Tuscania Sinking Ties Americans to Sea Tragedy
Official war reports update the Tuscania disaster with survivors and missing Americans. Conflicting dispatches recount 2184 aboard, 210 missing, and 144 or 141 survivors among troops, crew, and passengers as authorities seek full records amid evolving casualty totals.
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Washington
Dlatest
War Department
Tio
Tuscania
Aol
War
U.S
Bolshevik Demands and War News From Russia
February dispatches report the Bolshevik Commissaries demanding recognition for M. Litvinoff from Britain. Ensign Krylenko orders cutting supplies to the Polish legion and declares its commander an outlaw. War-prisoners starve as transport falters, and Brest-Litovsk delegates refuse a separate peace. Foggy prospects for renewed talks in Brest-Litovsk.
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Petrograd
People's Commissaries
M. Litvinoff
London
Great Britain
Krylenko
Dovboro Mousnitzky
Russia
Brest- Litovsk
Powder mill explosion kills two in Minnesota
In Duluth Minnesota two men died and ten were injured when an explosion hit the press mill at the Du Pont powder works in Wippin Minnesota today. Property loss is unknown.
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Duluth
Minn
du Pont Powder Works
Wiipin
Roosevelt Resting After Ear Operation
Roosevelt is resting in Roosevelt Hospital after an operation for ear infections and abscesses. Three physicians attended him, reporting nothing definite about his condition while being summoned to his room.
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Associated Press
New York
Theodore Roosevelt
Roosevelt Hospital
Olonel Roosevelt
Ney
Ooske Vvelt
Yankee Aviator Fights 8 Flyers and Downs One
Two American aviators with a French escadrille on a bombing raid engaged an eight-plane enemy squadron at dawn. One American lieutenant shot down an enemy plane while the other failed to down his adversary. The Americans, fresh from flight school, were praised by French comrades for courage and skill.
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France
Glass asserts war machine not failing in Congress
Representative Glass defended the administration in a House speech denying claims that the American war machine has fallen short. He praised the Browning gun, rejected arguments favoring the Lewis gun, cited extensive machine gun readiness, and noted low deaths at Spartanburg as proof of good camp health.
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Washington
Representative Glass
House
Chamberlain
War Department
Glass
Senator Chamberlin
Joffre
Xperta
France
Europe
Spartansburg
8. C
O'Ryan
Spies Sift Dutch Vessel Nieuw Amsterdam at Atlantic Port
At an Atlantic port on February 7 the Nieuw Amsterdam became the first neutral liner in American waters since the war began to undergo a passenger and baggage search. Federal agents boarded after docking, inspecting baggage and baggages while officials landed only the Dutch minister Augustus Phillips and his party.
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Nieuw Amsterdam
Department of Justice
Treasury Department
America
Halifax
Kirkwall
Augustus Phillips
Netherlands
United States
Niew Amsterdam
Dutchast Indies
Probe of Killing of Fifteen Mexicans in Texas
Washington orders a state department inquiry into the January 13 killings of fifteen Mexican citizens at Porrenti Texas. The investigation is conducted by troops stationed in the Big Bend region where the deaths occurred.
Bodies wash up of Tuscania victims spark vigil in America
Forty four missing Tuscania victims were found washed ashore fifteen miles from the torpedoing site. All were Americans, but tags lacked identification numbers as units had not yet been assigned. Survivors include seventy six officers and many troops, with about 200 total casualties anticipated.
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Trish
Tuscania
Germans Enslave Population Across Flemish Coast Front
The Velegraaf reports an order from the Germans summoning the male population along the Flemish coast for military service. Ages 13 to 60 are conscripted, indicating a wide draft scope in the occupied region.
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Amsterdam
Velegraaf
Greruians
Tuscania Last of Fleet of Five Torpedoed in War Loss
New York reports record from Anchor Line shows the Tuscania with 220 crew under Captain Peter Mclean, most crew British subjects. The sinking completes the submarine destruction of a five ship passenger fleet chartered to Cunard, part of wartime losses totaling 7,818 pounds of destroyed cargo.
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New York
Peter Mclean
Great Britain
Cunard Line
Agcoy Lime
Tragedy at Fort Sill as French 75 Gun Bursts
Three soldiers die and two are seriously injured when a French 75 artillery piece explodes during target practice at Port Sill Oklahoma. Privates Glenn S. Viandevoire and Jacques Avurediles among the deceased. Oliver Smith and Carl Anderson gravely hurt. Regular Army unit from Iowa arrives three weeks ago. Explosion may have been a premature charge involving shell and powder in a brass case.另
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Associated Press
Ionolalu
Vie
Kort Sil
Cams
Teutons Mass for Big Drive
Fresh evidence that Germany is preparing a major blow on the western front was reported from Amsterdam. Hindenburg and Ludendorff reportedly established new western headquarters behind the front near Brussels, signaling significant strategic move as weather and fog hinder artillery activity. Italian headquarters said missile planes bombed Venice Macao? and Treviso with renewed air raids.
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London
Germany
Amterdam
AdVives
Rolihat
Matsral San Hindenburg
Platanm
Tod
Ehlet
Lidendorf
Hel
Evs
Reve
Brussels
Altfough
Goerman
Railways Receive Thaw Relief But Coal Traffic Remains Low
Washington February 7 thawing weather offers relief to the damaged railways after a long bitter spell. Railroads expect improved movement but coal transportation remains below normal and not fully recovered yet.
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Washiington
Washington Hails Sinking of U Boat in Tuscania Action
Washington officials express satisfaction over unofficial reports that a German submarine torpedoed and sank the liner Tuscania after a chase by a destroyer. Survivors grow, and Navy sees no change in plan to defeat the submarine menace. Details await full reports from Europe.
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Associated Press
Washington
Army
Navy
Hritiat Admiralty
Europe
Conevoy
U Boat Sinking of Troop Ship Believed Destroyed
Reports from Londonderry describe an American officer stating the submarine that torpedoed the troop ship was destroyed by a destroyer amid a gale. Survivors recount the ship’s panic, crew safety drills, and rapid evacuation as fires and lights failed.
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Londondacury
Ireland
de Mito
Igversting
Tarn
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