Disappearance of the U.S.S. Cyclops (2024)

INDIVIDUAL NEWS AND RECORDS
[All items were researched and transcribed by Mary Kay Krogman, unless otherwise noted]

- - - ALBERT GEORGE AHRENS (crew) - - -

CYCLOPS MEN LISTED DEAD
(United Press Leased Wire.)
Oshkosh, Wis., June 25. - That the navy department believes the crew of the missing cyclops arae dead was indicated in official notification received here today by John Ahrens. The message said Albert George Ahrens, a sailor on the Cyclops, has been declared officially dead, "as of June 14, 1918."
[Source: Tacoma Times (WA) June 25, 1918]

- - - ALFRED FRANCIS ALLEMAN (crew) - - -

GULFPORT MAN ON Cyclops
A. F. Alleman, 23, Joined Navy at Outbreak of War
BILOXI, Miss., April 13. - A. F. Alleman of Gulfport, was a fireman on the United States collier Cyclops and a former employee of the Gulfport Grocery Company. He joined the United States navy shortly after the outbreak of the war. He is 23 years old, single, and had a bright future before him in the grocery business, and would have undoubtedly risen, say officials of that company. THey also state that he was one of the first boys of Harrison county to join the colors at the outbreak of war, declaring thathe believed it to be the duty of all young men to go. He is a son of Peter Alleman, a long resident of Gulfport and former road overseer in this county for the Board of Supervisors.
[Source: New Orleans States (LA) April 15, 1918]

- - - JOHN GEORGE ALSCHBACH (crew) - - -

Michigan Men Reported on Lost Vessel. (excerpt)
Following are the names of other Michigan men in the crew:
John George Alschbach, coxswain, mother, Elizabeth Alschbach, Kearsarge;
[Source: Ann Arbor News (MI) April 15, 1918]

- - - ROBERT ARMSTRONG (passenger) - - -
The parents of Robert Armstrong of Galena, Or., who was aboard the naval collier Cyclops when it disappeared mysteriously at sea during the war, are beneficiaries under an insurance provision in the Sweet law recently passed amending the war risk insurance act. This provision covers every officer and enlisted man of the crew of the Cyclops and every officer or enlisted man who was a passenger on the ship with $5000 insurance, whetherhe had applied or not. This action was taken by congress on the grounds that the men aboard the Cyclops had had but small opportunity to avail themselves of government insurance.

The young man was a boatswain's mate on the Cyclops. He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Armstrong of Galena.
[Source: Morning Oregonean (Portland, OR) Feb. 18, 1920]

- - - CHARLES SPRUEILL ASHBEE JR (crew) - - -
Rank & Branch: Sea USN
Home Address: 407 Pearl St Berkley Va
Sn 165 05 72
Born 05/28/99; Died 6/14/18
[Source: Veterans Affairs Master Index 1917-1940]

- - - ANDREW THEODORE ASKIN (crew) - - -

STEELTON AND CHAMBERSBURG MEN ON CYCLOPS
Andrew Atkin, Colored, Among Those Believed Lost, Mother Hears
Once more the war was brought straight home when the wires last night carried the name of Andrew Askin, aged 22, son of a Steelton woman, as among those believed to have been lost at sea with the collier Cyclops.

Another name carried in the list of those believed lost was that of Dr. Burt J. Asper, aged 28, of Chambersburg, assistant surgeon, U. S. N.

Andrew Theodore Askin, colored, a mess attendant on the Cyclops is the son of Mrs. Annie Bailor, 151 Main street, Steelton.

Mrs. Bailor yesterday received a telegram from the Bureau of Navigation, acquainting her of the suspected loss of her son with the other members of the crew of the ill-fated vessel.

Askin has been in the navy since June 2, 1917. He enlisted at Atlantic City, where he was working. He was rated as a third class seaman and in his last letter to his parents, stated that he expected to be promoted within the near future. Askin has made several trips across the ocean.The young man was born in Baltimore, Md., where five of his sisters now reside. Besides five sisters residing in Baltimore, he has a sister, Ada, and three brothers, living with his parents at Steelton.

The telegram received by the Bailor family from the Washington authorities follows:
"The Collier 'Cyclops' on which your son Andrew Theodore Askin, mess attendant, 3rd class, U. S. N., was a member of the crew, is overdue at an Atlantic port since March 13. She was last reported at one of teh West Indian Isles March 4. Disappearance cannot be accounted for as there has been no bad weather and in fighting in the ship's zone. Search will be continued for the ship. Further developments will be made known to you at an early date.
(Signed) PALMER
Bureau of Navigation
[Source: Patriot (Harrisburg, PA) April 15, 1918]

- - - DR. BURT J. ASPER (officer) - - -

STEELTON AND CHAMBERSBURG MEN ON CYCLOPS
Dr. Burt J. Asper, who is reported lost on the Cyclops, is the son of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Asper, of Chambersburg, Pa. He was 28 years old, a graduate of Chambersburg High School, and the Medical College of the University of Maryland in 1913. A letter, which he had written last February was the last word received from him by his parents.

Dr. Asper was married last Octobere. His parents, widow and brother, Dr. Guy Asper, a practicioner of Chambersburg, survive him.
[Source: Patriot (Harrisburg, PA) April 15, 1918]

- - - JOHN DOMINIC FRANCIS BAGGIORE (passenger) - - -

PHOENIX BOY ON OVER-DUE SHIP
John Baggiore, a native boy of Phoenix, was on board the United States collier Cyclops, which has been missing for several months, according to advices from Washington received by the boy's mother, Mrs. Mary Maggiore. The collier has been overdue in an Atlantic port for over two months. Young Baggiore, who was under the draft age, and, being big and husky, was placed where his strength would do the most good.

The telegram received here in reference to his being on the missing collier, reads as follows:
May 14, 1918.
Mrs. Mary Baggiore, 306 E. Filmore Street, Phoenix, Ariz.
Additional information just received indicates your son, John Dominic Francis Baggiore, was a passenger on board Cyclops, having been transferred from Raleigh. Navy Collier Cyclops is overdue at an Atlantic port since March 13. Her disappearance can not be logically accounted for in any way. Continual search is being made by radio and vessels over the route presumed to have been followed by the Cyclops. As soon as any information is received you will be promptly advised. Address all inquiries to bureau ofnavigation, navy department.
(Signed) L. C. PALMER.
[Source: Arizona Republican (Phoenix, AZ) May 16, 1918]

- - - GEORGE A. BAILEY (crew) - - -

Newport Man, Member of the Crew of the U. S. Collier Cyclops, Which is Believed to Have Been Lost
Among those believed lost on the missing naval collier Cyclops is George A. Bailey, a son of Mrs. William Sisson, 36 Washington street, Newport. The family formerly lived in Pawtucket, where Mr. Bailey was born.

Mr. Bailey, who was formerly employed in the repair shops of the New England Steamship Comapny at Newport, entered the collier service as an oiler, before the United States entered the war. When was was declared, he became a member of the regular navy and had continued on the Cyclops since that time. He was expected home at Thanksgiving and Christmas, but was unable to return from European waters, where the Cyclops was then engaged.

Mrs. Sisson has two other sons in service. One is with the Marine Corps in France and the other is in the navy and thought to be on his way abroad. The family moved from Pawtucket to Newport about eight years ago.
[Source: The Evening Bulletin (Providence, RI) April 16, 1918]

- - - GEORGE WEST BARROW (crew) - - -

COLUMBUS BOY ON COLLIER
Columbus, Miss., April 15. - A Columbus boy, George W. Barrow, was on board the United States naval collier Cyclops, reported missing. He is the son of B. E. Barrow, car inspector in the employ of the Mobile and Ohio railroad, and a nephew of J. H. Barrow, a well known merchant in East Columbus. He is barely 17 years old and had been in the navy about one year, having enlisted in this city last April. The last letter received from young Barrow came to his father in December, and for some time past membersof the family have been deeply concerned regarding his welfare.
[Source: Times-Picayune (New Orleans, LA) April 16, 1918]

- - - UBERT SUMNER BARTON (passenger) - - -

THREE PORTLAND BOYS MAY BE AMONG VICTIMS
At least three Portland young men are supposed to have been aboard the collier Cyclops, reported missing, and their families have been advised of the facts in messages received from the department of navigation on Sunday. Messages contained practically the same statement as press dispatches caried.
One of the boys thought to be aboard is Ubert Sumner Barton, son of Mrs. G. A. Barton, 846 Belmont street. He is 27 yearas old and enlisted in the navy on January 2, 1914. He had written recently to his sister, Mrs. E. D. Gilhousen, that his term of enlistment had expired and he was coming to Portland before reenlisting. He is married, and his wife lives somewhere in Portland.
[Source: Oregon Journal (Portland, OR) April 15, 1918]

- - - FRED BEALE (crew) - - -

Only 2 Wayne County Boys Died in Naval Service During War
WASHINGTON, D. C. Dec. 17. - Only two Wayne county, Indiana, men who were in the naval service of the United States died during the war with Germany, according to a handsomely bound volume containing the naval casualty list for the late war recently issued by the navy department. This list does not include men who served in the Marine Corps. The Wayne county men whose names appear on the United State's Navy roll of honor are:
Excerpt:
Fred Beale: next of kin, Hattie Beale, mother, Rushville, Ind. Member of the crew of the missing U. S. S. Cyclops.
[Source: Richmond Palladium and Sun-Telegram (IN) Dec. 17, 1920]

- - - WILLIAM OTIS BEESE (crew) - - -

LISBON BOY IN LIST
W. O. Beese Among the Iowans Named As Missing After Disappearance of the Collier Cyclops.
Three Iowa boys are listed among those on board the naval Collier Cyclops, which it was announced today has been missing since March 13.
They are:
W. O. Beese, Lisbon.
Frank C. Nigg, Maquoketa.
Fred Henry Rooney, Council Bluffs.
Word was received from W. O. Beese, by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Beese, who live south of Lisbon, March 4, the letter having been written from the West Indies. After that the vessel went to Brazil, the last port it was known to have touched.

Beese has lived with his parents south of Lisbon for a number of years. He served one term in the navy and re-enlisted at the time the United States entered the war.
[Source: Cedar Rapids Evening Gazette (IA) April 15, 1918]

- - - CHARLES YANCEY BLACKLEDGE (crew) - - -
Rank & Branch: Yeo 2c USN
Home Address: Commerce Mo.
Born 9/29/91; Died 6/14/18
[Source: Veterans Affairs Master Index 1917-1940]

- - - JOHN BLEMIE (crew) - - -

Other Philadelphia Boys Include:
John Blemie, of 3577 Comly street;
Mother Had Premonition
Blemie is twenty-eight years old, Although he only enlisted last May, he had attained the rank of first-class machinist's mate. His father and mother last heard from him when they received a postal card dated January 23 from Rio Janeiro. Blemie was formerly employed in the Marcus Williams Book Bindery.

Since he told us he was going to South America." said his mother, Mrs. Margaret Blemie, last night. "I have felt that he was in great danger. I have felt this sense of danger continually and have spoken to my husband about it."
[Source: Evening Public Ledger (Philadelphia, PA) April 15, 1918]

- - - WILLIAM CLARK BRANDT (crew) - - -

OHIOANS IN CYCLOPS.
WASHINGTON, April 14. - Nine members of the crew and one passenger on the missing U. S. S. Cyclops were from Ohio.
The Ohioans in the crew were:
William Clark Brandt, seaman second class, son of E. C. Brandt, S. Prospect street, Ravenna.
[Source: Plain Dealer (Cleveland, OH) April 15, 1918]

- - - JOHN BRAWFORD (crew) - - -

ESTHERVILLE BOY ON CYCLOPS.
Special to Times-Republican.
Estherville, April 19. - John Brawford, one of Estherville's young soldiers, was on the collier Cyclops, which is missing, and his many friends and relatives are very much concerned about his safety.
[Source: Evening Times-Republican (Marshalltown, IA) April 19, 1918]

- - - LEONARD THOMAS BURGESS (crew) - - -
The big U. S. Collier "Cyclops" has been reported as lost with all on board. One Milam County man was a member of the crew, in the person of Leonard T. Burgess, of Burlington, Burgess formerlhy lived southeast of Rockdale and will be remembered by many of our citizens. Nothing is known of the fate of the ship; she simply disappeared. She was not sailing in the "danger zone," either.
[Source: Rockdale Reporter and Messenger (TX) April 18, 1918]

LEON THOMAS BURGESS
Rank & Branch: Bkr 2/c Us
Home Address: Burlington Tex
Died 6/14/18
[Source: Veterans Affairs Master Index 1917-1940]

- - - ORAL ANDRES BEYE (passenger) - - -

COLORADO STATE NEWS
Oral Andres Beye, an enlisted seaman on the collier Cyclops, which, according to news dispatches may be lost at sea, is the son of C. E. Beye, a Grand Junction car repairer.
[Source: Idaho Springs Siftings-News (CO) April 19, 1918]

- - - EDWARD LEO BLAKE (passenger) - - -

- - - JOHN BOESE (crew) - - -
Green Bay - John Boese, 27 years old, of Duck Creek is among the 221 members of the crew of the collier Cyclops, which has been reported overdue at an Atlantic port since March 13. Boese was a fireman on the missing vessel.
[Source: Vernon County Censor (Viroqua, WI) May 1, 1918]

- - - REGINALD St. C. BOSHER (crew) - - -

VIRGINIA SAILORS BELIEVED LOST ON AMERICAN COLLIER
Reginald St. C. Bosher, next of kin, William T. Bosher, of 922 North Twentieth Street, a machinist.
[Source: Richmond Times-Dispatch (VA) April 15, 1918]

- - - HARRY L. BOYCE (passenger) - - -

GERMAN RECORDS SHED NO LIGHT ON FATE OF Cyclops
Relatives of Attleboro Man Notified by War Department
Relatives of Harry L. Boyce of Attleboro, who was a passenger on the naval collier Cyclops sunk without a tract over a year ago have received word from Washington that the war records of Germany disclose no destruction of the ship by Germans and reveal that no U-boat was operating in West Indian waters at the time the collier was lost. The Navy department has been unable to find any clue to the cause of the disaster.
[Source: Evening Bulletin (Providence, RI) March 28, 1919]

- - - ALLIE R. BROWN (passenger) - - -

BROWN'S PARENTS TOLD OF PROBABLE DEATH
VALLEJO, April 15. - Allie R. Borwn, a fireman on the missing naval collier Cyclops, has a mother and seveeral brothers and sisters here. He enlisted in the Navy here last summer and was on the naval transport Glacier when last heard from. His mother received a telegram from the Navy Department notifying her of Brown's probable death.
[Source: San Francisco Chronicle (CA) April 16, 1918]

- - - J. J. CAIN (officer) - - -

SIX COLORADO MEN REPORTED ON Ship
Relatives Notified by Navy Officers That Search for Cyclops Is Unsuccessful
The name of J. J. Cain, ensign, does not occur in the United States naval register. He is one of the six Colorado men reported by the navy department as having been on the Cyclops. His home was at Fairview, Colo.
[Source: Denver Rocky Mountain News (CO) April 15, 1918]

- - - THOMAS OSCAR CALLAHAN (crew) - - -

OHIOANS IN CYCLOPS.
WASHINGTON, April 14. - Nine members of the crew and one passenger on the missing U. S. S. Cyclops were from Ohio.
The Ohioans in the crew were:
Thomas Oscar Callahan, 606 Oak street, Toledo.
[Source: Plain Dealer (Cleveland, OH) April 15, 1918]

- - - THOMAS CAREY (crew) - - -

Michigan Men Reported on Lost Vessel. (excerpt)
Following are the names of other Michigan men in the crew:
Thos. Carey, fireman, father, John Carey, R. F. D. N. 4, Cedar Springs;
[Source: Ann Arbor News (MI) April 15, 1918]

- - - ARTHUR COX CAVANAUGH (passenger) - - -
LOSS OF CYCLOPS IS A MYSTERY TO NAVY (excerpt)
Following are the Northwest boys aboard the collier:
Arthur Cox Cavanaugh; Mary L. Cavanaugh, mother, Darlington, Wash.
[Source: Oregon Journal (Portland, OR) April 15, 1918]

- - - FRANK CELENTANO (crew) - - -
Rank & Branch: W T USN
Home Address: 433 Pleasant Ave New York
Sn 135 35 49
Born 8/14/93; Enl 5/29/17; Died 6/14/18
[Source: Veterans Affairs Master Index 1917-1940]

- - - MARTIN LEE CHASE (crew) - - -

DEKALB MARINE LOST ON THE CYCLOPS?
Martin Chase, Dekalb, Lisgted Among Those On Collier Cyclops
Well Known Dekalb Man Believed to Have Perished With Others

BRINGS HOME FACT NATION IS AT WAR
Miss Anna Chase, teacher at the Ellwood school, today received a message from her brother, Perry Chase, of Detroit, Mich., which he had received from the war department. The message said: "Martin Chase on Cyclops, now 30 days overdue." This is the only information the relative here have received concerning the young man. It is hoped that another message will be received soon telling of the safety of the boat and crew.

If all reports concerning the United States Collier Cyclops, which the navy department fears has been lost at sea, are true, DeKalb is called upon to mourn the death of her first soldier and sailor lad, as Martin Chase, well known young man of this city, a brother of Miss Anna Chase, a nephew of Mrs. Anna Dodge, also a relataive of the Dickermans, was a member of the crew, and his name is listed in the names of those on board.

Martin Chase - everyone in the city knew the young man, and where could there be found a more centimanly, whole hearted, American-blooded lad than him!. And now comes the report that he has probably given his life for the cause of war - as will many other DeKalb county boys before this conflict ends, but what a difference it makes when the pangs of death are brought to our very door!

Martin Chase had seen four years of naval service before this world war started, and when he clearly saw that his services were again needed, he gave up his work, pleasant surroundings, and sacrificed his all that he might again take up the life of a seaman. He has been on the Collier Cyclops for some time past. In fact was on the self same boat at the time of the Halifax disaster was recorded, and assisted in relief work there with other United States marines.

The navy department thus far has not given up all hope of the best boat being lost, but "fears for its safety," and DeKalb people naturally fear for the safety of their sailor lad. Not until information is given out concerning the boat will anything be known concerning the fate of one of DeKalb's very best young men.
[Source: DeKalb Daily Chronicle (IL) April 15, 1918]

- - - ROY ATHOL CLAREY (passenger) - - -

SANTA BARBARA BOY IS PASSENGER ON CYCLOPS
SANTA BARBARA, April 15. - Roy Athol Clarey, aged 25, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Clarey of this city, is mentioned as a passenger on the Cyclops, in a telegram received from the Navy Department. Clarey enlisted in the Navy three years ago, and the last letter received from him was a year ago, when he sailed to South America on the Pittsburg. It is believed he was coming back to his country for other service. In the Navy he was a carpenter's mate, first class.
[Source: San Francisco Chronicle (CA) April 16, 1918]

- - - ALBERTUS S. COHOON (crew) - - -
Rank & Branch: F 2cl USS Cyclops
Home Address: Alma, Mich
Born --/--/--; Enl 4/28/17; Died 6/14/18
[Source: Veterans Affairs Master Index 1917-1940]

- - - GEORGE F. COOK (crew) - - -

THREE NEW YORK MEN ABOARD MISSING SHIP
Relatives of George F. Cook have been notified that he is missing. He had been in the naval service since he was sixteen. His parents live at 126 Webster Avenue, Yonkers. A brother, James, has arrived safely in France and a second brother, Joseph, is in training at Camp Wadsworth.
[Source: New York Tribune (NY) April 15, 1918]

- - - FRANCIS EDWIN COTTON (passenger) - - - [excerpts]

TWO ARIZONA MEN LOST ON CYCLOPS
At least two Arizona men were aboard the naval collier Cyclops, now overdue at an Atlantic port since March 13. Among the 293 passengers were many of note, and nearly every nation on the globe and almost every state in the union was represented. Beside the Arizonans, one man from New Mexico is reported as among the collier's passengers.
Arizon men aboard the vessel as reported by the navy department under date of April 15, were:

Francis Edwin Cotton, chief electrician, retired. Nearest relative, Blanche H. Rinehart, mother, 316 W. Roosevelt street, Phoenix, Arizona. . . . Cotton is listed among the passengers.
[Source: Arizona Daily Orb (Bisbee, AZ) April 21, 1918]

- - - JOHN HENRY COULTER (crew) - - -

COULTER WAS ONE OF CYCLOPS Crew
Stamford Boy on Collier That Has Been Long Overdue

THEOLOGICAL STUDENT WHEN HE ENLISTED
Relatives Last Heard from Him in January
John Henry Coulter, a second-class seaman aboard the missing U. S. collier Cyclops, is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Francis Ellsworth Coulter of 6 Bell Street, Stamford. The boy was 19 years old of March 2 of this year.

When he enlisted in the Navy, on April 16, 1917, the young man was a senior in St. Lawrence University, a Catholic university in Montreal, Canada. He was one of a number of St. Lawrence students who enlisted at the time. He was there preparing for a career in the preisthood of the Catholic Church. He had to obtain the consent of his parents in order to enter the service. All efforts to persuade him to finish his course, in the university, before taking the step, failed. He was determined to enlist, andhis parents, realizing that he would enter the Navy with or without their consent, gave that consent.

The parents of the young man heard from him frequently after he entered the Navy. The last letter his mother received bore the date Jan. 28, 1918. The lad was then aboard the cyclops and the boat apparently was in a very warm climate. Not until they were notified yesterday by the Navy Department that the Cyclops was long overdue did the parents hear more about the boy.

Johnny was the "baby" of the Coulter family and his parents are heart broken. He has two older sisters and an ol brother, Charles. His mother said today that the suspense of the situation was very trying to them all. The boy's relatives and friends are naturally grasping at the hope that the collier will eventually be heard from. It is a case where no news is being interpreted to the extent possible as good news.

Seaman Coulter is a graduate of St. John's Parochial school of this city.
[Source: Daily Advocate (Stamford, CT) April 15, 1918]

- - - ERNEST S. CRAMMER (crew) - - -
Ernest S. Crammer, son of Mr. and Mrs. John C. Crammer, 1620 Sewall avenue, was one of the crew of the collier Cyclops, reported the first of the week as missing from South American waters for over a month.
[Source: Ocean Grove Times (Neptune, NJ) April 19, 1918]

- - - CLIFFORD CRAWFORD (crew) - - -

OHIOANS IN CYCLOPS.
WASHINGTON, April 14. - Nine members of the crew and one passenger on the missing U. S. S. Cyclops were from Ohio.
The Ohioans in the crew were:
Clifford Crawford, seaman, second class, son of Belle Crawford, 956 West court, Cincinnati.
[Source: Plain Dealer (Cleveland, OH) April 15, 1918]

- - - HOWARD EDWARD DALNES (crew) - - -

Former Operator of This City, is Reported Lost With "Cyclops."
Word was received yeaterday from the navy department by relatives of Harold Edward Daines former Western Union operator in this city to the effect that since nothing had been heard of the U. S. collier "Cyclops" for more than ninety days, that it was taken for granted that he, together with the rest of the crew, had been lost at sea.

Dalnes, a man of 24 years, was a second class electrician. The last message to be received by his parents came in January from Rio de Janiero, Brazil, and since March no trace has been found of the "Cyclops."

Mr. Dalnes was born in Crookston, and lived there and in East Grand Forks for most of the time prior to his enlistment.
[Source: Grand Forks Daily Herald (ND) June 27, 1918]
Excerpt From Another Source:
Mr. Dalnes is survived by his mother, Mrs. Ellen M. Dalnes, Crookston, and by five brothers: H. T. Dalnes, Grand Forks; Victor at present in the United States aviation corps; Axel, who is doing government work in Washington, D. C., and Olaf who lives in Chicago.

Mr. Dalnes was born in Crookston, and lived there and in East Grand Forks for most of the time prior to his enlistment.
[Source: Grand Forks Herald (ND) June 6, 1918]

- - - HARRY MATTHEWS DAVIS (passenger) - - -
Rank & Branch: Carpenter; USN
Home Address: Redondo Beach Cal
Born 9/30/81; Died 6/14/18
[Source: Veterans Affairs Master Index 1917-1940]
wife Dora E. Davis
202 S. Catalina Ave. Redondo Beach
Lost on Cyclops
[Source: Records of Californians who served in World War I]

- - - JUNIUS L. DELINGER (crew) - - -
Junius L. Delinger of Newton was a member of the crew of the missing naval collier Cyclops, of which nothing has as yet been ascertained.
[Source: French Broad Hustler (Hendersonville, NC) April 25, 1918]

- - - JOHN CLARENCE DEMPSEY (crew) - - -
Rank & Branch: Sea USN
Home Address: 401 E Lafayette Dothan Ala
Sn 130 92 50
Born 10/18/00; Enl 4/8/17; Died 6/14/18
[Source: Veterans Affairs Master Index 1917-1940]

- - - JOHN THOMAS DENNIS (crew) - - -

SIX COLORADO MEN REPORTED ON Ship
Relatives Notified by Navy Officers That Search for Cyclops Is Unsuccessful
John Thomas Dennis is a son of Dr. F. P. Dennis of Olathe, Colo., where he, too, made his home. He enlisted in the navy branch of the United States service about two years ago as a seaman. For some time after enlisting he was employed by the department as a recruiting officer.
[Source: Denver Rocky Mountain News (CO) April 15, 1918]

- - - W. R. DOUGLAS (crew) - - -

Orleans Boy, Listed In Cyclops Crew, Is "Well at Pensacola"

"W. R. Douglas well at Pensacola.
(Signed) "ENSIGN BRANSON,
"Officer of the Day."
THis was the telegram from Pensacola, Fla., recveived at 10:37 o'clock Sunday night by Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Douglas, 3013 Palmyra street, nearly twenty-four hours after a message came from Washington briefly announced that her son, W. R. Douglas, Jr., a radio operator, was among those on the missing U. S. collier Cyclops. He is at a naval base in Pensacola.

The telegram from Washington came at mid night Saturday. THe parents were alarmed and recalled that their son had written from Pensacola April 4 to a young woman friend who lives here. Mr. and Mrs. Douglas could not understand how he could be on the "Cyclops," missing since March 4, and write the young woman from Florida April 4. Mrs. Douglas also had been receiving letters regularly from him at Pensacola.

At 2 o'clock Sunday morning Mr. Douglas wired Pensacola to ascertain positively whether their son was on the "Cyclops." Then at 10:37 Sunday night, just as a Times-Picayune reporter was leavin g the residence in Palmyra street, a messenger boy arrived.

"He's safe," the motebhr cried after she read the message from Pensacola. A daughter at her side wept from joy. There is no explanation yet of how Washington reported young Douglas on the "Cyclops

Young Douglas' father is secretary-treasurer of the Orleans Homestead and well known in business circles.
[Source: Times-Picayune (New Orleans, LA) April 15, 1918]

- - - EDWARD HERBERT DRESBACH (crew) - - -

BALTIMORE RECEIVES HARDEST BLOW OF WAR
Thirteen Youths Of City Are Among Crew Of Collier Cyclops, Reported Missing.

TWO OTHERS ARE FROM Statement
Several Bluejackets In List Were Among The "First 800" Who Volunteered In Early Days Of War
HEARD FROM SON IN MARCH.
Edward Herbert Dresbach, who was a second-class seaman, is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Michael R. Dresbach, 1107 Harlem avenue. He enlisted in May, 1917, having previously worked as an assistant theatrical mechanic at the Auditorium and Academy of Music. His father is property man at the Maryland Theatre.

Dresbach's last letter to his parents was received here early in March. It had been written in February and its ccheerful contents encouraged his mother to console herself about his absence from home. He said his work was congenial and he liked it immensely. He described his shipmates recent acceptance of him as a full-fledged seaman when they played upon his various pranks as they were in the vicinity of the equator.
[Source: The Sun (Baltimore, MD) April 15, 1918]

- - - ARTHUR B. EMBRETSON (crew) - - -
Arthur B. Embretson of Orrock was a member of the crew of the Cyclops, a U. S. collier that was last heard from at a West Indian port and has been missing for over a month. Efforts to locate the vessel or find what became of her by the navy department so far have proved unavailing but the search for her is being vigorously prosecuted.
[Source: Princeton Union (MN) April 25, 1918]

- - - OTTO HARRISON EVANS (passenger) - - -

SPRINGFIELD MAN ON BELATED VESSEL
Otto H. Evans, son of Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Evans, 312 South State street, was a member of the crew of the naval ship "Cyclops," which is overdue by two months at an Atlantic port. This information was received yesterday by his parents. Young Evans was a carpenter emdployed by his father before enlisting. A letter was received a short time ago by his family saying that he was coming home on a furlough.
[Source: Daily Illinois State Regisster (Springfield, IL) May 17, 1918]
Additional Info: (excerpt)
Evans has been in the navy several years and was recently transferred to the Cyclops. It is presumed that he was given a furlough and was on his way home to spend it with his relatives in this city. Robert Evans, a brother, is in the service in France.
[Source: Daily Illinois State Journal (Springfield, IL) May 16, 1918]

- - - RAYMOND FARRELL (passenger) - - -

Names of 13 More Men Lost on Cyclops Published
FARRELL, Raymond, private, care C. A. Farrell, Boss Manufacturing Company, Brooklyn.
[Source: New York Daily Tribune (New York, NY) May 23, 1918]

- - - HENRY SOLOMON FELDER (crew) - - -

MUCH ANXIETY FELT.
"Cyclops," With H. S. Felder Aboard, Can't Be Found.
Much uneasiness has been felt in Bamberg since last Sunday morning, when Mrs. N. Z. Felder received a telegram from Washington, to the effect that the big collier "Cyclops," of whose crew Henry S. Felder is a member, could not be located. The big ship, which was returning from South America with a cargo of manganese, was last heard of on March 4th. Since then the seas have literally been combed for some trace of her, but not the slightest information about the ship, or its crew had been obtained.

Henry Felder, familiarly known as "Punch," enlisted in the navy many months ago. For some time past he has been on the "Cyclops," and he was one of seven South Carolinians aboard when the vessel was last heard from. The "Cyclops" was due at an Atlantic port on March 13th.
[Source: Bamberg Herald (SC) April 18, 1918]

- - - LOUIS J. FINGLETON (officer) - - -

LT. FINGLETON HAS FOUR SISTERS AT PORTSMOUTH

Portsmouth, April 14 – Mrs. C. Edward Hoyt of this city received a telegram from the navy department this evening announcing that the naval collier Cyclops is now a month overdue from a West Indian port and that her brother, Lt. Louis J. Fingleton, 25 years old, was an officer on the collier.

Lt. Fingleton joined the naval reserves in this city at the outbreak of the war with the rank of ensign and was assigned to the engineering department. Prior to that time he had been attached to the government army boat in this city. A few months after his enlistment he was given a commission as a lieutenant and was assigned to the Cyclops as the engineering officer.

Besides Mrs. Hoyt, three other sisters reside in this city, the Misses Nettie, Mary and Georgie Fingleton. Mrs. Hoyt said tonight that the last time they heard from their brother was somewhat over a month ago, the letter being mailed from some southern port, possibly in Brazil. He wrote that he was in excellent health, was on his way north and would see them all shortly.
[Source: Boston Herald (MA) April 15, 1918]

- - - LLOYD VERNON FLETCHER (crew) - - -

THREE PORTLAND BOYS MAY BE AMONG VICTIMS
At least three Portland young men are supposed to have been aboard the collier Cyclops, reported missing, and their families have been advised of the facts in messages received from the department of navigation on Sunday. Messages contained practically the same statement as press dispatches caried.
The third probable member of the Cyclops' crew from Portland is Lloyd Vernon Fletcher, son of Mrs. Ella Fletcher, 7015 Fifty-fifth avenue southeast. The young man had attended school in Portland most of the time prior to his enlistment in the navy about a yeara ago. He is 19 years old.
[Source: Oregon Journal (Portland, OR) April 15, 1918]

- - - HARVEY F. FORBES (officer) - - -

Forbes Sailed Great Lakes.
Port Huron, Mich., April 15. - Mrs. Harvey F. Forbes Sunday afternoon received a telegram from the Navy Department telling of the probable loss of teh Cyclops, in command of her husband, Lieutenant Harvey F. Forbes.

Mrs. Forbes resides in Port Huron. She has three children, boys, aged 14 and 7 and baby girl a year old.

Lieutenant Forbes formerly sailed the Great Lakes and enlisted at Detroit in December for naval service. He was given command of the U. S. S. Cyclops.

The last time Mrs. Forbes saw her husband was six months ago, and she had not heard from him in recent weeks. He told his wife not to worry about him, as she might not hear from him for two or three months.

Mrs. Forbes still entertains hopes that her husband is safe, notwithstanding the dispatch from Washington.

His father, Captain Frank Forbes resides in Algonac.
[Source: Flint Journal (MI) April 15, 1918]

- - - WILLIE THOMAS GARDNER (crew) - - -
Rank & Branch: Seaman 2nd Cl US Navy
Home Address: Harrison, Co.
Sn 134 86 46
Born, 1898 at Saucier, Miss;
Died, 6-14-1918 at Sea on USS Cyclops.
Enlisted 4-30-1917, Rec. Ship at Norfolk, Va., to Naval Hosp. Norfolk, to Rec. Ship, to USS Cyclops to Death.
[Source: Mississippi State Archives, Various Records, 1820-1951]

- - - JOHN GARNES (passenger) - - -
John Garnes, a member of the crew of the Cyclops, lived in Alameda with his sister, Mrs. Christine Gannon of 632 Lincoln avenue. He passed a short furlough in Alameda last January. He was in the Navy for eight years. A brother Fred Garnes, is stationed at Mare island.
[Source: San Francisco Chronicle (CA) April 16, 1918]

- - - MEYER GELLER (crew) - - -

Wilmington Boy Lost With Collier Cyclops.
Isaac Geller, of No. 607 Church street, has received word from the Navy Department that the Collier Cyclops, on which his son, Meyer Geller, was a second-class seaman, officially was announced on June 11 as lost. The Cyclops has been missing for several months but the Navy Department has been reluctant to admit it as lost.

Meyer Geller, the Wilmington boy lost with the Cyclops, was born in Russian Poland on January 28, 1901, and enlisted in the navy May 1, 1917. He came to this country when eleven years old.

His brother, David Geller, is a member of Troop E, Sixth United States Cavalry, now in France, he having enlisted two years ago. He was born in Russian Poland on March 14, 1898. Isaac Geller, the father of these patriotic boys, lived on the Russian Poland-German border before coming to the United States. He served in the Russian army at one time and is a naturalized citizen of this country.
[Source: Evening Journal (Wilmington, DE) June 24, 1918]

- - - ANTHONY GLOWKA (crew) - - -

Other Philadelphia Boys Include:
Anthony Glowka, of 2919 Belgrade street;
Sailor Feared Danger
Anthony Glowka, a Pole, is twenty-one years old and comes of a family of fighters. Two of his brothers are now in the service and the third will soon be called, as he is in Class A of the draft. Sigmund, a younger brother, is aboard the battleship Florida. Edmundd, who is older than Anthony, is in training with the Fifty-eighth Artillery Regiment at Fort Howard. The ramaining brother, who will soon be called to the colros, is Barney, aged twenty-three years.

His father and other, Stephen and Emma Glowka, last heard from him when he wrote them from Halifax following a atrip to France. In his letter he told them that he expected to take a trip soon that "would be through dangerous waters." He added that the collier was going "somewhere in South America."
Glowka was a fireman.
[Source: Evening Public Ledger (Philadelphia, PA) April 15, 1918]

Rank & Branch: F 3c USN
Home Address: 3551 Janney St Philadel Pa
Sn 162 29 69
Born 1/6/97; Enl 4/20/17; Died 6/14/18
[Source: Veterans Affairs Master Index 1917-1940]

- - - FREDERICK BURKNER GOLDING (crew) - - - [excerpts]

TWO ARIZONA MEN LOST ON CYCLOPS
At least two Arizona men were aboard the naval collier Cyclops, now overdue at an Atlantic port since March 13. Among the 293 passengers were many of note, and nearly every nation on the globe and almost every state in the union was represented. Beside the Arizonans, one man from New Mexico is reported as among the collier's passengers.
The New Mexican aboard the Cyclops was:
Frederick Burkner Golding, storekeeper, third class. Robert Golding, father, Silver City, N. M. . . . Golding, the New Mexican, is a member of the crew.
[Source: Arizona Daily Orb (Bisbee, AZ) April 21, 1918]

- - - SAMUEL GOLDSTEIN (crew) - - -

Other Philadelphia Boys Include:
Samuel Goldstein, 641 Jackson street;
Samuel Goldstein, second-class seaman aboard the Cyclops, enlisted in the navy in April, 1917. His mother, Mrs. Yetta Goldstein, lives at 641 Jackson street.

Following his enlistment Goldstein was sent to a training camp in Virginia and shortly afterward was assigned to duty aboard the Cyclops. He had made a trip to France and one to South America. His mother last heard of him five months ago, when he was in New York.

Goldstein is twenty-five years old, and prior to his enlistment in the navy was employed by the national Biscuit Company here.
[Source: Evening Public Ledger (Philadelphia, PA) April 15, 1918]

- - - CLAYTON MARSELLE GOODMAN (crew) - - -

LOCAL BOY IS DECLARED DEAD
Clayton M. Goodman on Cyclops which Navy Now Officially Records as Lost
Officers, passengers and members of the crew of the navy collier Cyclops, of which Clayton M. Goodman, son of Mrs. J. H. Wright, of 1817 Hanco*ck street, was a member of the latter, have been officially declared dead by the navy department according to a message received by the mother of the Rockford boy on the ship that was lost three months ago.

Mrs. Wright, although believing that the navy department has done everything possible to obtain a clue to the vessel and declared all those on board the ship dead only after all hope was abandoned, can hardly comprehend that her son is really lost. She displays a great amount of fortitude and clings to the hope that eventually her boy will be returned to her.

The test of the message she received from the navy department, under date of June 21, follows:
More than ninety days have elapsed since the navy collier Cyclops was last heard from and during that time the navy department has left no means untried of discovering a clue to the whereabouts of the vessel, but so far without success. For the purpose of officially closing the record, the department has reluctantly decited to officially declare as dead the officers, crew and passengers of the vessel. Your son, Clayton M. Goodman, will now appear on the records of the navy department as having lost his lifeon board the navy collier Cyclops June 14, 1918. The bureau appreciates the great anxiety you have felt during these trying weeks and the sorrow that has come upon you and desires to extend to you its sincere sympathy.
Respectively,
H. L. SPENCER,
Lieut. U. S. N. R. S.
[Source: Daily Register-Gazette (Rockford, IL) April 15, 1918]

- - - ALFRED L. MORCEAU GOTTSCHALK (passenger) - - -

GOTTSCHALK WAS COMING HOME TO VOLUNTEER
Washington, April 14 - Alfred L. Morceau Gottschalk, American consul-general at Rio De Janeiro, a passenger aboard the naval collier Cyclops, was returning home to offer his services in the army in the war against Germany. He was born in New York, 45 years ago and entered the consular service in 1902. During the Spanish-American war he was attached to Gen. Brookes's division in the campaign in Porto Rico [sic.] as correspondent for the New York Herald and the London Telegraph, and after the war he becamea sugar planter in Santo Domingo and Haiti. In 1914, after consular service in Nicaragua, Peru, Mexico and Africa, he was detailed to assist at the American consulate in London on work in connection with the European war. He was appointed to the Brazilian post in November of the same year.

Col. Roosevelt, while President, detailed Mr. Gottschalk, in 1908, to write special reports on the Liberian situation. He is a member of the Louisiana Historical Society of the Society of the War of 1812
[Source: Boston Herald (MA) April 15, 1918]

- - - EARL GRIGSBY (crew) - - -

Only 2 Wayne County Boys Died in Naval Service During War
WASHINGTON, D. C. Dec. 17. - Only two Wayne county, Indiana, men who were in the naval service of the United States died during the war with Germany, according to a handsomely bound volume containing the naval casualty list for the late war recently issued by the navy department. This list does not include men who served in the Marine Corps. The Wayne county men whose names appear on the United State's Navy roll of honor are:
Excerpt:
Earl Grigsby: mother, Amanda Grigsby, New Palestone, Hanaco*ck county. Member of crew of missing U. S. S. Cyclops.
[Source: Richmond Palladium and Sun-Telegram (IN) Dec. 17, 1920]

- - - JAMES B. HAKE (crew) - - -

VIRGINIA SAILORS BELIEVED LOST ON AMERICAN COLLIER
James B. Hake, son of Benjamin S. Hake, of 532 Nicholson Street.
[Source: Richmond Times-Dispatch (VA) April 15, 1918]

- - - WILLIS CHARLES HARDYMAN (passenger) - - -

QUINCY BOY LOST ON SHIP
Willis Charles Hardyman On Collier Cyclops That Is Missing

MAY BE QUINCY'S FIRST BOY TO DIE IN THE WAR
William Charles Hardyman, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Hardyman, 624 Spruce street, was a passenger on the United States naval collier Cyclops, which the navy department reports missing since March 4. His parents have received a telegram from Bureau of Navigation of Navy department, saying that the loss of the ship cannot be accounted for. The collier, a 19,000 ton ship, was last heard from in the West India islands. Bu she is overdue a month and continued search for the ship has so far been in vain.

Willis Hardyman was last heard from a letter written February 14, 1918. It is not known where he was at this time. In October of last year he was in South America. Hardyman, who is 21 years of age, has been in the navy for almost four years. He enlisted in St. Louis on August 14, 1914, giving in to a desire to be in the United States navy which had been noticeable since his early boyhood. This was soon after the trouble with Mexico.

WAS ON WAY HOME.
Willis, so far as has been known by his parents, was stationed on the U. S. S. Pittsburgh. It is thought that he was on the Cyclops as a passenger on his way home on furlough. He had promised his parents that before his time ran out he would come home for a visit. His enlistment period was to have ended in august. He intended re-enlisting, for another term in the navy.

Hardyman was sent to the Great Lakes Train ing station when he enlisted and was there for six months. He was seventeen years of age when he went into the navy. The twenty-first anniversary of his birth in September 4, this year.

Two years ago in February he came home for a furlough. Soon after this he was assigned to the U. S. S. Pittsburgh then at Seattle, Washington. In May of last year the Pittsburgh went down the Pacific coast, through the Panama canal, into the Atlantic ocean, with other American war vessels stationed to protect the shores from possible German ships. He was in South America soon after this.

Hardyman was a machinists' mate in the U. S. S. Pittsburgh. Telegraphic dispatches list him as a fireman on the U. S. S. Cyclops. He was born in Quincy, September 4, 1897. He was [sic.] a brother Earl, and a sister, Miss Ruth Hardyman. His father is engineer at the Hotel Newcomb. Following is the telegram received by his parents from the Bureau of Navigation of the Navy department:

"The Navy Collier Cyclops, on which your son Willis Charles Hardyman, was a passenger, is overdue at an Atlantic port since March 13. She was last reported at one of the West India islands March 4. Her disappearance cannot be logically accounted for in any way, as no bad weather conditions, or presence of any marauders have been reported in the vicinity of her route. Search for her is being continued by radio and vessel. Any definite information received, you will be at once advised."
[Source: Quincy Daily Herald (IL) April 15, 1918]

- - - ULRIC HARPER (crew) - - -

ON THE MISSING Cyclops
Ulric Harper, of Toddsville, Well Known in Georgetown County.
Georgetown, April 19. - Among the crew of the big naval collier Cyclops was one young man well known from Georgetown, Ulric Samuel Harper, son of Mr. Joseph Harper, of Toddsville, S. C., and a nephew of Mr. S. T. Harper, a prominent citizen of Plantersville, this county. Young Harper enlisted in the navy at the first call for recruits. A short time ago his father received a wire from the Navy Department reporting his being on the collier, which was long overdue.
[Source: Evening Post (Charleston, SC) April 19, 1918]

- - - ENRIQUE HERNANDEZ (crew) - - -

Seventy-Four From D. C. Lose Lives in Navy During War Against Imperialism
HERNANDEZ, Enrique, steerage cook, U. S. N. Cause of death - Member of crew on missing Cyclops. Next of kin, son, Patricio Hernandez, Bantay. Ilcos Sur, P. I. Home address, 1135 Fairmonth street northwest.
[Source: Evening Star (Washington DC) July 8, 1919]

- - - DEWEY HOBSON HERRING (crew) - - -

VIRGINIA SAILORS BELIEVED LOST ON AMERICAN COLLIER
Dewey Hobson Herring, next of kin, James E. Herring, of Ginter Park.
[Source: Richmond Times-Dispatch (VA) April 15, 1918]

- - - CONRAD HEYWOOD (crew) - - -

BALTIMORE RECEIVES HARDEST BLOW OF WAR
Thirteen Youths Of City Are Among Crew Of Collier Cyclops, Reported Missing.

TWO OTHERS ARE FROM Statement
Several Bluejackets In List Were Among The "First 800" Who Volunteered In Early Days Of War
Conrad Heywood, also one of the "first 800," was 19 years old and the son of Mr. and Mrs. Dorsey Heywood, 113 North Potomac street. He was rated fireman second class. His enlistment occurred April 14 last and, significantly, too, as in Price's case, his parents heard of his probably loss exactly a year from the date of his enlistment. He was last heard from in January and had not been in Baltimore since November of last year.
[Source: The Sun (Baltimore, MD) April 15, 1918]

- - - T. W. HILL (passenger) - - -

OHIOANS IN CYCLOPS.
WASHINGTON, April 14. - Nine members of the crew and one passenger on the missing U. S. S. Cyclops were from Ohio.
The passenger was:
T. W. Hill, private in the marine corps, brother of Mrs. Charles Morris, 317 E. Center street, Fostoria.
[Source: Plain Dealer (Cleveland, OH) April 15, 1918]

- - - CHARLES J. HOLMES (officer) - - -

BALTIMORE RECEIVES HARDEST BLOW OF WAR
Thirteen Youths Of City Are Among Crew Of Collier Cyclops, Reported Missing.

TWO OTHERS ARE FROM Statement
Several Bluejackets In List Were Among The "First 800" Who Volunteered In Early Days Of War
HAS WIFE AND SON HERE.
Charles J. Holmes, another of the crew of the missing Cyclops, was a boatswain. He enlisted shortly before the declaration of war, April 6, 1917. He has a wife and infant son living at 2405 Presbury street.
[Source: The Sun (Baltimore, MD) April 15, 1918]

- - - WILLIAM MICHAEL HORNE (crew) - - -

WILLIAM MICHAEL HORNE, OF AUGUSTA, LISTED IN THE CREW AS FIREMAN
Among the crew of the Cyclops is listed William Michael Horne, fireman, 834 Ninth street, Augusta, Ga. Owing to the lateness of the hour at which the list was received The Chronicle was unable to get in touch with any of the relatives. The only information that could be obtained was that Louis Horn of the address given, was in the navy and that he had two brothers, one of whom is in the city and the other away. It was further said that the were nephews of Mr. John R. White. Mr. White could not be reachedat that hour.
[Source: Augusta Chronicle (GA) April 15, 1918]

- - - ORAL FRANK HOTCHKISS (crew) - - -

OHIOANS IN CYCLOPS.
WASHINGTON, April 14. - Nine members of the crew and one passenger on the missing U. S. S. Cyclops were from Ohio.
The Ohioans in the crew were:
Oral Frank Hotchkiss, fireman second class, son of Mrs. Emma Hotchkiss, 51 Bender avenue, Cleveland.
[Source: Plain Dealer (Cleveland, OH) April 15, 1918]

- - - RAY SHELDON HUTCHINS (passenger) - - -

TRIPLET SON ON CYCLOPS.
Los Angeles Salesman Anxiously Awaits News.
Grand Forks, N. D., April 19. - Ray Hutchins, a traveling salesman, Los Angeles, Cal., in Grand Forks today, is anxiously awaiting word of the fate of the U. S. S. collier Cyclops, aboard which is his son, Ray Sheldon Hutchins. Mr. Hutchins' son on the Cyclops is one of triplets - all boys - and all in the service.
[Source: Fargo Forum and Daily Republican (ND) April 19, 1918]

WAS ON CYCLOPS
Los Angeles, Cal., April 20. - "Ray is safe."
This laconic telegram received by Mrs. Ray Hutchins from a son in the navy may point also to the safety of the United States collier Cyclops, missing for a month and given up as lost. Ray Hutchins, mentioned in the dispatch, was a seaman aboard the Cyclops. A week ago Mrs. Hutchins received word from Wheeler Hutchins, another son, that his brother was lost with the Cyclops.
[Source: Capital Journal (Salem OR) April 20, 1918]

- - - FRANK HYMAN (crew) - - -

LEESBURG LAD LOST ON CYCLOPS
Among the seamen aboard the missing naval collier, the Cyclops, was Frank Hyman, a Leesburg boy, whose mother and two sisters reside at the Lake View hotel. Although of tender age, Frank Hyman was among the first local boys to volunteer, choosing the navy, and he had made a splendid record in his short time of service. His mother and sisters are tendered the love and sympathy of the community and reminded that if he went down at his post on the collier, his supreme sacrifice will remain the shining gold star,the first, in the service flag of his community, with all the noble example of patriotism it exemplifies.
[Source: Tampa Tribune (FL) April 20, 1918]

- - - HUGHIE ALPHUS JETT (crew) - - -
The name of Hughie Alphus Jett of Brooksville, a seaman, appears among the names of the crew of the long overdue steamship Cyclops, a United States Collier.
[Source: Public Ledger (Maysville, KY) April 16, 1918]

- - - BEVERLY F. JONES (crew) - - -

BALTIMORE RECEIVES HARDEST BLOW OF WAR
Thirteen Youths Of City Are Among Crew Of Collier Cyclops, Reported Missing.

TWO OTHERS ARE FROM Statement
Several Bluejackets In List Were Among The "First 800" Who Volunteered In Early Days Of War
JONES ONLY 17 YEARS OLD.
Beverly F. Jones, also one of the "800," was 17 years old. Both his parents are dead and he has several sisters and a brother. These are Miss Sarah Edith Jones, 129 East North avenue; Misses Thelma and Mildred Jones, Mrs. Elise B. Girvin, of Cleveland, Ohio., and Edward G. Jones. He was employed with the Western Union before signing up with the navy last April.

He joined the service last April also, and had a fireman's rating. The last word received from him was in a letter sent to his brother Harold E. Lee, 1410 North Gilmore street, in January.
[Source: The Sun (Baltimore, MD) April 15, 1918]

- - - ROLLAND FRANK JONES (passenger) - - -
Rolland Frank Jones, electrician aboard the Cyclops, formerly was employed in this city by the Federal Telegraph Company. He enlisted in the Navy in June, 1916.
[Source: San Francisco Chronicle (CA) April 16, 1918]

- - - DARRELL GOODWIN JORDAN (crew) - - -

WOULD TAKE PLACE OF HIS SON, SAYS FATHER
Frank Jordan of Danville Would Fill Place of Lost Son If He Could

BOY ON BOARD CYCLOPS
(Special to Daily News.)
Danville, Va., April 15. - "If I were a bit younger, I'd be willing to take his place if he has been killed," said Frank Jordan, father of Darrell Goodwin Jordan, today. The youth is on board the United States collier Cyclops, reported by the navy department a month overdue at an Atlantic port. Mr. Jordan, who is a mechanic by profession, working in the shops of an elevator company, this morning showed a telegram which he received from the government yesterday stating that grave apprehension wasfelt for the ship and its crew. Jordan enlisted here in the navy on Easter Monday, 1917, not long afteer war had been declared. He was attached to the Cyclops from the start as an ordinary seaman and was twice promoted until he reached the grade of engineman. He made several visits to Europe on board the collier and his father heard from him regularly until last December when the missives stopped. The last note came from Norfolk, where the Cyclops was being overhauled for what Jordan described as being a longjourney. When four months had slipped away his father became anxious and on April 4 he wrote to Secretary Daniels, but received no reply until yesterday morning, when the bad news arrived. He will be 21 years of age next June. His father, a sister and a brother live in North Danville.
[Source: Greensboro Daily News (NC) April 16, 1918]

- - - HERMAN JOHN KING (crew) - - -

GLAD IF SON DIED FOR HOLY CAUSE
German-Born Father of Cyclops Victim Shows Fortitude
PHILADELPHIANS ABOARD
"If he died for his country, it is well. I know thata he died in the most splendid cause that this world has ever known."

This was the statement of Arne B. King, of 208 North Thirty-seventh street, Camden, an American citizen of German birth, when told that the navy collier Cyclops, on which his son was a sailor, had probably been lost with all on board.

"He wanted to get on a destroyer," added the father, "so he could get a try at a submarine. I am glad he served his country."

King, who is twenty-five years old, enlisted March 4, 1917, on the anniversary of the day when the Cyclops sailed for the United States on what may prove to be her last trip. His last vivit to Philadelphia was in Octobeer when he expressed hope of being transferred to one of the fighting crafe, where he, to use his own phrase, "could get a shot at the Kaiser."
[Source: Evening Public Ledger (Philadelphia, PA) April 15, 1918]

- - - JUDSON RUFUS KING (passenger) - - -
Rank & Branch: Sea USN
Home Address: San Video Calif
Born 9/19/97; Died 6/14/18
[Source: Veterans Affairs Master Index 1917-1940]

- - - OTTO FRANK KINNIGER (crew) - - -

HUSBAND PALM BEACH WOMAN ABOARD MISSING U. S. COLLIER CYCLOPS
West Palm Beach, April 18. - Gripped with fear that the U. S. collier Cyclops, reported overdue at an Atlantic port since March 13, has been lost and with it her husband, Otto F. Kinniger, a member of the collier's crew, Mrs. Kinniger, who lives in West Palm Beach, is passing through a siege of intense anxiety which only one similarly situated can appreciate in all its phases.

The last news that Mrs. Kinniger had from her husband was a letter dated Feb. 6, which was received by her some three weeks later. The Cyclops left Norfolk Jan. 8, bound for Rio Janeiro. The letter bears the marks of censorship, and the information in it is of a character that is worthless to one in her present situation, since it contains nothing which would indicate the location of the vessel, or where it was next bound. in this letter, young Jkinniger, who held the position of second electrician onthe Cyclops, spoke of having a pleasant tie in the port from which the letter was mailed; it was warm, he said, and the weather good. He complained of being without funds; said that he had not been paid, and expressed the hope that his wife had received her portion of his wages. This was a vain hope on his part, however, as Mrs. Kinniger has received no money from the government. Having failed to obtain any response to her letters addressed to the department, she enlisted the interest of the local Red Cross inher behalf.

Mrs. Kinniger is a sister of E. A. Almegord, the plumber, who has a place of business on Clematis avenue. She is making her home with her brother and mother at 612 O street, off Florida avenue. She had been married only a year in September last, and soon after her husband's enlistment her mother accompanied Mrs. Kinniger from their home at Centralia, Ill., to this city.

The younger woman had been persuaded to take the baby out for the afternoon. The little chappie is just ten months old, and remarkably like his father, whose photo accupied a place on the center table. The electrician was just twenty-seven years of age. He had seen four years of service, prior to his recent enlistment, but that was before his marriage.

Mrs. Louise Almegord, mother of Mrs. Kinniger, is exercising all courage to keep the optimistic view of the matter before her daughter's vision. The assurance given by the secretary of the navy that every mile of the route covered by the Cyclops would be tracked by rescue vessels gives much comfort to those in the position of the young electrician's wife, who are hanging hopes at this time upon any peg that offers.
[Source: Lakeland Evening Telegram (FL) April 19, 1918]

- - - WILLIAM THEODORE KNAGGS (crew) - - -

OHIOANS IN CYCLOPS.
WASHINGTON, April 14. - Nine members of the crew and one passenger on the missing U. S. S. Cyclops were from Ohio.
The Ohioans in the crew were:
William Theodore Knaggs, fireman first class, husband of Mrs. Gertrude Knaggs, 363 Doer street, Toledo.
[Source: Plain Dealer (Cleveland, OH) April 15, 1918]

- - - STEPHEN KONSTOVICH (officer) - - -
Rank & Branch: Ens USNRF USS CYCLOPS
Home Address: 122 W York St Norfolk Va
Born 10/27/89; Died 6/14/18
[Source: Veterans Affairs Master Index 1917-1940]

- - - CLEMENT O. KURNER (passenger) - - -

D. C. KURNER RECEIVES WORD CYCLOPS IS LOST
Father of Clement O. Kurner, On Ill-Fated Boat, Received Sad Message Yesterday.

FATHER OF EDWARD LEO BLAKE, OF BENWOOD, ALSO ON THE SAME BOAT, RECEIVES SAME MESSAGE.

After waiting hopefully for more than ninety days Mr. and Mrs. D. C. Kurner yesterday received word telling of the U. S. Collier Cyclops having been officially declared lost. Clement O. Kurner, their son, was aboard the vessel when last he was heard of in April.

The message was official having come from Secretary of the Navy Daniels and all hope has been given up for the safety of the officers, crew or passengers of the boat.

Mr. and Mrs. T. Blake, of Benwood, also received word their son, Edward Leo, who was on the boat, had been declared as lost.

Both young men enlisted in the Navy about a year ago. Blake going as a machinist, and Kurner as a painter. After a short training they had been assigned to the same boat and were together when they were heard from last.

The last heard of the vessel it was in the Barbadoes and since its mysterious disappearance the seas have been combed with wireless and vessels to find it, but to no avail.

Two more American Wheeling boys have given their bit.
[Source: Daily Intelligencer (Wheeling, WV) June 26, 1918]

- - - AUBREY LUTHER LAMB (crew) - - -
Rank & Branch: BMKR USNRF
Home Address: 2014 Queen Portsmouth Va
Sn
Born 3/27/95; Enl 04/--/17; Died 6/14/18
[Source: Veterans Affairs Master Index 1917-1940]

- - - GEORGE ANDREW LANDGREN (crew) - - -
Rank & Branch: QM 1c USNRF
Home Address: 5216 Wayne Ave Chicago Ill
SN 180 27 89
Born 12/17/93; Enl 5/16/17; Died 6/14/18
[Source: Veterans Affairs Master Index 1917-1940]

- - - THOMAS VERNON LEE (crew) - - -

BALTIMORE RECEIVES HARDEST BLOW OF WAR
Thirteen Youths Of City Are Among Crew Of Collier Cyclops, Reported Missing.

TWO OTHERS ARE FROM Statement
Several Bluejackets In List Were Among The "First 800" Who Volunteered In Early Days Of War
MADE VOYAGE TO FRANCE.
Thomas Vernon Lee, who was one of the "800," is a son of J. Fletcher Lee, 1120 North Fulton avenue.

He is 25 years old and enlisted April 14, 1917. He was on the Cyclops during her trip to France with General Pershing's expeditionary force and took part in the parade in France July 4 last. He returned to the Atlantic seaport with the collier and later went with the vessel on a relief expedition to Halifax. The last letter was received from Lee March 13 and was written January 31. His vessel was then in a South American Port and he expected to return to an Atlantic port by the time the letter arrivedat his home. besides his father, Lee has two brothers - Harold E. and J. Walter Lee.
[Source: The Sun (Baltimore, MD) April 15, 1918]

- - - CHARLES CORNELIOUS LIGHTENHOME JR (crew) - - -
Rank & Branch: Cox USN
Home Address: 7715 N Ashland Ave Chicago Ill
Sn 1 814 300
Born 1/5/97; Enl 4/6/17; Died 6/14/18
[Source: Veterans Affairs Master Index 1917-1940]

- - - HERBERT TILLMAN LOCKEY (crew) - - -
Rank & Branch: Sea 2c USN
Home Address: Grandridge Fla
Born 1/3/00; Enl 4/17/17; Died6/14/18
[Source: Veterans Affairs Master Index 1917-1940]

- - - IRL EDWIN LONG (passenger) - - -
Irl Long, of Woodard, Okla. a nephew of A. B. Wood, of Emporia is thought to have been a passenger on the Cyclops. His term of four years in the Navy expired in February, and he had wirtten that he expected to come home on a furlough before reenlisting. No further news has been received from him. The date of the letter and other coincidences indicate the probability of his having been aboard the Cyclops.
[Source: Emporia Gazette (KS) May 22, 1918]

- - - FRANK H. McCORMICK (crew) - - -

MOTHER NOTIFIED
Frank H. McCormick of the crew of the Cyclops was the son of Mrs. John Amundsen of 9869 Sunnyside street, Oakland. He enlisted in the Navy three years ago. He was to have been sent to a training school for officers. The War Department notified his mother last Saturday that the collier was long overdue.
[Source: San Francisco Chronicle (CA) April 16, 1918]

- - - RICHARD HUGHIE McDANIEL (crew) - - -

TEACHER ON CYCLOPS
Magnolia Youth, Fireman on Missing Collier, Well Known.
MAGNOLIA, Miss., April 13. - The father of R. H. McDaniel, listed as a fireman on the missing collier cyclops, is a prominent farmer, living five miles south of here. He was here last week, and said he had heard nothing from his son in several weeks.

The boy enlisted in th navy about a year ago. He was a fine fellow, a former student of Mississippi College and a football player. Just prior to his enlistment he was a teacher in a rural school in this county and was well known and respected here.
[Source: New Orleans States (LA) April 15, 1918]

- - - DONALD J. McKEEN (passenger) - - -

28 MEN OF THIS STATE DIE FOR WORLD FREEDOM
"On Fame's eternal camping ground
Their silent tents are spread;
And Glory guards, with solemn round,
The Bivouac of the dead."

Twenty-eight of New Mexico's galiant sons have made the supreme sacrifice and are now sleeping their last sleep, that is so eloquently described in the lines quoted above. Some of them rest upon the fields of France, where they were killed in battle, others died in America, before they had the priviledg of going into battle; while there were two who were lost at sea.
. . . Golding and McKeen - initials or given names not available, who went down with the Cyclops.
[Source: New Mexico State Record (NM) June 28, 1918]
Follow up:
The names of Golding and McKeen, lost on the collier Cyclops, were shown without initials or given names. The former was Frederick Burkner, the latter Donald J.
[Source: New Mexico State Record (NM) July 12, 1918]

- - - EUGENE FRANKLIN McNELLY (passenger) - - -

THREE PORTLAND BOYS MAY BE AMONG VICTIMS
At least three Portland young men are supposed to have been aboard the collier Cyclops, reported missing, and their families have been advised of the facts in messages received from the department of navigation on Sunday. Messages contained practically the same statement as press dispatches caried.
Little doubt is held that coxswain Eugene Franklin McNelly, son of Captain George McNelly, 1071 East Fifteenth street, was on the Cyclops. The father, who is a Columbia river pilot, recently received word that the son expected a transfer from the supply ship Glacier to the Cyclops for the return from the war zone. The transfer was undoubtedly made, his parents believe. The name of a Portland boy to accompany Coxswain McNelly was cut out by the censor. Coxswain McNelly was formerly a pupil at the Vernon schooland 19 years old. He enlisted in the navy through the Portland office early in 1916.
[Source: Oregon Journal (Portland, OR) April 15, 1918]

- - - VICTOR M. MEDIOLDIA (crew) - - -
Rank & Branch: M Att 3c USN
Home Address: Capiz P I
Sn 142 22 08
Born 10/21/96; Died 6/14/18
[Source: Veterans Affairs Master Index 1917-1940]

- - - LAWRENCE MERKEL (crew) - - -

BALTIMORE RECEIVES HARDEST BLOW OF WAR
Thirteen Youths Of City Are Among Crew Of Collier Cyclops, Reported Missing.

TWO OTHERS ARE FROM Statement
Several Bluejackets In List Were Among The "First 800" Who Volunteered In Early Days Of War
Lawrence Merkel, another fireman on the Cyclops, is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Morris Merkel, 1123 Laurens street. He enlisted about a year ago.
[Source: The Sun (Baltimore, MD) April 15, 1918]

- - - JAMES JOSEPH MILLER (passenger) - - -

N. O. BOY, LOST ON CYCLOPS, MET DEATH IN SERVICE HE LOVED, SAYS HIS SISTER
"Jimmie" Miller, of S. Franklin Street, Was on Naval Collier That Disappeared
"Jimmy always loved the sea, and had a desire to be a sailor. WHen a youngster he would visit the ships in port in New Orleans, and when a war vessel arrived he was the first one to the river bank to look it over. In May, 1917, he figured it would be a good time to go into the Navy. It was always his ambition, and now was the time to help his country win the war. After gaining my consent he joined, and was sent to the training station at Richmond."

Standing in the doorway of her home, 1214 S. Franklin street, surrounded by her little children, Mrs. A. Allen Wednesday afternoon told her brother, James Joseph Miller, New Orleans boy, who was listed among those lost when the naval collier Cyclops went down some weeks ago. An official press message from Washington Tuesday told of Mr. Miller being aboard the collier when it was lost. The family had received the news two weeks ago.

"Jimmy was so earnest in his desire to be a sailor that he enlisted in the United States Naval reserves five years ago. He made one trip to sea, aboard the Naval reserve's boat "Amphritite." After that he always spoke of his desire to join the government fleet."

"When 'Jimmy' came to stay at our home after his mother died eight years ago," said Mr. Allen who was listening to his wife tell of her brother, "he asked me to sign his papers for the navy, I told him that that was the duty of his sister but advised him first to finish his trade as boilermaker. This he did. Five years ago he went to work for the Southern Railway company in its shop at Toulouse and Scott street."

"They say Jim was a good boilermaker too." Mrs. Allen interrupted, "and could havve secured deferred classification in the draft but this didn't suit him. He wanted to do his part for the government and last May he resigned his position in New Orleans and joined the navy as a first class boiler-maker. He was 23 years old."

"After leaving the Naval Station he saw service on the 'Pittsburgh,' soing patrol duty in American waters. He wrote me that he was to be transferred to the 'Bailey,' and that's the last letter I received from him. How he happened to be aboard the Cyclops I do not know. The message I received from Washington said he was a 'passenger' aboard the collier."

Mr. Miller is survived by three sisters, and one brother, Lawrence Miller, 29, who is employed at the Henderson sugar refinery.
[Source: New Orleans Item (LA) May 22, 1918]

- - - JASPER CLIFFORD MILLER (???) - - -

ABILENE BOY ON A MISSING NAVY COLLIER
Levi Miller has received a telegram from the Navy Department advising that his son, Jasper C. Miller, was on board the missing United States naval collier Cyclops.

The Cyclops sailed from Barbadoes West Indies, over two months ago and completely disappeared. The navy has been conducting a search for it ever since. It became overdue at the port it was sailing for, but so far have met with no success.

Besides young Miller, there was at least one other boy from this section aboard the Cyclops. he was Roy Scroggins of the Wingate section.

The disappearance of the Cyclops is likely to prove one of the greatest sea mysteries of all time.

Jasper's brother, Virgil Clifford Miller, was with him until recently, when Jasper was transferred to the Cyclops. In the original list of those aboard the collier, Jasper's name was given as J. C. Miller and he was designated as a passenger. He has just been identified as Jasper Miller. The brothers had been together in the navy for some time. Clifford is on the New Hampshire.
[Source: Abilene Daily Reporter (TX) May 15, 1918]

Enlisted at: NAVY RECRUITING STATION-DALLAS TEXAS
Age at Entrance: 20 YRS, 6 MOS., Rate: APPRENTICE SEAMAN
Home Address: 821 PALM ST, ABILENE, TAYLOR CO, TEXAS
Service Number: 142-92-88
Served At: U.S.S. PITTSBURGH From 4-6-17 To 2-3-18 Served as SEAMAN No. Days 32
Served At: U. S. S. CYCLOPS From 2-3-18 To 6-14-18 Served as GUNNERS MATE 3 CLASS No. Days 402
Died 6-14-18 U.S.S.CYCLOPS AT SEA
[Source: Texas World War I Records 1917-1920]

- - - LOUIS MINCH (crew) - - -
Other Philadelphia Boys Include:
Louis Minch, of 1935 East Oakdale street;
The youngest of all the Philadelphia boys aboard the Cyclops was Louis Minch, nineteen years of age and oldest of nine children. Minch enlisted last April as a fireman of the third class. He attended the Brown school until the death of his father four years ago, when he went to work to help support his four half-brothers and half-sisters. His mother died when he was an infant and his father married her sister.

The last word received from Minch was shortly before Christmas. This letter, dated from Halifax, after describing a rough trip back from France, said that the Cyclops was soon to make "a risky trip." Judging from the letters written by Minch and Glowka, it would seem that the sailors aboard the Cyclops entertained no delusions as to the perils they faced in running the gauntlet of submarines off the coast of Brazil.

All of the Philadelphians had made a trip to France and in previous letters had expressed elation at the manner in which they had dodged the Kaiser's "tin whales," as they termed the U-boats.
[Source: Evening Public Ledger (Philadelphia, PA) April 15, 1918]

Rank & Branch: F 3c USN
Home Address: 1935 E Oakdale Phila Pa
Sn 143 08 27
Born 1/9/99; Enl 4/20/17; Died 6/14/18
[Source: Veterans Affairs Master Index 1917-1940]

- - - EARL W. MOLLENCOP (passenger) - - -

SALEM MAN IS THOUGHT ON CYCLOPS
Earl Mollencop Is Sent Aboard Mystery Ship When He Starts Home on Furlough After Long Absence

TRANSFER IS MADE FROM U. S. CRUISER
Washington Authorities Are Making Efforts to Locate Missing Sailor
It is thought that Earl W. Mollencop, the sailor son of Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Mollencop, 495 North Twenty first street, is on the transport Cyclops, which was due March 13 at an Atlantic seaport, and has mysteriously disappeared. His mother has been awaiting his return to Salem for two months and yesterday was given the information by Washington, D. C. authorities that her son had been transferred to the Cyclops while being sent home on a furlough.

He wrote to his parents that he was coming. Because the transport Cyclops was due early at a United States seaport, young Mollencop was taken off his ship, the U. S. S. Raleigh, in South America, and was on his way home.

Nothing has been learned of the Cyclops and its disappearance is considered mysterious by navy men.

Besides the telegram, Mr. and Mrs. Mollencamp have received a long letter from Washington telling of efforts to locate the Salem sailor. Earl Shafer, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Shafer, 1265 State street, was on the Raleigh with Mollencop.
[Source: The Oregon Statesman (Salem, OR) May 15, 1918]

- - - STEWART MARK MOORE (crew) - - -

NO WORD ON LOUISIANIAN
Mother of Wildsville Man Did Not Know He Was on Cyclops.
NATCHEZ, Miss., April 15. - S. M. Moore, of Wildsville, Concordia parish, La., enlisted in the navy in the middle of last summer. He is the son of Mrs. W. H. Pew, widow, who resides in WIldsville. The mother has not heard from her son in over a month, and does not know what vessel he was on. SHe has heard nothing from the War Department.

Moore is aged 21 years, and is of a prominent family in this section.
[Source: New Orleans States (LA) April 15, 1918]

- - - HERMAN GRAY MOORES (crew) - - -
Rank & Branch: F 1c USN
Home Address: 325 Grosvenor Lexington Ky
Sn 143 66 95
Born 10/15/91; Enl 7/6/17; Died 6/14/18
[Source: Veterans Affairs Master Index 1917-1940]

- - - EDWARD SCOTT MORGAN, jr. (crew) - - -

DISASTER A SHOCK TO FIVE D. C. HOMES
Relatives Here Overcome by Grief When Collier Is Give Up as Lost [excerpt]
Edward Scott Morgan, jr., was twenty-three years old and a son of Edward S. and Mrs. Ida R. Morgan. He was born in Washington, and lived most of his life here, a few years being spent in Pittsburgh. He was employed in the business office of a local newspaper and enlisted in the Navy shortly after the ooutbreak of the war. His family last saw him at Thanksgiving, when he was given a short leave of absence.
[Source: Evening Star (Washington DC) April 15, 1918]

Seventy-Four From D. C. Lose Lives in Navy During War Against Imperialism
MORGAN, Edward Scott, jr. fireman (third class), U. S. N., died, Navy collier cyclops, June 14, 1918. Cause of death - Member of crew on missing Cyclops. Next of kin, father, Edward S. Morgan, 1364 Columbia road.
[Source: Evening Star (Washington DC) July 8, 1919]

- - - HUGH JAMES MORRIS (officer) - - -

THREE NEW YORK MEN ABOARD MISSING SHIP
Hugh James Morris, paymaster of the Cyclops, lived with his father at 2864 Kingsbridge Avenue, The Bronx. He was aboarad a hospital ship at the time of the disaster in Halifax, and was later transferred to the collier because of the illness of the regular paymaster.
[Source: New York Tribune (NY) April 15, 1918]

- - - FRANK NIGG (passenger) - - -

IOWA BOY ON MISSING CYCLOPS

Baker TAKES COLLIER FROM THE REGISTER OF THE NAVY

Lieut. Frank Nigg of Maquoketa Lost His Life on the Vessel Which Disappeared.

Bellevue, Ia., Sept. 23. - Secretary of Navy Daniels has officially removed the missing American collier Cyclops name from the register of the navy, and at the same time designated her crew as officially dead.

In doing this one more Jackson county boy has been recorded as giving his life for his country, as Lieut. Frank Nigg, a Maquoketa boy, was an officer on the ill fated Cyclops.

The Cyclops mysteriously disappeared in March, and nothing has been heard since of the ship or crew. The losing of a ship at sea of which no record can be made of the disappearance is a rarity in maritime circles.

The action of the navy department is taken mainly to legalize payment of insurance to beneficiaries of the Cyclops' crew. Otherwise settlements of estates would have been impossible. The navy department long ago gave up hopes of finding any trace of the missing vessel.
[Source: Boone News Republican (IA) Sept. 23, 1918]

"Cyclops" Rumor Proves Untrue
A tiny ray of hope that her son might still be among the living was dispelled Monday for Mrs. Conrad Nigg of Davenport when a report came from Berlin stating that the German naval officers doubted the arrival of the U. S. navy collier Cyclops into a German port. Lieut. Frank Nigg, a former Maquoketa boy, and son of Mrs. Nigg, was officially reported last on this boat on April 15, 1918. Since then he has not been heard from, and relatives here had given him up when stories were published that the Cyclops hadbeen brought into a German port. Mrs. Nigg immediately communicated with the navy department and was informed that there was no truth in these reports.

The naval officers in Berlin stated that there would be much difficulty in landing the collier in a German port on account of the strict blockade maintained by the Americans ever since the armistice.

Frank was a junior lieutenant in the U. S. navy and was on board the cyclops as a passenger. It is surmised that he was traveling to the United States from Europe to get his commission of senior lieutenant.
[Source: Jackson Sentinel (Maquoketa, IA) July 1, 1919]

- - - NICHOLAS JAMES O'DAY (crew) - - -
Rank & Branch: S USNRF
Home Address: 443 Ward Ave Bellevue, Ky
Born --/--/--; Died 6/14/18
[Source: Veterans Affairs Master Index 1917-1940]

- - - JOSEPH MARSHALL OXFORD (crew) - - -
Rank & Branch: QM 2c USNRF
Home Address: New Harmony Ind
Sn 174 31 34
Born 2/13/95; Enl 4/12/17; Died 6/14/18
[Source: Veterans Affairs Master Index 1917-1940]

- - - C. G. PAGE (officer) - - -

PAGE A GRANDSON OF SENATOR FROM VERMONT
[Special Dispatch to Herald and Journal.]

BURLINGTON, Vt., April 14 - C. G. Page, assistant paymaster in the navy, who is reported missing with the Cyclops, is a grandson of Senator C. S. Page of Hyde Park. He was born in 1894 and was in the class of 1917 at the University of Vermont, but did not graduate because of leaving college on account of ill health. He was a member of the Delta Psi fraternity. He is the son of a widowed mother.
[Source: Boston Herald (MA) April 15, 1918]

- - - WILLIE LOYD PERRY (passenger) - - -
Enlisted at: NAVY RECRUITING STATION DALLAS TEX. on 1-24-17; Age at Entrance: 19 YRS.
Rank & Branch: APPRENTICE SEAMAN
Home Address: SPEEGLEVILLE, McLENNAN CO. TEX.
SN 186/71-98
Born 1/21/97; Died: 6-14-18
Served At:
NAVAL TRAINING STATION; APPRENTICE SEAMAN - 3 DAYS; SAN FRANCISCO CAL From 4-6-17 To 4-27-17 SEAMAN 2 CLASS - 6 DAYS
USS PITTSBURGH From 4-27-17 To 2-4-18 FIREMAN 3 CLASS - 425 DAYS
USS GLACIER From 2-14-18 To 2-23-18
USS CYCLOPS From 2-23-18 To 6-14-18
[Source: Texas World War I Records 1917-1920]

- - - CLEMONS GEORGE PETERS (crew) - - -
Rank & Branch: Ptr 1c USN
Home Address: 4415 E Side Ave Dallas Tex
SN 127 29 46
Born 5/4/93; Enl 5/9/17; Died 6/14/18
[Source: Veterans Affairs Master Index 1917-1940]

- - - EDWARD SPOTSWOOD POLLARD (crew) - - -
Rank & Branch: Sea 2c USN
Home Address: Ayletts Va
Sn 153 49 19
Born 2/19/99; Died 6/14/18
[Source: Veterans Affairs Master Index 1917-1940]

- - - AMES MARCELLUS PORTER (passenger) - - -
Rank & Branch: S F 2c USN
Home Address: Hanover Va
Born 12/12/86; Died 6/14/18
[Source: Veterans Affairs Master Index 1917-1940]

- - - HARRY LEROY POTTER (crew) - - -
Rank & Branch: G M 1c U S N
Home Address: Burlington Ia
Sn 153 63 31
Born 9/2/91; Enl 7/1/17; Died 6/14/18
[Source: Veterans Affairs Master Index 1917-1940]

- - - LOUIS POTTS (passenger) - - -

BIG U. S. COLLIER BELIEVED Lost
Nearly 300 persons on Board Cyclops, Overdue Since March 13
SHIP ON WAY FROM BRAZIL
Eight Michigan Men Among Crew and Passengers - No Word From Vessel Since March 4
Excerpt:
Louis Potts, of Detroit, ship fitter, second class, was a passenger on the Cyclops. He was a casual returning to the United States. Potts lives at 551 Ashland avenue.
[Source: The Yale Expositor (MI) April 18, 1918]

Michigan Men Reported on Lost Vessel. (excerpt)
Louis Potts, of Detroit, ship fitter, second class, was a passenger on the Cyclops. He was a casual returning to the United States. His brother, Fred J. Potts, lives at 551 Ashland avenue.
[Source: Ann Arbor News (MI) April 15, 1918]

- - - HERBERT REGINALD PRICE (crew) - - -

BALTIMORE RECEIVES HARDEST BLOW OF WAR
Thirteen Youths Of City Are Among Crew Of Collier Cyclops, Reported Missing.

TWO OTHERS ARE FROM Statement
Several Bluejackets In List Were Among The "First 800" Who Volunteered In Early Days Of War
ENLISTED A YEAR AGO.
Herbert R. Price is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert R. Price, of 1618 Ellamont avenue. Young Price was 17 years old and enlisted April 13 last. The message from the Navy Department telling of the loss of the Cyclops was received by his parents Saturday, one year exactly from the date of his enlistment. His birthday is May 13.
[Source: The Sun (Baltimore, MD) April 15, 1918]

- - - ROBERT EARLE RIDDLE (crew) - - -

LOCAL BOY LOST HIS LIFE ON THE CYCOPS
Robert Earle Riddle, Member of the Crew of the Lost Naval Collier "Cyclops."
Mayor E. J. Stafford yesterday received a letter from the enrolling officer at the United States navy recruiting station at Raleigh thanking him for his assistance in securing the address of Robert W. Riddle, who lives at White Oak mill village.

Mr. Riddle is the father of Robert Earle Riddle, who was a member of the crew of the naval collier Cyclops, which while bound from a South American port to a North American Atlantic port, completely disappeared and has never been located. The navy deparment, after searching for 90 days, gave up the search, for no trace was available. It has always remained a mystery, and many theories have been advanced.

Robert Earle Riddle gave his address to the naval authorities as Greensboro, but upon the loss of the ship, they were unable to locate his people here. They then wrote to Mayor Stafford, and he located the boy's father. An extract from the letter reads:
- In behalf of the naval service permit me to thank you for your kindness in securing for us the address of Robert W. Riddle. We have notified Mr. Riddle of the death of his son, and in compliance with orders of the department have forwarded him the necessary papers."
[Source: Greensboro Daily News (NC) July 24, 1918]

- - - BIBB BOUND ROBERTSON (passenger) - - -
Bibb Bound Robertson, formerly of Dallas, son of Mrs. Mary Robertson, who resides with her daughter, Mrms. H. F. Walker, 508 Rockwood street, is reported to be one of the crew of the missing United states collier Cyclops.

The young man joined the navy several years ago, soon after the family had moved to Dallas from Mesquite. His present term of enlistment will expire the latter part of January, 1919.
[Source: Dallas Morning News (TX) April 16, 1918]

- - - FRED ROONEY (crew) - - -

FRED ROONEY ON MISSING VESSEL
Bluffs Boy Electrician on Cyclops Now a Month Overdue

SHIP IS NOT GIVEN UP
Message to Parents Says There Have Been No Storms In Vicinity of Vessel and It Was Not Near the War Zone.

Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Rooney, 1724 Tostevin street, Sunday received a telegram from naval authorities at Washington advising them that their son, Fred Henry Rooney, 29, was a passenger upon the naval collier Cyclops, which has been overdue at an Atlantic port since March 13.

Rooney enlisted in the navy seven years ago at Omaha. He was an electrician in the Pacific fleet. His parents last heard from him in October, at which time he was serving upon the U. S. S. Pittsburg.

A brother, Robert W. Rooney, 20, has been in the naval service for two years. He is now upon the U. S. S Vermont.

The telegram received by the Rooneys did not indicate that the ship has been given up as lost by the navy department, but simply that extreme anxiety concerning its safety is felt.

The message stated, Mrs. Rooney says, that there is no indication of heavy storms or that the ship was in the vicinity of the war zone. No explanation of its failure to appear is advanced.
[Source: Evening Nonpareil (Council Bluffs, IA) April 15, 1918]

- - - JAMES ERNEST RYAN (crew) - - -

OHIOANS IN CYCLOPS.
WASHINGTON, April 14. - Nine members of the crew and one passenger on the missing U. S. S. Cyclops were from Ohio.
The Ohioans in the crew were:
James Ernest Ryan, quartermaster third class, husband if Iris Ryan, West Alexandria.
[Source: Plain Dealer (Cleveland, OH) April 15, 1918]

- - - JULIAN IVERSON SCARLETT (crew) - - -

In World War I
NAVAL VESSEL VANISHED WITH COUNTY MAN ABOARD
By EUGENE FALLON
News Staff Writer
On March 4, 1918 the U.S.S. Cyclops, a large collier (coal-carrying vessel) displacing more than 20,000 tons, a full 542-feet long and carrying a crew of 209 men, left Barbados, B.W.I., headed for Baltimore. The journey was supposed to take nine days, but the Cyclops never arrived. her fate remains to this day one of the great mysteries of the sea.

One of the crewmen who sailed on the Cyclops into oblivion was Julian Iverson Scarlett, 26. Scarlett, dark haired and handsome, was the son of the late Virginia Tyson Scarlett and George Stanton Scarlett of Fancy Bluff section of Glynn. Unmarried, Julian had resigned the job of district manager for one of the nation's largest tobacco companies in Atlanta, to hurry to Macon and enlist in the U.S. Navy.

The date of his enlistment was July of 1917. A member of one of the Coastal Georgia's most prominent families - he was a cousin ofFederal Judge Frank M. Scarlett - his volunteer enlistment in the fighting forces of a United States at war was traditional and to be expected.

After a short period of training, Julian Scarlett went aboard the Cyclops as a fireman 2/c. Although he never knew it, he had approximately seven months to live.

Any story of the Cyclops must be prefaced by few explanatory lines; lines very pertinent, perhaps, to her fate. There have been several books written of lost ships which have included chapters on the Cyclops. The latest of these, A. A. Hoehling's admirable work: "The great War at Sea" (a history of Naval action 1914-1918), was published in 1963 by the Thomas Crowll Co., New York. A copy of the book can be found at the Brunswick Library.

In his chapter on doomed collier, Hoehling, drawing upon Navy records, says the ship was commanded by Captain George Worley, but goes on to explain that the captain's real name was Georg Wichmann and that the shop's master was a naturalized American, born in Germany and who apparently changed his name once the war started overseas.

It should also be pointed out that the Cyclops had been built, not for the Navy but for merchant trade, and taken over by the Navy when the U.S. entered the war. Worley, or Wichmann if you choose, was not a regular Navy mariner, but had been commissioned because he knew the ship and had sailed it as master in the past.

The U.S.S. Cyclops' last odyssey really started just before New Year's day 1918, when she received orders to leave Norfolk, Va., to carry coal to Brazil and bring back a cargo of manganese.

TThe ill-fated vessel reached Bahia, Brazil on Jan. 22. While in that port one of her high pressure steam sylinders burst into fragments. It was a serioius blow. She could not be repaired until she returned to the states. Henceforth, she was to limp along at reduced speeds.

The vessel left Rio de Jaeiro on Feb. 20, 1918, loaded with approximately 11,000 tons of manganese, plus 1,000 tons of coal. On March 3, the Cyclops made the port of Barbados, where its captain ordered on 800 additional tons of coal, plus 130 tons of provisions. In aftermath, Navy authorities were to wonder a little at the volume of the newest cargo, both in coal and provisions. After all, it is no greatly distant cruise from the British West Indies to Baltimore, Md.

Be that as it may, the fact is that the Cyclops lifted anchor the following morning and set out across the calmest of seas, to cross a zone which was later proven to be completely free of enemy submarines and mines - only to disappear from the face of the earth (its waters) without leaving the slightest trace. The disaster was the greatest single loss (in terms of lives) the U.S. Navy was to suffer in World War I.

To properly understand the mystery of the vanished Cyclops, it must be remembered that no storm swept its course; that no SOS was sent or received, and that a diligent search by Navy vessels, which lasted until June 22 (more than three months) failed to uncover a single bit of debris the size of a man's hand.

On March 13, the day the U.S.S. Cyclops was due to reach Baltimore, a duty officer in Naval Operations, Washington, noted that the ship was late. Five days passed. For some reason or another the Navy did not immediately react to the tardiness of the collier. But on March 18 the Sixth Naval District at Charleston, S.C. was officially requested to keep calling the Cyclops by wireless until she responded. No response was ever to be made.

On March 24, all naval stations south of Norfolk, including Key West, Jan Juan, Puerto Rico and St. Thomas in the Virgin Islands, were alerted to search for the missing craft. Every mile of her course was scanned, without success. With April's advent the Navy realized the Cyclops was gone for good.

The Secretary of the Navy, Josephus Daniels, of Raleigh, N.C., whose assistant was a tall young man named Franklin Delano Roosevelt, announced to the world in general and to surviving families of the 309 crewmen of teh Cyclops, in particular, that the vessel was "presumed lost with all hands aboard."

The Imperial German government, queried after the war ended, swore by all it held holy that it had nothing to do with the ship's disappearance. The Navy itself went along with that declaration of innocence.

What then did happen to the Cyclops? The reader's guess is as good as any. Several theories have been advanced: an explosive, secreted aboard, blew her to pieces; her cargo shifted suddenly, plunging her into the depths; she broke apart and swiftly sank.

Marine experts, Navy and merchant alike, disallow the possibility of her cargo shifting. Manganese, an ore, is not explosive. There was no storm. Certainly her death was quick. Not even time to get of an SOS.

And there were the wild theories. A well known writer of that period, George Noble, in a nationally-circulated magazine, wrote: "The only possible solution is that giant squids may have reared themselves aboard and devoured the crew . . . "

On a recent visit to Fancy bluff and a huge, two-story plantation house, we talked to Miss Pauline Scarlett. Miss Scarlett, sister of Julian Iverson Scarlett, and the sole surviving member of the immediate family which originally numbered 12 children, of which Julian was youngest, confessed her continued bafflement.

"Julian was nice looking and very well mannered. He was liked by all who knew him," she said slowly. "It hur deeply, his sudden passing from us, but God knows best. Who are we to question?"

Who are we indeed? The following lines taken from the United States Navy Hymn, says it all:"
"O Christ! Whose voice the waters heard
And hushed their raging at Thy word,
O hear us when we cry to Thee
For those in peril on the sea . . . "
[Source: Brunswick News (GA) Jan. 13, 1967]

- - - HERMAN CARL SCHMIEDEBERG (crew) - - -
Rochester is interested in the announcement that the Cyclops has been stricken from the registry of the U. S. navy. A Rochester man by the name of Schmiedeberg, was listed as being a member of the crew of that vessel when she sailed. The Cyclops, it will be remembered, disappeared months ago. The navy now gives it up as lost forever.
[Source: Rochester Daily Post and Record (MN) Dec. 11, 1918]

- - - OTTO SCHNEIDER (crew) - - -

CYCLOPS VICTIM LEGALLY DEAD.
Findlay, June 27. - Mr. and Mrs. Gottlieb Schneider have received an official communication from the government announcing their son, Otto, has been declared "legally dead." The young man was an electrician on the collier Cyclops when it went down, He had his life insured for the benefit of his father for $10,000. The parents refuse to believe their son is dead and think he has been taken prisoner.
[Source: Plain Dealer (Cleveland, OH) June 28, 1918]

OHIOANS IN CYCLOPS.
WASHINGTON, April 14. - Nine members of the crew and one passenger on the missing U. S. S. Cyclops were from Ohio.
The Ohioans in the crew were:
Otto George Schneider, electrician, first class, son of Gottlieb Schneider, 316 Partz avenue, Findlay.
[Source: Plain Dealer (Cleveland, OH) April 15, 1918]

- - - HUGO SCHONHOF (officer) - - -

BALTIMORE RECEIVES HARDEST BLOW OF WAR
Thirteen Youths Of City Are Among Crew Of Collier Cyclops, Reported Missing.

TWO OTHERS ARE FROM Statement
Several Bluejackets In List Were Among The "First 800" Who Volunteered In Early Days Of War
SCHONHOF PROMOTED LAST YEAR.
Ensign Hugo Schonhof, the ranking officer of the missing Baltimoreans, has his home at 1234 Light street. His wife, Mrs. Dora S. Schonhof, said last night that she received a telegram from the Navy Department yesterday morning, advising that the Cyclops was long overdue and had been last heard of at a port in one of the West Indies islands.

Ensign Schonho, sho is 33 years old, was originally in the Coast Guard Service and served for 15 years on the cutter Itasca. He was a first-class machinist on the Itasca when last June he was promoted to ensign and assigned to the Cyclops, and he had since been with the collier.

He is from Germany, coming to America when 12 years old. Mrs. Schonhof is from Austria-Hungary.
[Source: The Sun (Baltimore, MD) April 15, 1918]

- - - ROY SCROGGINS (crew) - - -

WINGATE MAN ON MISSING NAVY BOAT
By The Associated Press.
WASHINGTON, April 15. - Orders for greater efforts to find the missing naval collier Cyclops, overdue from South American waters more than a month, went out today to American ships. Two hundred seventy nine men, including only a few passengers, were on the ship.

Among the Texans among the crew was Roy Scroggins, fireman, of Wingate, near Abilene.
[Source: Abilene Daily Reporter (TX) April 17, 1918]

- - - VALENTINE SELLERS (crew) - - -

DISASTER A SHOCK TO FIVE D. C. HOMES
Relatives Here Overcome by Grief When Collier Is Give Up as Lost [excerpt]
Valentine Sellers, 1235 Potomac street. . . .
Overcome by grief, Mrs. Garlin W. Sellers wept bitterly for her son Valentine this morning as she told of his ambition to be a draughtsman and how he had studied for his profession, even since entering the Navy a year ago. He was nineteen years old and lived practically all his life in Washington and was educated in the public schools.
HAD RECEIVED CHEERFUL LETTER.
Only a few weeks ago a letter was received from him, which had been written early in February while he was at a South American port. Tears came back to the mother's eyes as she recalled that in the letter he told her not to worry, that he was well and happy "and having the time of my life." Before the letter reached here the ship had vanished.
Valenting had three brothers, George W., Grover C. and Robert, and six sisters.
[Source: Evening Star (Washington DC) April 15, 1918]

Seventy-Four From D. C. Lose Lives in Navy During War Against Imperialism
SELLERS, Valentine, seaman, U. S. N., died, Navy collier Cyclops, June 14, 1918. Cause of death - Member of the crew on missing Cyclops. Next of kin, mother, Mrs. Amelia Sellers, 3070 M street northwest.
[Source: Evening Star (Washington DC) July 8, 1919]

- - - WILLIAM PATRICK SHIELDS (crew) - - -

Michigan Men Reported on Lost Vessel. (excerpt)
Following are the names of other Michigan men in the crew:
William Patrick Shields, gunner's mate, mother, Mrs. Mary Shields, 148 East Fourteenth street, Traverse City;
[Source: Ann Arbor News (MI) April 15, 1918]

- - - JAMES ARTHUR SHOOTER (crew) - - -
Other Philadelphia Boys Include:
John Shooter, of 489 East Auburn street;
James Arthur Shooter is a native of England and an American by naturalization. He came to America when a small boy and has remained here since. His father, mother and three sisters live in this city. The last word they received from him was a postal from Rio Janeiro dated last February, in which he informed them that he was having "a great time here" and expected to bring back some souvenirs. Shooter enlisted in the navy in December, 1916. He continually prophecied at that time that America wouldenter the war. "I want to be ahead of the rush," he said when he enlisted, "and get my chance at this war ahead of some of the rest of them."
[Source: Evening Public Ledger (Philadelphia, PA) April 15, 1918]

Rank & Branch: Sea USN
Home Address: 2702 C Philadelphia Penn
Sn 174 83 39
Born 2/21/97; Enl 4/6/17; Died 6/14/18
[Source: Veterans Affairs Master Index 1917-1940]

- - - ADAM PAUL SIERDERSKY (crew) - - -

BALTIMORE RECEIVES HARDEST BLOW OF WAR
Thirteen Youths Of City Are Among Crew Of Collier Cyclops, Reported Missing.

TWO OTHERS ARE FROM Statement
Several Bluejackets In List Were Among The "First 800" Who Volunteered In Early Days Of War
MEMBER OF "FIRST 800."
Adam Paul Sierdersky, second-class fireman, is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Sierdersky, 2702 Hudson street. He enlisted in the "800" April 22 last and had not been heard from for more than six months. He is 19 years old.
[Source: The Sun (Baltimore, MD) April 15, 1918]

- - - SAMUEL SKELLENGER (crew) - - -

YOUNG SAMUEL SKELLENGER WENT DOWN WITH CYCLOPS
Mysterious Disappearance of Ship May Never Be Known.
Mrs. Martha ("Grandma") Skellenger has recently received notice that her grandson Samuel Skellenger, a sailor in the United States navy, had been officially listed as dead. He was a sailor on the ill-fated collier Cyclops, which has been given up as lost by the naval authorities.

Samuel Skellenger was born at Smyrna Aug. 31, 1898 and was a son of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Skellenger, formerly residents of that place. After a time he removed from Smyrna and was married. Later on he moved to Indiana and when war broke out he enlisted.

He was placed on the U. S. collier Cyclops and wrote home to his wife, mother and other relatives frequently. His last letter bore the Buenos Aires postmark and was dated Feb. 6, 1918. The collier left the West Indies, March 4 with a crew of 295 men. According to her schedule she should have touched at an Atlantic port March 13, but instead no word, sign or trace of her has been received by the government or any other office since. It may never be learned what happened to the big ship. She may be a prisonerin some German port, she may have turned turtle and sank with every soul on board of her, she may have been submarined or blown up with enemy bombs and her gallant crew slaughtered or captured, or she may have foundered in one of the many and frequent tropical gales. No wireless message, no wreckage or other evidence of the ship's fate was ever found and the failure of the big boat to show up at an Atlantic port on March 13 or a few days later makes it one of the ocean's many mysterious secrets.

The government, through the navy department continued to search for signs of the ship for months and has evidently finally given up hopes and given the ship and her crew up as lost, and recently notified relatives and next of kin of all sailors on board that the crew is listed as dead.

Skellenger will be remembered by many local people and also in the vicinity of Smyrna. He is a grandson of Mrs. Martha Skellenger and a nephew of Mrs. Jay Hubbard of North Bridge street.
[Source: Belding Banner News (MI) July 10, 1918]

- - - ERNEST SMALL (passenger) - - -

SIX COLORADO MEN REPORTED ON Ship
Relatives Notified by Navy Officers That Search for Cyclops Is Unsuccessful
The home of Ernest Small was Fort Logan. He was a gunner's mate in the United States navy.
[Source: Denver Rocky Mountain News (CO) April 15, 1918]

- - - LOUIS ADOLPHUS SMILEY (passenger) - - -
Rank & Branch: E 1c USNRF
Home Address: 202 Morrison St, Marshall Tex
SN 1 926 441
Born 11/12/96; Enl 4/6/17; Died 6/14/18
[Source: Veterans Affairs Master Index 1917-1940]

- - - JOHN ENGRAHM SMITH (crew) - - -

RANKIN BOY IS MISSING
Mississippi Farm Boy Enlisted Soon After War Declaration.
Jackson, Miss., April 15, - J. E. Smith, seaman on the missing Cyclops, is a son of Walter Smith, of Rankin county farmer, enlisted in the navy shortly after the declaration of war. His parents live six miles in the country from Fanning.
[Source: New Orleans States (LA) April 15, 1918]

- - - R. T. SMITH (officer) - - - [excerpts]

TWO ARIZONA MEN LOST ON CYCLOPS
At least two Arizona men were aboard the naval collier Cyclops, now overdue at an Atlantic port since March 13. Among the 293 passengers were many of note, and nearly every nation on the globe and almost every state in the union was represented. Beside the Arizonans, one man from New Mexico is reported as among the collier's passengers.
Arizon men aboard the vessel as reported by the navy department under date of April 15, were:

R. T. Smith, ensign, United States naval reserve force. Nearest relative Mrs. T. J. Smith, Phoenix, Arizona. . . . Smith was among the officers assigned to the command of the collier.
[Source: Arizona Daily Orb (Bisbee, AZ) April 21, 1918]

- - - GAIL HAMILTON STEINBERGER (crew) - - -

Mother Has Ray of Hope.
CENTRALIA, Wash., Dec. 15. - (Special.) - A ray of hope that her son, Gail, a member of the crew of the ill-fataed Cyclops, ws still alive was brought to Mrs. J. E. Steinberger, of Toledo, this week in the form of a clipping from the Sioux City Daily Tribune, sent her by her brother, F. E. Eggleston, in which a sailor is said to have remarked that the Cyclops was captured by the Germans and was in the harbor at Keil. Little credence is given to the story, however.
[Source: Oregonian (Portland, OR) Dec. 16, 1918]

Rank & Branch: F 2c USN
Home Address: Toledo Wash
SN 194 06 00
Born 7/19/92; Enl 4/29/17; Died 6/14/18
[Source: Veterans Affairs Master Index 1917-1940]

- - - MEYER E. STRAUS (officer) - - -

SIX COLORADO MEN REPORTED ON Ship
Relatives Notified by Navy Officers That Search for Cyclops Is Unsuccessful
Meyer E. Straus of 1311 Downing street, the father of Edwin J. Straus, who was on the Cyclops, Saturday night was the recipient of a telegram from the navy department at Washington. It read:
"The navy collier Cyclops, on which your son, Edwin J. Straus, pharmacist mate, third class, U. S. N., was a member of the crew, is overdue at an Atlantic port since March 13. She was last reported at one of the West Indian islands March 4, and no information received from her since that date. Her disappearance cannot be logically accounted for in any way, as no bad weather conditions or activities of enemy raiders have been reported in the vicinity of her route. Search for her is being continued byradio and vessels. Any definite information you will receive."

Straus was born Nov. 9, 1894. He enlisted in the navy May 12, 1914, and was first assigned to the baattleship Vermont and gained the rank of expert gunner. He then met with an accident and was transferred to the hospital ship Solace, and after recovering was assigned to the Cyclops as pharmacist mate.
[Source: Denver Rocky Mountain News (CO) April 15, 1918]

- - - FRANCIS OLNEY STRONG (crew) - - -
Rank & Branch: F 3c USN
Home Address: Ashland Ala
Sn: 194 60 15
Born 1-11-95; Died 6-14-18
[Source: Veterans Affairs Master Index 1917-1940]

Enlisted at RECRUITING STATION-BIRMINGHAM ALA
Age At Entrance 22 YRS 5 MOS
Rate FIREMAN 3 CLASS USN
Home Address ROUTE 5 ASHLAND CLAY COUNTY ALABAMA
RECEIVING SHIP NORFOLK VA. from 7-9-17 to 8-24-17 FIREMAN 3 CLASS 340 Days
USS CYCLOPS from 8-24-17 to 6-14-18
[Source: Alabama World War I Service Records 1917-1919]

- - - WILLIAM FRANCIS SWEENEY (passenger) - - -

MORE MEN LOST ON Cyclops
Thirteen Were Transferred From Other Ships to Collier
An additional list of 13 men, probably lost with the naval collier Cyclops, was received yesterday by the navy department. The announcement said they had been transferred from other ships to the Cyclops as passengers and were presumably aboard the vessel when she left on her lst voyage. The list includes William Francis Sweeney, machinist's mate, 283 Bedford street, Fall River.
[Source: Springfield Republican (MA) May 23, 1918]

- - - ROY B. SWOVELAND (crew) - - -
Rank & Branch: Oiler USNRF
Home Address: 310 Edward St. Portsmouth Va
Sn 174 59 54
Born 1/22/97; Enl 5/24/17; Died 6/14/18
[Source: Veterans Affairs Master Index 1917-1940]

- - - WALTER SCOTT TEGEDER (crew) - - -

BALTIMORE RECEIVES HARDEST BLOW OF WAR
Thirteen Youths Of City Are Among Crew Of Collier Cyclops, Reported Missing.

TWO OTHERS ARE FROM Statement
Several Bluejackets In List Were Among The "First 800" Who Volunteered In Early Days Of War
Walter Scott Tegeder, fireman first class on the collier was 24 years old and married. His father, John Tegeder, lives at 2908 Orleans street.
[Source: The Sun (Baltimore, MD) April 15, 1918]

- - - JAMES L. TORRETTA (crew) - - -
James L. Torretta was one of the crew of the U. S. S. Cyclops. A square at Lanesville is recommended in his honor.
[Source: Boston Sunday Globe (MA) Nov. 21, 1920]

- - - BERNARD TRALINSKY (crew) - - -

BALTIMORE RECEIVES HARDEST BLOW OF WAR
Thirteen Youths Of City Are Among Crew Of Collier Cyclops, Reported Missing.

TWO OTHERS ARE FROM Statement
Several Bluejackets In List Were Among The "First 800" Who Volunteered In Early Days Of War
Bernard Tralinsky, second-class fireman, another of the Baltimore boys among the missing crew, is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Tralinsky, 19 South Central avenue. He was 19 years old and had been in the navy since last April, being one of the "800" also.
[Source: The Sun (Baltimore, MD) April 15, 1918]

- - - HARRY D. UNGER (crew) - - -

OHIOANS IN CYCLOPS.
WASHINGTON, April 14. - Nine members of the crew and one passenger on the missing U. S. S. Cyclops were from Ohio.
The Ohioans in the crew were:
Harry D. Unger, chief electrician, brother of Adolph Unger, 305 Sandusky street, Tiffin.
[Source: Plain Dealer (Cleveland, OH) April 15, 1918]

- - - JOHN HENRY VIDLUND (crew) - - -

Michigan Men Reported on Lost Vessel. (excerpt)
Following are the names of other Michigan men in the crew:
John Henry Vidlund, chief yeoman, father August F. Vidlund, 619 North Pine street, Ishpeming;
[Source: Ann Arbor News (MI) April 15, 1918]

- - - NORMAN EMMET WEBB (crew) - - -

OHIOANS IN CYCLOPS.
WASHINGTON, April 14. - Nine members of the crew and one passenger on the missing U. S. S. Cyclops were from Ohio.
The Ohioans in the crew were:
Norman Emmet Webb, seaman, second class, son of Myrtle Webb, 4133 Sherman avenue, Cincinnati.
[Source: Plain Dealer (Cleveland, OH) April 15, 1918]

- - - CLAYTON ANDREW WEBSTER (passenger) - - -

MORE CYCLOPS VICTIMS
Among the Lost Are Thirteen Men Who Are Listed As Passengers - Kansas Man Among Them.
The list includes Clayton Andrew Webster, Hutchinson, Kan.
[Source: Emporia Gazette (KS) May 22, 1918]

- - - LEE ROY ALEXANDER WELBORN AND PENDLETON DEWEY WELBORN (crew) - - -

OFFICIAL NEWS RECEIVED
Navy Department Notifies Stringer, Miss., People of Missing Collier.
Laurel, Miss., April 15. - L. R. Alexander and Pendleton Dewey Welborn are cousins, and are listed from Stringer, Miss. on the missing collier Cyclops. They enlisted in the navy in February, 1917. The latter is a son of Everett Welborn and the former is a son of Ed. R. Welborn. Their uncle is postmaster of Stringer. The parents have been notified by the Navy Department that the collier Cyclops has been missing since March.

The parents of the boys received letters from them on March 4. The letter written by Alexander was dated January and the one from P. D. was dated in February. The boys were well and contented.
[Source: New Orleans States (LA) April 15, 1918]

- - - MYRON WHEELOCK (crew) - - -
Rank & Branch: E 2c (R) USN
Home Address: East Concord NY
Sn 163 80 65
Born 10/18/91; Enl 4/16/17; Died 6/14/18
[Source: Veterans Affairs Master Index 1917-1940]

- - - EARL B. WHITESELL (passenger) - - -

SIX COLORADO MEN REPORTED ON Ship
Relatives Notified by Navy Officers That Search for Cyclops Is Unsuccessful
Earl B. Whitesell, negro, was a fireman on the Cyclops. He is 25 years old and the son of Mrs. G. H. Whitesell of 1144 South Cherokee street. He has been in the service since Nov. 24, 1916, when he enlisted in Denver, and had been a student at the McKinley school. When his mother last heard from him in February he was assigned to the U. S. S. Pittsburg. Her impression at that time was that he was in Europe, for he stated in his letter that he intended visiting the war zone.
[Source: Denver Rocky Mountain News (CO) April 15, 1918]

- - - EDWIN EARL WILKERSON (crew) - - -

DISASTER A SHOCK TO FIVE D. C. HOMES
Relatives Here Overcome by Grief When Collier Is Give Up as Lost [excerpt]
Edwin E. Wilkerson, a shipwright on the Cyclops, was twenty-five yearas old and a son of Mr. and Mrs. James Richard Wilkerson. Edwin was born and reared in Washington and enlisted in the Navy on June 5, 1917, the day the draft law went into effect.
"EAGER TO GET AT HUNS."
On January 5 his mother received a letter from a South American port in which was the same reassuring message Mrs. Sellers had received from her boy, that he was well and happy. "Every man on board is eager to get at the Huns," wrote the boy.
[Source: Evening Star (Washington DC) April 15, 1918]

Seventy-Four From D. C. Lose Lives in Navy During War Against Imperialism
WILKERSON, Edwin Earl, shipwright, U. S. M. died, Navy collier Cyclops, June 14, 1918. Cause of death - Member of crew on missing Cyclops. Next of kin, father, Richard Wilkerson, 312 L street southeast.
[Source: Evening Star (Washington DC) July 8, 1919]

- - - JAMES WILL (crew) - - -

Michigan Men Reported on Lost Vessel. (excerpt)
Following are the names of other Michigan men in the crew:
James Will, fireman, mother, Emily Huber, Rockland.
[Source: Ann Arbor News (MI) April 15, 1918]

- - - SURVAIN AUSTIN WILLIAMS (crew) - - -

DISASTER A SHOCK TO FIVE D. C. HOMES
Relatives Here Overcome by Grief When Collier Is Give Up as Lost [excerpt]
Survain A. Williams is one of the first colored residents of Washington to appear on the casualty lists. His mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Williams, was overcome by grief at her home, 821 21st street. Williams was twenty-four years old and enlisted in the Navy June 28 last. He was unmarried and had four sisters and one brother.
[Source: Evening Star (Washington DC) April 15, 1918]

Seventy-Four From D. C. Lose Lives in Navy During War Against Imperialism
WILLIAMS, Survain Austin, mess attendant (third class), U. S. N., died, Navy collier Cyclops, June 14, 1918. Cause of death - Member of crew on missing Cyclops. Next of kin, mother, Mrs. Eliza Williams, 821 21st street northwest.
[Source: Evening Star (Washington DC) July 8, 1919]

- - - CLARENCE JOSEPH WILLIS (crew) - - -

- - - WILLIAM TOMES WOOD (crew) - - -

TWO SPRINGFIELD BOYS ON MISSING U. S. COLLIER
William T. Wood, 37 years old, son of Mrs. Mary T. Wood, of 955 Phillips street, was a member of the crew of the naval collier Cyclops, which has been reported overdue at an Atlantic port since March 13.

He enlisted in the navy at Kansas City last June. His mother hearad regularly from him until December 30. On that date he wrote from Norfolk, stating that he was starting on a long journey, and for her not to worry in the event she didn't hear from him for a long time.

He is Mrs. Wood's oldest son. A younger son, Harry D. Wood, 22, is stationed at Camp Pike, Ark. A son-in-law, C. A. Simmons, also is in the service and is stationed at Brooklyn.

The list of men aboard the Cyclops also contains the name of Clarence Joseph Willis, of Springfield, who was said to be a fireman. The city directory does not contain the name, and other Willises of the city say they do not know of any man of that name. - Springfield Republican.
[Source: Monett Times (MO) April 19, 1918]

- - - SAMUEL CONRAD WISOTZKEY (crew) - - -
Rank & Branch: F 2/c USN
Home Address: Aberdeen Md
Sn 164-83-07
Born 7-16-96; Died 6-14-18
[Source: Veterans Affairs Master Index 1917-1940]

- - - WILLIAM ROBERT WOLF (crew) - - -

BALTIMORE RECEIVES HARDEST BLOW OF WAR
Thirteen Youths Of City Are Among Crew Of Collier Cyclops, Reported Missing.

TWO OTHERS ARE FROM Statement
Several Bluejackets In List Were Among The "First 800" Who Volunteered In Early Days Of War
William Robert Wolf, also one of the "800," is 18 years old and the son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Wolf, 1512 East Chase street. He enlisted April 19 last and had not been heard from for two months.
[Source: The Sun (Baltimore, MD) April 15, 1918]

- - - FRANK LESTER WOOLLEY (crew) - - -
Rank & Branch: MM 1c USN
Home Address: 1102 Lynn St. Parkersburg W Va
Sn: 134 64 47
Born 1-16-93; Enl 7-25-17; Died 6-14-18
[Source: Veterans Affairs Master Index 1917-1940]

- - - WORTH WYMORE (crew) - - -
Worth Wymore, of Montezuma, enlisted in the United States navy about a year ago and was one of the crew of the naval collier Cyclops that has been long overdue at an American port.
[Source: Evening Times-Republican (Marshalltown, IA) April 17, 1918]