THE DAILY STAR-MIRROR
OLD ME VI
MOSCOW, LATAH COUNTY, IDAHO, MONDAY, APRIL 1917
AMERICAN VESSEL IS TORPEDOED
First Fighting Force of This Nation Victims of Germans
OIL TANKER GOES DOWN
Captain, Lieutenant in Command of Gun Crew and Sailors Among the Missing
LONDON —The American oil tanker, Vacuum, bound from Liverpool to the United States was torpedoed Saturday, it is announced.
An American naval lieutenant, nine American naval gunners, the captain and some members of the crew are missing. Unless the American lieutenant and the members of the crew now reported missing are later rescued, they will be America's first fighting force lost in the war with Germany. Three gunners and seventeen men of the crew were saved.
Who the Men Are
Captain S. S. Harris, residing at Lampton, New York, was commanding the oil tanker, Vacuum, that was sunk, and Lieutenant Thomas was commanding the gunners, according to information obtained here. The Vacuum carried two guns and had a crew of 34 men. She had been carrying oil to Europe since 1914. 