at the French port of embarkatid i can be compared with the roster survivors. 1 Relief was general over the Fthat't ssel had met her fate wh homeward bound and not on the Wi over with troops on board. She struck in a vital spot and plui below so swiftly that comparath few could have survived had been carrying troops. Interest is intense as to how submarine managed to elude thn.- tecting convoy Naval officers ares the opinion that the Germait mander lurked below the until the rovifig destroyers over head and then waited foril hig troop ship to come into cas; & before releasing the deadly mis is inferred from Admiral Sim’s | port that the ship went down im few minutes. This fact, coupled the necessity of rescuing survivi it is helieved attempt to locate the U-boat. e The absence of casualties amof army and navy officers aboard is tributed to the fact that their s rooms lay along the decks from whid they could iump to the waters belo in hope of being picked up. 4 Tt is believed that the attack wi made well out at sea, since it two days for news of the disaster’ reach Washington. Survivors thought to be safe ashore in Fral England or Ireland. The loss of the Antilles marks tH first impairment of a transport se; ice that has operated successfull since America's active entrance in| the war. an Official Statement. The official announcement of disaster, authorized by Secretary if the Navy Danicls, after confen with Secretary of War Baker, & after the matter had been discuss by President Wilson and the cabin follows: 3 “The department is in receipt o despatch from Vice Admiral Sin which states that the steamship tilles, an army transport, was pedoed on Oct. 17 while returning ! this country from foreign servid This vessel was under convoy American patrol vessels at the tim “The torpedo which struck the Aa tilles was not seen, nor was the sul marine which fired it. The torped hit abreast of the engine room bui head and the ship sank within fi minutes. One hundred and sixf seven persons out of about 237 g board the Antilles were saved. “About seventy men are missin| All the naval officers and officers 't the army who were on board ti ship at the time were saved, as we the officers of the ship, with the e3 ception of the following: ‘Walker, third engineer officer. Boyle, junior engincer office O’Rourke, junior engineer officer.] The following enlisted naval pe sonnel were lost: seaman, second clag] next of kin Thomas B. Kinsey, fathe| Water Valley, Mis J. W. Hunt, seaman, second clag next of kin Isaac Hunt, father, Mou! tain Grove, Mo., . No. 2, box 4 C. L. Ausburn, radio elect 1a first class, next of kin R. Ausbur brother, No. 2800 Louisiana avenul New Orlean H. F. Watson, radio electricias third class, next of kin Mrs. W. Seger, mother, Rutland, Mass. “There were about thirty-three the army enlisted personnel on board of whom seventeen were saved. T names of the missing of the army ey (Continued on FEleventh Page)