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"Our Country May She Always Be Right; But Right or Wrong Always Our Country"
WHY WAIT TILL OCTOBEE 21?
HEAR DR. AKED TONIOHT
Ams-imns in Tulsa should be tnf-
flrirnt'y interested in world prob-
lems mid tiifffrinr humanitr- tu near
lie. ( hnr:ii r'. Aki'd noted divine it
the high school auditorium tonight
at H o'cliirk. He will ilnruil Annan-Im-tivrisii
relief. No adiuissiou will
be charged.
Why wail until .tictobur 34 for
the hif effort on Hit Liberty lont
Ydt
strrdajr seventy mors Hrta were
aaulfed out by tlie kstni-r's killer on
the nifh i-as. Buy your bonds to-
day nd placa refene tliet much
nearer.
Oklahoma's Greatest Newspaper
TULSA OKLAHOMA SATURDAY OCT
VOL. XIII NO. 32
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PEACE AFAR OFF
NEUTRALS
THINK
Stockholm Conference Does
Not Believe Either
Side Can Win.
MANIFESTO IS ISSUED
Belgium Must Be Restored
and Germany Must Pay-
Indemnity. OTHER ISSUES CONSIDERED
Independent Finland and Po-
land Political Freedom for
Ireland Proposed.
STOCKHOLM Oct. 19. The or-
ganizing comm'ttee of the Stockholm
conference has lirawn up a manifesto
declaring that from the experience of
the three years' war It Is not rash to
draw the conclusion that there will be
a victory by neither side either In j
1917 or 1918 or even later. It Indl-J
cates as the general conditions under I
which It considers peace should be I
made the complete evacuation of all
occupied territories In Europe and the
colonies and the restoration of devas-
tated territories by means of an inter-
national fund.
The special conditions demanded by
the manifesto are:
The complete political and economic
re-eKtabllshment of Belgium with cul
tural autonomy for Flanders and the
restoration of all contributions and
requisitions raised contrary to Inter-
national law the damages to be paid
by Germany to be left to The Hague
arbitration coprt.
Solution ' of the Alsace-Lorraine
question to be arrived at by a plebis-
cite. Serbia to He Restored.
The restoration of Serbia which. In
common with Bulgaria and Greece
would have free access to the district
and port of Salonlkl.
Bulgaria to be given eastern Mace-
donia as far as the Vardar.
An Independent Poland the Polish
districts of Austria and Germany to
enjoy as wide autonomy aa possible
nd the different nationalities of Rus-
sians to enjoy territorial autonomy
within a federative republic.
The Independence of Finland unit-
ed to Russia.
Solution of the problem of Bohemia
by means . of the reunion of the
Czechs In a single federative state
with Austria.
The Italian districts of Austria not
ceded to Italy to enjoy cultural au-
tonomy. Political IiileKMiilence of Ireland.
The political independence of Ire-
land within- the dominion of Great
Rrltaln.
The Independence of Turkish Ar-
menia. The International solution of the
Jewish problem and personal inde-
' pendence for the Jews in the districts
- rif Russia Austria Rumania and
Poland where they are massed to-
gether with protection for the Jewish
colony In Palestine.
The manifesto declares In favor of
compulsory arbitration general dis-
armament the suppression of any
kind of economic warfare and the ex-
tension of parliamentary control over
foreign policy.
BOMBS SHOWERED ON
LONDON BY AIRPLANES
Half Dozen Craft Take Part
in Night Attack; Invaders
Hard to Drive Off. -
Hostile airships attacked the east-
urn and northwest V'n counties this
evening. The eneiy aircraft pro-
ceeded in some distance Inland over
these counties but did not carry out
any very definite attack. Six or seven !
raiders took part In the raid and :
bombs have been dropped at various
points Including a few In the London
area.
The raid Is still In progress.
There were the cuatomary scenes
In London. - The people hurried to
the subways or other shelters which
were soon filled. The omnibuses
however continued runnln l
After the warning wsi sounded
very distant roars of guns were heard
for a few minutes. The searchlights
were In action but no hostile aircraft
was seen. It is evident the raiders
were prevented from reaching the
London district
ATTENTION!
Subscribers for season tickets for
the Apollo club's season 1917-18 will
please redeem their tickets' before
Tuesday October 21. This la the last
day season tickets will be held. This
Is Important aa single admission tick-
ets are in great demandand all sea-
son tickets not redeemed on or before
the above date will be put back in the
board for sale unless especially re-
quested to be held bjr the subscriber.
Telephone CI 7.
Sinking of Antilles Gives
Impetus to Bond Campaign
Liberty Loan Drive Will Be Renewed With Greater
Vigor in Tulsa Today; High Mark Expected to
Be Set by Day's Subs itions.
SEVENTY SOLDIERS
Seventy Soldiers Have Gone to Their Grave.
"Sunk Without Warning" Out There on the Wave.
"Seventy thousand!" the kaiser will Hay
"So give me more money to hasten the dny
When every damned Yank will eat from my hand
And' I will be ruler o'er their 'fair' land."
Yes seventy Sammies have given their lives
Without even a chance to use their knives!
They're fighting our fight; it 'a for me and for you;
And there's only one thing that we're asked to do
Uncle Sam wants our money; lot's step uy with pride
And give him our dollars for those who have died!
Rich man and poor man wise man and miner
Each with his gold must smothertho kaiser!
Seventy Soldiers lluve Gone to Thetr Graven.
"Sunk Without Warning"
The Weather
Tt'I.BA. Ort. 19. Maximum 113; minimum
97: eouth winds end clear skies.
OKLAHOMA KOKKCAHT: Saturday fair
warmer: Sunday fair ruldi-r.
There are two
They wrrtene
riode In every year
ARC PEOPLE so
the young man'a
HONEST THEY WILL
it that are featured
.nore or lets by tribu-
CML THE Conductor
cyLr ir nr. i-tidco m
attona. Those pernios
THtift TlCrXT. il
you rare to know
first Christmas
K- . - VacgjH at
(
ar as some say. Amus;
l lie other is the young
lady's birthday. Both
suasions rail for pres-
ents. Costly presents
loo. Yesterday w e
natle A personal tour
jf the shipping dis-
;rirts. Before every
jewelry store' in the
ity a group of young
lartiea were oongre-
rated. They were
A'hispering excitedly
Zimmie"
us ... Beautiful gewgaws. It
certainly looks like a hard winter for the
city 'a unmarried persona of masculine) tend-
enclea. A hard winter indeed!
BROTHERS SPLIT
OVER PATRIOTISM
Fred Shaw of Tulsa Reads
for Limit of Law Against
M. J. Shaw.
Fred Shaw of Tulsa prominent citi-
zen and Liberty bond worker believes
that M. J. Shaw of Oklahoma City
who Insulted citizens there because
they asked him to buy a bond should
be dealt with as a traitor.
Fred Shaw and M. J. Shaw are
brothers.
One Is a feather renovator the
other a big automobile dealer and
property owner.
One Is against the government and
the other Is. heart and soul for It
Warned Brother.
"I warned my brother he would get
inin tnmihlo 1 ho HIH not chanfTR his
views." said Fred Shaw yesterday.
"TWO weeKS ago I loiu my iiHiuiei
UU III lUtltt IIIUl l. U 1" ntwuvi.
btraight for the penitentiary or worse.
Now that he has done the thing I
feared he would do no penally is too
severe to suit me. I have telephoned
the governor and friends In Oklahoma
City to see that he Is dealt with ac-
cording to the letter of the law. Ir
Ills offense Is treason and the penalty
for treason In time of war is death
then let him be shot at sunllRe!'
M. J. Shaw Is the only blot upon
n otherwise perfect family name ac-
cording to the Tulsan.
Family of Patriots.
"Our father fought for three years
and eight months In tho Civil war."
he said. "A few days ago I visited
my old mother in Newton Iowa. She
had saved $4 50 out of her pension
money and pit It In the bank. I told
her to buy Liberty bonds with every
cent of it. and she did so. Then I
visited my wife's mother before com-
ing home and saw that she invested In
bonds too. I told my mother of my
brother's attitude toward the war and
the government and warned her to be
prejjxired for tho worst as he might
be in ;ail or dead before I could get
home.' I knew that when the Liberty
loan workers called on him something
serious would happen."
Ied Khaw Heavy Bond Buyer.
Fred "Shaw was the first subscriber
in Tulsa to the first Liberty loan. He
bought $20000 worth of bonds. He
has subscribed heavily to the second
Issue and has given practically all of
his time to the local committee slnco
the campaign started. On the day of
the Okluhoma City Incident he turned
in more than $3600 worth of sub-
scriptions. That same day he donned
overalls and cwlth other Kotarlans
spent the afternoon in putting out
Liberty loan advertisements and lit-
erature. The Shaw family has an unbroken
lineage from the Mayflower down to
the present time. No foreign blood
Is in their veins. Mr. Shaw explains
the peculiar conduct of his brother by
the fact that. the latter was affiliated
with a German ohab in Oklahoma City
that had to close up soon after the
United States entered the war. "I
make no apologies for him tho" said
Fred Shaw. "I am ashamed to think
that he Is my brother I will do any-
thing In my power to assist the offi-
cials In giving h'm his Just deserts.
If he Is to be shot I am willing to Join
the firing squad. A man who Is not
for the government in this perilous
hour deserves harsh treatment be he
brother father or friend."
tl
OutTliere on the Waves!
Keyed to the highest pitch by the
shrill cries of the newbhoys selling ex-
tra editions on the sinking of a Unit-
ed States troop transnort. two hun
dred members of the Tulsa Army of
I i hurl I' T-r... 1 .1 In... .1- ( V. V . . '
Commerce last night and mobilized
- - J v. i .. ii i I. 111 1 IV UIQ VI1UII1UCI 1 ' L
their resources to "go over the top"
in the final das of the campaign tor
ten thousand Liberty bond buyers In
this city.
During the day they were uctlve.
They turned in a total oi' SU sub-
scri)tions amoimtini; to $38950 or
on average of $100 per man. Most of
these workers were volunteers who
had never before sold a Liberty bond.
"We're not worryjng about the big
buyers of bonds" said director of
Publicity N. U. Graham "but the gov-
ernment as well as us. desires most of
all to get the small subscriptions. Theylciuion was not uninfluenced by the
need the money and the moral
up-
port that a large number of subscrlp
lions will give them."
Saturday Sunday Monday and
Tuesday each soldier in the Army of
Liberty is to solicit his friends ami as-
sociates and the people in the block
where he lives.
On Tuesday night October 2$ a
great Liberty rally will be held at
Convention hall. Carl C. Magoe Jr- a
T u laft high s-hool boy who has served
on the French front for two years and
has been tinder fire time and time
again will toll Tutsans what the Tulsa
t oys will have to face. No bond sub-
scriptions will be taken at this meet-
ing. Wednesday October 24 has been
declared a legal holiday by President
Wilson and Governor Williams. On
this day the Tulsa Army of Libert'
together with the women's clubs and
boy scouts will make a one-jlay drive
calculated to reach every person In
the city who has not subscribed up to
that time.
The Tulsa total yesterday went to
$l6it0.200. The total number of sub-
scriptions to date is 1369. Ten thou-
sand subscriptions must be had by
next Wednesday night. '
From many sources yesterday en-
couraging reports were received.
Small Investors Many.
William Smith manager of the
Empress theater turned in subscrip-
tion from his twenty regular em-
ployes for a $60 bond each. He made
them a present of the first $5 pay-
ment on each bond.
Every member of the Adams Auto
Sales company bought a bond.
The girls of the Vandever Dry Goods
company who did nobly In the first
lh.
bond campaign subscribed
for a total of $4300 of the seoond
iwue. The store enables them to make
easy payments.
World Newsboys Buy.
Bennle Goldberg street circulator
of The World in conjunction with
The World Publishing company. Is ar-
ranging for every World newsboy to
buy a bond. Goldberg and The World
are making the first payment of $1
for each newsie. More than fifty em-
ployes of The World have availed
themselves of Eugene Lot-ton's offer
to sell them bonds on small weekly
payments without Interest.
J. V. Foty 109 East Second offers
to pay $1 down on a $50 bond for
each of the first one hundred working
girls who apply to him today.
Ono Army of Liberty worker was
told by a girl In a local garage that
she couldn't afford to buy a bond as
she had Just invested $80 In a fur
coat. "You had better sell the coat."
he told her "and buy bonds for If
CONTINl Eiv ON lUOE FOIKTKF.V
"A PAPER FROM HOME"
When a soldier gets "a paper from home" he can
hardly wait until he gets a chance to readmit. It tells him
all about the old home town and what his friends are
doing. It contains more information than could be gotten
into a hundred personal letters and it comes to him every
day. No gift is more appreciated than a subscription to
his home paper. In a company at Camp Travis the other
-day a v6te was taken to see whether the men preferred
newspapers or tobacco the most. Ninety-seven wanted
newspapers and thirty-four asked for smokes. The
World should be going to every one of the two thousand
Tulsa county boys who are now in training camps with
Pershing in France or on the high seas. Would you like
to send the paper to one of these brave young fellows?
The World will donate half the price ; just give ua 75 cents
for three months or $1.50 for six months and we will
start the paper right away to one of the boys all of whose
names and addresses we have. With each subscription
goes a personal letter to the soldier or sailor telling him
the name of the friend who is sending him the paper and
wishing him godspeed. Following are yesterday's donors
to the fund :
Francis Goodman $1$0
Mrs. DeWitt Hull .76
t M. Rodolf 7S
Mrs. John McPherson 76
J. W. Bethell 71
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RUSSIAN CAPITAL
GOES TO MOSCOW
Officials Decide to Move Seat
of Government From the
War Zone at Once.
FIGHT RAGES OVER ISLANDS
German Lose Four Battle
Crafts in Struggle for
Gulf Vantage Points.
rETHOGR.! Oct. 19. "The Kluva
wow unable to follow the other Hum-
sum ships retiring mirth ward und wus
sunk by her own itcv Iii order to bar
llio way to the enemy vessels" says
Minister of Marine VcrdcrVskl Just
before sUirting today to Join the Bal-
tic fliet.
The minister said the Husslun force
notion in uoliif; out to meet the enemy
fleet wit one of creat valor for each
""imati ilreiHliiuuglil of tho Kocnlg
type was much more ixiwerful than
llio entile Itussian muiulron.
PETHOGKAI) Oct. 19. Russia's
capital is soon to be removed to Its
ancient Hito ut Moticow. The govern-
ment' announcement of its decision
to shift its activities from Petrograd
assigned no reason for the change.
Tho trisuance simultaneous of a
statement that the civlliun population
of Reval the Russian naval base on
the Gull of Finland is being removed
to the interior. siittseMH that the do-
oerman threat against 1'etrogrart now
being developed In the navul and mili-
tary operations In the Gulf of Jtiga
and northward.
Transfer Comes Soon.
"Tho a definite date has not been
set it will be in the very near future"
said M. Klshktno in announcing the
government's i.-.ii ntlon to move in an
interview in the Bourse Gazette. "No
one is now permitted to go to Moscow
except on government business" he
continued. "The proposed evacuutlon
has Jecn under way by the govern
ment departments for a long time
The government is to occupy one
of the buildings in the Kremlin the
ancient capital. j In length 53 feet beam and 37 foot
The preliminary parliament will: depth with a displacement of 8.87(1
convene in Petrograd on Saturday andlBfoss tons. It was pressed Into govern-
move to Moscow later. I mi nt service during the clash with
The announcement of the decision ! Mexico In 19: f. next made a trip to
is to be made to tho preliminary parll- Genoa. Italy for refugees later was In
anient at Its first meeting. Quarters the transport service to Haiti during
are to be found in Moscow for the the recent uprising there and finally
parliament and also for the diplo- was serving the country in transport-
iiiuttc corps. Ing troops and supplies to France
Germans on Dago Island. fpt aw he trm bow o( tllfi
The Germans at noon Wednesday Antilles brenklng the smooth waters
began landing troops on Dngo Island f the inner harbor at Vera Cruz about
wMch lies directly north of Oesol lsl-ltho middle of October 1914 as she
and. after a bombardment. The Ger-inme her way to u pier after a voyage
man naval units engaged in the con-1 frn New York bringing supplies to
qusH of the three islands and In at- the quartermaster's department then
tempting to uesiroy tne uussian neei
comprised at least ten of the newest
dread naughts about ten cruisers not
less than fifty torpedo boat destroyers
and between eight and ten subniar- t the Antilles being lashed to the wharf
Ines. In addition a large number of at Galveston after a run from New
trawlers and other auxiliaries and hy-j York but later she wus placed In serv-dro-airplunes
and other aircraft are : ice from New Orleans to New York
working with the enemy. land was one of the feature liners of
Two Oerman torpedo bouts have J the Southern Pnclflc company In
been destroyed while running thru tho . passenger service especially during
mine field In Moon sound according i
to a Petrogrud dispatch and two Ger-
man trawlers have been sunk by the
fire of the Uussian flotilla.
Mrs. R. Epperson
C. T. Holman. . . .
Mrs. J. K. Daley.
Clara Wiliest on..
Fred Hyer
Anonymous
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CASUALTY LIST
WALKER thlnl engineer of-
fleer. BOYLE 'nnior engineer offi-
cer. O'HOI'RKE Junior engineer
officer.
K. Ii. K1NZEY seaman see-
nntl elns next of kin Thomas
M. Klnzey. father Water Val-
ley llss.
J. W. lll'NT seaman second
cIuka next of kin Isaac Hunt
father. Mountain Grove Mo.. It
No. 2 Box 44.
C. L. AI'SIUHX radio clce-
frtcuin first tiuxs next of kin
It. Ausbuin brother 2800 l-ou-ImIiiiui
avenue. New Orlean.
II. F. W VI'SOX radio 4ee-
trleinn third cla.' next of kin
Mrs. W. L. Seger motlicr Hut-
land. Mufw.
TlleT were it bout thirty-three
of the a liny enllsUNl personnel
on iNMinl of whom seventeen
were saved. The mi mix of the
inlHslnir of the army enlisted per-
sonnel and of the merchant
crew of the ship cannot he given
until the muster roll In l-Yanee
of those on board liu Is-en eon-
Htilit'd. ANTILLES FAMOUS
GOVERNMENT SHIP
Transport During Mexican
War Days and During Trou-
ble on Haiti Island.
ONE OF LARGEST IN SERVICE
More Than 400 Feet Long With
Beam of 53; Once Owned
-by Morgan- Line. -
(By-KNIGHT P. DOI'OLASt -.
The loss of the -Antilles Is a'loss to
the United States of one of Its largest
and most famous army transports.
.Once 11 gigantic const litier of 421 feet
jn command of Col. Clmuncey Baker.
As a freight and passenger vessel
of the Southern Steamship eonipmiy
Morgan line) I had many times seen
Mardl Gras celebration.
Becomes Government TrausMirt.
In the early part of the summer of
1914 when the people of Kurope
reullzed that the wur was on In
earnest tho United Stales government
took over the Antilles and she was
sent on a rush cull to Genoa Italy
where she was hoarded by more than
four hundred refugees mostly Ameri-
cans who were returned to the states.
Hardly had she touched ut New
York on her homeward voyage on
September 26. however that the
quartermaster's department saw the
need of augmenting the transport
service between New York und Vera
Cruz and Galveston and Vera Cruz and
she was rushed to the Mexican port
which had been held by General
Funston's troops since April 21.. 1914.
Loaded with provisions she made her
way Into the harbor and wus lushed
alongside a pier which gave shelter to
the transports Meade and McClelland.
As an employe of the quartermaster
department 1 assisted in checking off
of her several holds of supplies for the
army.
Many times we of the department
heard that the Antilles was about to
return to the stutes but us rupldly
came the reports of rumors that we
i too were to return and at lust we set
sail.
Next to 1 4i st Away.
I The Antilles was next to the lust
transport to leave the harbor of Vera
Crux and as a refugee ship wus loaded
'to the guard with men women und
children of all nationalities who did
not dare to face the forces of Coregon
. who even ut that moment could be
seen making their entrance Into the
city after being held ut the very out-
skirts by the machine guns of Fred
i Funston's men
The reuson the Antilles was almost
the last transport to leave was that
j muny of the Americans who at first
' Intended to remain decided to return
jand their late arrival at-the docks
permitted the other three transports.
The Snmner Meade and Kllpatrlck to
depart.
We of the quartermaster depart-
ment were engaged In placing refugee
baggage aboard the Antilles until the
whistle from the McClelland an-
nounced that she too was ready to
leave Vera Cms to the bandit forces
and with a squeak the gangplank of
the Antilles was hoisted and she
swung around in the channel passing
out the gate to permit the McClelland
to bring iiii the rear of the line. Then
protected and convoyed by destroyers
. . . WNTItiUEU O.N PAGI tlUHT
SEVENTY LIVES LOST WHEN GIANT
ANTILLES PLUNGES TO THE BOTTOM
FIVE MliTEUFTER FATAL BLOW
Few Besides Crew Aboard Leviathan
Homeward Bound; 167 of 237
Reported Rescued
ATTACKING U-BOAT
Escapes Watchful Eyes of Flotilla
Conveying Fleet of Large
Government Ships
WASHINGTON Oct. 19. The American army transport
Antilles homeward bound under convoy was torpedoed and
sunk by a German submarine in the war zone Wednesday.
About seventy men are missing and probably lost.
All the army and navy officers aboard and the ship's master
were among the 167 survivors. The missing are members of
the crew three civilian engineers some enlisted men of the navy
and 17 of 33 soldiers returning home for various reasons.
Neither the submarine nor the torpedo were seen and the trans-
port hit squarely amidships sank in five minutes.
This tragedy of the sea the first in which an American ship
engaged in war duty has been lost is the first of its magnitude
to bring home to the people of the United States the rigors of
the war in which they have engaged against Germany. It
carries the largest casualty list of the war of American lives and
marks the first success of German Bubmarine attacks on Ameri-
can transports.
That the loss of life was not greater is due to the safeguards
with which the navy has surrounded the transport service and
me quicK rescue worK oi me
Secretary
Panlels announced the
disaster tonight In a statement based
upon a brief dispatch from Viee-Ad-miral
Sims which gave a few details
and did not say whether It was a day
or night attack. 'An accurate list of
the missing can not be issued until
General Pershing reports the names
of tho uriny men on the vessel and
the list of the merchant crew.
News tjuekly ileleased-
I'pon receipt of the cablegram from
Admiral Sims the government kept
its promise not to withhold bad news
from the people. Tho Issuance of the
statement was delayed only until the
navy could telegraph to the families
f the men known to have been lost.
Secretary Daniels carried word of
the loss of the Antilles to the White
House when be went there late In the
day with Admiral Mayo who made
his report to President Wilson on his
visit to England at the direction of
the president. The news added to the
gravity of tho hour thut the secretary
and Admiral Mayo spent in confer-
ence with the president.
Few Soldiers Alwmrd.
Quick upon the wave of sorrow at
the news of the loss of the transport
came u feeling of distinct relief be-
cause she had met her fate homeward
bound and not on the way over with
troops. The only soldiers on board
were returning to the hospital or on
special assignment. Had the full
complement of the transport been
aboard the l'ss undoubtedly would
have been written In hundreds as she
was struck In the most vulnerable
spot nnd went under so swiftly thut
few could have escaped.
Officii Is are confident that those
I When The World Issues nn ex- I
I tra the Tulsa public knows
I there is some valid reason for It. I
t and that is why 3.000 copies of t
I last night's World extra on the I
I sinking of the troop transport I
I were sold. The World with its old I
I teliiitilo and truthful Associated I
I Press lensed vire. was on the I
t street 23 minutes ahead of uny I
other newspaper und with a
I mora complete and accurate story
I than any other extra carried. The I
I World's exlia was the only one
I ptvlng names of the mb-siug. I
I Charlei Pitge's newsboys reul-
I izing the hopeless situation I
I veiled "World extra" but hnnneit
nut the Pagi afternoon organ. I
I Six reputable citizens eauie to I
The World office and told how I
I they had been duped in this man- I
I ner. One of them was W. C. I
I Kates editor of the Clarryore I
I Progress. lie had bought one
I World extra nnd bearing another I
I hoy yelling "W'orl.l extra" and I
I seeing n different headline he
I "fell" for the game lie was I
I much il Isnnsted when the news- I
I boy handed him another news- I
I paper.
I The World .toes not "fake" lis I
I news or headlines nnd Issues an I
I extra only when It hua the abso-
I lute farts at hand to warrant It I
I In these times of great stress the I
I public should not be ttnnecessar-
I 11 y excited merely because a pub- I
t Usher is greedy fur gold and I
I prestige.
WAS NEVER SIGHTED
convoying warships
who survived owe their lives to the
careful attention given by the navy
department to the equipping of trans-
ports with lifeboats and life rafts.
It Is a fixed rule that enough boats
and rafts shall be carried to afford
a place for every man aboard even
tho the ship keol over and put half
her boats out of commission.
The ioss of the ship's engineer of- .
fleers Indicates the probability that no
ono of the engine and fire room forces
on duty escaped. Probably most of
them died In the blast of the explo- .
sion of the torpedo which tore Its way
into the engine room compartments.
The heavy loss among the army en-
listed men indicated cannot be ac-
counted for until further details corns
In. Probably they and the navy men
were In their quarters below and '.
could not make their way on deck
before the ship took her final plunge.
The army navy and ship's officers
and the others who were rescued
probably were on deck or in cabins
from which a step took them to the
deck and had a chance for their lives.
Lacking details of the attack be-
yond the fuct thut the submarine was
unseen and the first warning to thoso
abourd the Antilles camo with the '
shock of the exploiion of the tor-
pedo many theories ware currant as
to how the I'-bout crept thru the de-
stroyer screen did its work and es-
caped unchallenged.
Idy In Walt.
A majority of the officers who
would comment thot the transport
and her convoying patrols had run
directly over a lurking submarine.
which mjw them coming calculated
the distance and launched her deadly
torpedo without ever showing more
than her periscope. They regard it as
probable that the lT-bout commander
picked his place lay in wait below
the surface until his microphones told
him the patrols bad passed and the
transport was upon him then shot his
periscope above water only ionr
enough to sight and fire before ho
ducked bnck to wifely.
Any attempt to locate the subma-
rine probably was made impossible
by the necessity of rescuing the sur-
vivors. The vessel must have been
virtually torn in half by the explosion
to have gone down In the time she
did.
Probably the attack was made
well out at ses. It took two days for
the news to reach Washington and tho
disputed phnvvs that time must have
elapsed before dufii'lte word could
reach Admiral Sims. The survivors
are believed to be already safe ashore
somewhere in Franco or England.
So far as known no high officers
of th army or navy were due to re-
turn on the Antilles. There Is nc
definite information on tS si
however as only General rshlna
knows who whs sent horns on the
ship. The reports so far received
show merely thut a number of army
officers and S3 enlisted men of the
army were aboard. Kvidently Admiral
Sims rushed his tidings off before he
communicated with Ceneral Pershing.
The loss of the Antilles marks the
first reduction of the transport fleet
that has been operating. A very con-
siderable number of American troopa.
workmen and others Involved in the
prosecution of the war have been car-
ried safely to France and Kngland
and the unsuccessful attack on the
first contingent Is the only recorded
previous Instance where the U-boats
have succeeded even In ' catching:
sight of the vessels.
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