Show armea Us so STEAMER IS S ua N R THE FREIGHTER AZTEC TO BOTTOM WITHOUT WARNING BY SUBMARINE eleven american americans reported to have beeh drowned naval guard with ship captain being P eked up washington french admiralty die dis patches to the arentti embassy here on april 2 announcing the einung without warning of the first armed american merchant erchant na ship the freighter aztec by a german submarine said apparently william fuller gree gres ban burn nd pd twelve american blue jackets constituting the armed guard of the vessel had been saved but that eleven ol 01 the crew crow were reported missing the guard with the captain and three other mem bemberis beris of the crew in the second officer and eighteen men is were picked up by the french pauol boat surrius after three hours eleven men are thought to have been dro ned when tho the first boat to put off waa was smashed the third boat COUt con talLing tho the officer and eighteen men Is not directly accounted for but thu fact that only eleven are reported massing missing lead leads to the belief that it must have been picked up the admiralty report said the aztec bound from new york to havre was torpedoed without warning april 2 oft off ant the torpedo struck squarely amidships emitting a power ful tul gas and putting the wi reica out of commission officials said the disaster would not affect the policy of arming ships which will bo continued in the most efficient manner Nat secretary daniels declined to make public the list of naval officers frid nd gunners who manned the two fire guns placed fore and aft on tho aztec until the survivors are listed and the department I 1 Is officially advised concerning those whose lives may be lost he said it will not announce the naval personnel of tha thi aztec |