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Show I AMERICAN WARSHIP I IS KEPT AFLOAT AND I MAKES PORT SAFELY H Wubinetoa, Oct. 17. The first PPPJ manskllled on an American ship of PPPJ war slnco tho Spanish war has boon B sacrificed to a Gorman U-boat. PPPJ Tho nary department today an- PPPJ Bounced that an American destroy- PPPJ or was torpedoed yesterday In Euro- PpH roan waters, ono man being killed PpH and flro slightly wounded. The vea- PpH eel waa not sunk and has since made PPPJ Tho man killed was blown over- PPB board nnd his body was not recov- PPPJ ered. Ho was Gunner's Mato Osmond Kelly Ingram, whoso mother, Betty Ingram, lives at 504 Thlrtl rtreot, Pratt City. Ala. Tho woundor are: Herman Henry Pankratt, gun-nor's gun-nor's mate, second class; noit of kin brother, Itobort William Pankrata, 4818 Leo arenuo, St. Louis. William Edward Morrltt, seaman, next of kin mother, KUen Merrltt, 264 B. Flfty-fourts street, Now Yprlc. Frank William Kruz, fireman, first class; next of kin wlfo, Margaret Kruz, 721 Indian avenue, Toledo, O. Patrick Ilutlodgc, oiler; next of kin wife, Nonna Itutlldgo, 431 W. Thirty-first street, Now York. William Selmcr, fireman, second class; next of kin father, Honry Sol-mer, Sol-mer, Dundas, Minn. Details of Encounter WlthheM From Press. Tho namo of tho ship and tho location lo-cation of tho attack aro withheld, but tho casualties woro announced Immediately Im-mediately upon receipt of a message from VIco Admiral Sims, In accordance accord-ance with tho plcdgo of Secretary Daniels to mako public promptly all casualties In tho fleot abroad. Tho largo number of flroroom men of tho casualty list would indlcato that tho Tessol was hit amldshlp. Yet If sho had been bo torpedoed naval offlconi do not see how sho could so promptly havo mado port. Tho more probablo theory of tho attack advancod tonight Is that tho vessel was struck olther woll forward or woll aft, and that tho explosion did little damago to tho ship's vitals. This was sustained by tbo knowledge knowl-edge that tho usual method pur-suod pur-suod upon sighting a aubmarlno or torpedo Is to turn tho ship cither directly toward or directly away from tho lino of attack so as to pro-sont pro-sont tho smallest possible target. It la believed hero that tho destroyer was undoubtedly pointed for thu Bubmarino when struck. Efficiency of Patrol Squadrons Denioiistnited. Tho principal comment beard among naval officers when tho news of tho attack was mado public was that It demonstrated tho remarkable efficiency of our patrol squadron. It Is an open secret that scoros, If uot hundreds, of tho vessels havo been patrollng tho most thickly Infested In-fested submarine lanes for weeks and months. This Is tho first report of a hit being scored by tho enemy. Thero havo boon many reports of hits scored by tho destroyers. Tho navy department Is Inclined to bollovo that many Gorman U-boats havo not only been hit, but sunk. Almost every other roport of an encounter with tho sea wolves has contained evidence to this effect. Tho navy department has been reluctant to placo full credenco In theso roports becauso of tho known ability of tho Germans to simulate sinking by various var-ious means. Tho ability of tho dostroyers to mako port nftor being (struck by a torpedo Is pointed to also as a ro-markabla ro-markabla demonstration of tho offl-cloncy offl-cloncy of tho torpedo drill of tho navy. Destroyers havo generally been described as slender wasps load- ed with machinery. The popular opinion has been that onco hit a fair blow thoy will sink. Tho largor and far moro substantial vessels havo been utterly dostroyed by a slnglo torpedo. tor-pedo. Tho report of yesterday's on-counter on-counter provos tho promptness and coolness with which American Jack-les Jack-les must havo Btood by to closo tho watertight bulkheads and protect tho vital engine and boiler rooms. It Is boltoved that tho englneroom force In tho casualty list must havo been tho off-watch, detailed to gun stations at general quarters. Tho attack strengthens rather than lessens tho faith of tho navy In tho destroyers as tbo typo of vessol best adapted to combat tho submarine. A small vossol, if hit, would havo been blown to pieces. It was pointed out tonight, wbllo a larger ono would havo lacked tho evident facility of tho destroyor to maneuver. Ingram I'Irst War Victim on U. S. Naval Venae, Othor men havo been killed In action ac-tion with tho Germans slnco tho United Unit-ed States declared war, but they havo been tho members of tho armed guard of merchantmen struck by shell fragments or drowned by U-boats. U-boats. Ingram is tho first man aboard a naval vossol to glvo his llfo to an enemy shot slnco tho Spanish war. Tho bluojackets who fought and died at Vora Cruzo fought and died ashoro. Tho attack on an American do-stroyor do-stroyor gavo fresh Impetus to tho talk of Germany's whole submarine power pow-er and her ability to extend her operations, op-erations, Tho general opinion among naval oflcers Is that tho record of American Ameri-can destroyers abroad has demonstrated demon-strated that Oormany has all sho can handlo In tho European waters, whoro sho Is now 'operating. Tho navy department today received re-ceived with skepticism reports from London that Germany was about to declare a submarine barred zono off tho coasts of tho United States, Canada Can-ada and Cuba. Tho reports were said to havo boon sont out by a radio station and picked up by tho British admiralty wlroless. At the samo tlmo oflclals, from Secretary Daniels down, admitted that thero was no question of Germany Ger-many having submarines of sufficient suffici-ent power to cross tho ovoan and raid skipping m thU old. I3y way of precaution tho navy department In tho regular routine news roport wirelessed each night to American vessels Included tho London roport. This was to onablo American naval craft, especially vossols on tho coast-wlss coast-wlss patrol, to keep a sharp lookout. look-out. Constant Search Mad for Submnrlno liases. Tho ekeptlclBm of officials was baaed on tho dlsbellof that If Germany Ger-many was really going to raid shipping ship-ping on this side of tho water sho would, In tho words of Secretary Daniels, "glvo notice of her Intention." Inten-tion." Germany could hardly hopo to intimidate in-timidate neutral shipping entering nnd putting out from United States ports, It was said. As to tho quostlon of law whether wheth-er under International usago it was necessary for Germany to declaro a war zono off tho Amorlcan coast bo-foro bo-foro beginning operations hero Secretary Sec-retary Daniels pointed out that Germany Ger-many la tho past has not lot law or humanity Interfere with her military or naval plans. Ono point was brought out by th9 discussions today, and that Is that tho United States Is maintaining a constant search for possible U-boat bases on this sido of tho Atlantic. Great llrltain Is co-operating in southern waters. Cuba is patrollng her own coast; Canada Is watching out for her shore line. American warships are kcoplng a closo cyo on tbo Mexican coast, whilo tho British aro assisting In patrollng tho West Indies. Many of theso Islands somo uninhabited, un-inhabited, moro coral rocks Jutting put of tho water would offer sites for a German base, and thoy aro under un-der constant watch. Tho northorn coast of South America Is alBO being closely patroled by efficient squadrons. squad-rons. Daniels Discredit War Zone I tumors. Secretary Danlols, whllo admitting that thero was no question of Gorman Gor-man submarines being nblo to cross tho Atlantic, gavo tho following as his opinion of tho war zono rumors; "If I woro back at my old profession, pro-fession, that of writing headlines for my newspaper, Instead of participating participat-ing in tho government, I should head that report the waf that Horace Greely headed such a ono In his day 'Important if Truo.' " It was said at tho navy department depart-ment thai Gormany Is carrying on,hor Bubmarino war eo far as can bo learned with U-boats displacing between be-tween 400 and 800 tons. Tho 800-ton 800-ton submarines aro, of courso, tha most effectlvo. Wldoly circulated roports that Gormany Gor-many la building super-submarines as big ae 1C00 to 2000 tons, havo reached tho oars of tho department. "But," eald Mr. Daniels, "although wo know that It would bo posslblo to build submarines of that tonnago wo don't know that Gormany Is doing it. If sho Ib, nono has over beon sighted at sea." Tho question of supply can In many cases bo solved by taking what Is wanted from tho cargoes of victim vic-tim merchantmen, it was pointed ont. It Is not expected a German Bubmarino Bubma-rino would suffer any great difficulty diffi-culty In making a quick trip to the American coast, doing eui much dam-ago dam-ago as she could and then, sotting out on her return trip. Tho trip would bo longor for tho 800-ton U-boats than for tho 400 or GO 0-ton boats. Information reaching reach-ing hero is to tho effect that tho smaller submarines mako tholr way to tho Atlantic through tho straits of Dover, whllo tho 800-ton ones have to mako tho wldo detour through tho North sea and around tho northorn end of tho British Isles. Tho 800-ton submarine carries not to oxceed twelvo torpedoes, wbllo tho number carried by others Is proportionate propor-tionate to tholr tonnago. Of lato tho U-boats havo beon traveling In pairs and squadrons this bolng mado necessary nec-essary by tho now methods of convoying con-voying put Into effect by the United States and tho allies. Decrenso In Submnrlno Destnictlveness Admitted. Copenhagen, Oct. 17. Count von Itoventlow, mouthpiece of tho German Ger-man admiralty, publishes in his nows-paper, nows-paper, tho Tages Zeltung of Berlin, an article preparing hia readers for a decreaso in mibmarlno destructlve-noss destructlve-noss In Septomber, as shown by tho German statistics, publication of which Is about duo. In addition to his oarllor explanations explana-tions of decreases of tonnago sunk, von Ileventlow advances tho theory that Great Britain km withdrawn chips from sorvlce for tho romalnd- I er of tho year, in ordor to havo thorn I in readiness to transport tho Argon- I Uno harvest tn January. Theso with- drawals, he says, docroaso tho on I portuulties of tho submarines fov I sinkings. This theory contrasts I strikingly with his earlier assertion I that Great Britain's available tonnage I already had become too small of its I needs. H Badden chocs tn tho routes oj I ships, Count ron Rerentlew says, nr I making It Increasingly difficult for jH submarines to loeato their troy. Ht S attributes to American authority I statement that tho passago of passenger pas-senger liners between America rrd England now requires twonty-six days. |
