Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, 1917, Supplement 1, The World War

File No. 841.857/404

The Consul General at London ( Skinner) to the Secretary of State

[Telegram]

London, March 14, 1917.
[Received 2.45 p.m.]

American Consul, Plymouth, reports British East Point, London for Philadelphia, torpedoed 9th, 5. p.m., about 15 miles west of Eddystone Lighthouse. East Point not warned, carried one gun aft, armed patrol boat near by. Crew of 45 left East Point in four; boats, all saved. John Webber of, 159 Fougeron Street, Buffalo, fireman, and Edward Ellis, 565 Cortland Avenue, Brooklyn, seaman, both American citizens, have made affidavits at Plymouth.

Skinner